Scene: Complete darkness, faint water running in the background.
Halearious: What are you doing?
ME: About to shower.
Halearious: What time is it?
ME: 9:15 AM
Halearious: Why isn't it light out?
ME: Our room doesn't have any windows.
Halearious: Oh.
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It was time to face the truth. We had a great first night in New Orleans for Mardi Gras. We were staying in a shitty hotel.
After a night in the Pelham Hotel here in New Orleans, I feel that I need to write a guide for booking hotels. It won't concern the obvious things you should ask (price, location, etc). It will deal with the questions that may not be so obvious.
1) Does the room have any natural light coming in through windows?
2) Does the elevator smell like a 3-year old wet towel that never dried?
3) How often do you dust and clean the rooms (if ever)?
4) Does the ice machine work?
5) Does the room where the ice machine is located smell like urine?
6) Do all the light bulbs in the room function?
7) Do you have complimentary conditioner in the bathroom?
8) You do have parking? Do I have to pay extra for it?
9) Does the toilet paper dispenser actually move?
10) Do the people sleeping on the coach in the lobby get a better deal then the people who book a room?
In the end, we were in New Orleans for Mardi Gras to party and see the sights, and not for our hotel room, but we thought we could help out others in the future.
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