On the Perils of Luxury Hotel Rooms

Travel Blog  •  Eva Holland  •  09.25.08 | 10:13 AM ET

In his latest column, San Francisco Chronicle travel editor John Flinn dares to ask: What is the point of those deluxe shower nozzles, high-end lighting systems and cutting-edge entertainment consoles, if you can never get them to work right? “The luxury hotel room you pay $400 and up to rent for 19 hours is marketed as an oasis of comfort and relaxation,” he writes. “But far too many of them turn out to be, for me anyway, chambers of annoyance and irritation.”

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Eva Holland is co-editor of World Hum. She is a former associate editor at Up Here and Up Here Business magazines, and a contributor to Vela. She's based in Canada's Yukon territory.


3 Comments for On the Perils of Luxury Hotel Rooms

Jim Benning 09.25.08 | 11:19 AM ET

You just need to spend more time staying in New York City, John. Most nights, you can pay well over $400 for a room and you don’t have to put up with any luxury.

Eva 09.25.08 | 12:05 PM ET

Ha!

Sophie 09.25.08 | 1:20 PM ET

I LOVE this column. Love it. The excesses of modern luxury is among my many peeves and this is a hilarious example.


May I be so pushy as to link to a couple of my blog posts related to the subject? No? OK, here and here.

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