Psst! Don't Change Your Sheets, And Earn Some Money - Page 2
But as Americans, we're an incentive-oriented society. Hotels can only get so much mileage out of appealing to a customer's ecological sensibility. After all, when you're spending upwards of $150.00 a night, maybe you feel you deserve the luxury of daily linen and towel changes.
So, hotels are offering food and beverage credits and points to guests who go green. Starwood will implement a "Green Choice Program," offering 500 reward points to guests who take a low or no daily housekeeping option, as well as food and beverage credit on premises.
The options vary from don't change lines and towels at all, to all to change every second or third day or only upon request. But Pohl of Best Western said saving money was never his focus. For him it was all about seeing an increase in guest satisfaction and increased ratings of his properties. Which means more money for the chain.
Comments on USA Today tend to support the hotel's programs with more than one reader saying that if he can get a fresh towel simply by asking, and it saves him money while saving the earth, and earns him some cash points, how much better can it get?
How about you? Need your sheets changed daily?
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