Your Mileage May Vary
  • Home
  • Contact
  • About
  • Categories
    • Airlines
    • Airports
    • Contests & Sweepstakes
    • Credit Cards
    • Cruises
    • Discounts & Sales
    • Disney, Universal & Other Theme Parks
    • Food & Beverage
    • Funny Stuff
    • Ground Transportation (Bus, Lyft, Subway, Taxi, Train, Uber, etc.)
    • Hotels
    • Lounges
    • Museums
    • New York City
    • Newbies (& those who don’t travel often)
    • Parks/Nature
    • Points & Miles
    • Rental Cars
    • Roadside Attraction
    • Shopping
    • Theater
    • Tips and Tricks
    • Travel
    • Weekly Recap
Tag:

hotel rooms

  • Hotels

    It’s 2026 — Why Are Hotels Still Missing These Basic Amenities?

    by SharonKurheg January 20, 2026
    by SharonKurheg January 20, 2026

    Save for that one fancy-schmancy resort with a 7-star rating, hotels are generally graded on a five-star rating system. Granted, the rating systems aren’t consistent worldwide. (A project called “World …

    0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
  • Hotels

    5 Hotel Room Basics That Shouldn’t Be This Hard

    by joeheg November 23, 2025
    by joeheg November 23, 2025

    Hotels spend a ton of time and money trying to figure out what their guests want the most. They send surveys asking how your stay was and have you rate …

    0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
  • Hotels

    That Useless Strip of Fabric at the End of Hotel Beds? It Actually Has a Purpose

    by SharonKurheg November 15, 2025
    by SharonKurheg November 15, 2025

    Many hotels have a wide piece of thick fabric or cloth at the end of the bed. You’ve probably seen them a bajillion times but toss them off in the …

    0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
  • Hotels

    Are Hotel Rooms Secretly Shrinking? (Spoiler: Yes, And There’s a Reason)

    by joeheg November 14, 2025
    by joeheg November 14, 2025

    For years, travelers have joked that European hotel rooms are so small you can touch every wall without even getting out of bed. In London, Paris or Munich, it’s just …

    0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
  • Hotels

    Careful: Your Hotel Room’s “Private Bathroom” Is Not Always As Private As You’d Think

    by SharonKurheg September 24, 2025
    by SharonKurheg September 24, 2025

    When you’re booking a hotel room, most people have certain things in mind. After determining what brand and price works best, most people pay the most attention to the actual …

    0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
  • Funny Stuff

    Hotel Designers, Please Stop Doing This

    by joeheg August 31, 2025
    by joeheg August 31, 2025

    Hotel designers have a tough job. Either you’re trying to make a cookie-cutter hotel room seem interesting and inviting, or you have to shoehorn a design into a hotel that …

    0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
  • Hotels

    Hotel Room Light Switches: The Escape Room Nobody Asked For

    by joeheg August 30, 2025
    by joeheg August 30, 2025

    Turning on the lights in a hotel room shouldn’t feel like solving a puzzle. Yet somehow it always does. You flip the switch by the door and—nothing. Well, not nothing, …

    0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
  • Hotels

    Why Hotels Don’t Leave Bibles In Their Rooms Anymore

    by SharonKurheg July 26, 2025
    by SharonKurheg July 26, 2025

    If you stay in a hotel room in the U.S. or many other countries of the world, you’ll sometimes find a “Hotel Bible” or sometimes more commonly known as a …

    0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
  • Hotels

    Why Don’t Most Hotel Rooms In The U.S. Have Ceiling Lights?

    by SharonKurheg July 5, 2025
    by SharonKurheg July 5, 2025

    Have you ever been in a hotel room in the U.S. and noticed that there are lights in just about every place you can imagine…on the dresser, nightstands and desk, …

    0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
  • Hotels

    Are The Corner Rooms in Hotels Really Bigger?

    by SharonKurheg June 4, 2025
    by SharonKurheg June 4, 2025

    Years ago, before my husband Joe and I were a couple, we were part of a large group of friends who would sometimes travel together. We – males and females …

    0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Newer Posts
Older Posts

Search

Recent Posts

  • Uber One Just Became More Useful For International Travel June 5, 2026
  • These American Phrases Drive People From Other Countries Crazy June 5, 2026
  • Southwest Priority Card Review: Better Perks, But A Higher Price June 5, 2026
  • The Longest Airport Walks In America (2026) — And Why The Rankings Are So Weird June 5, 2026
  • The Most Common Reason TSA Pulls Bags For Extra Screening June 4, 2026

Recent Comments

  • Tom on The Most Common Reason TSA Pulls Bags For Extra Screening
  • joeheg on Hotel Reichs-Küchenmeister Review: Staying In The Heart Of Rothenburg
  • Christian on Hotel Reichs-Küchenmeister Review: Staying In The Heart Of Rothenburg
  • Marc on Hotel Reichs-Küchenmeister Review: Staying In The Heart Of Rothenburg
  • klsd on This Barclays Bonus Offer Has A Sneaky Catch

Keep in touch

Facebook Twitter Instagram
square logo
  • Privacy Policy

Popular Posts

  • 1

    The Most Common Reason TSA Pulls Bags For Extra Screening

    June 4, 2026
  • 2

    Why Is Getting Free Tap Water In Europe Such A Struggle?

    June 4, 2026
  • 3

    Hotel Reichs-Küchenmeister Review: Staying In The Heart Of Rothenburg

    June 4, 2026
  • 4

    The Longest Airport Walks In America (2026) — And Why The Rankings Are So Weird

    June 5, 2026

Copyright © 2017-2026 Your Mileage May Vary - All Rights Reserved.
Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Your Mileage May Vary with appropriate and specific directions to the original content.


Back To Top
Your Mileage May Vary
  • Home
  • Contact
  • About
  • Categories
    • Airlines
    • Airports
    • Contests & Sweepstakes
    • Credit Cards
    • Cruises
    • Discounts & Sales
    • Disney, Universal & Other Theme Parks
    • Food & Beverage
    • Funny Stuff
    • Ground Transportation (Bus, Lyft, Subway, Taxi, Train, Uber, etc.)
    • Hotels
    • Lounges
    • Museums
    • New York City
    • Newbies (& those who don’t travel often)
    • Parks/Nature
    • Points & Miles
    • Rental Cars
    • Roadside Attraction
    • Shopping
    • Theater
    • Tips and Tricks
    • Travel
    • Weekly Recap