How to choose a hotel room

As a write city audio tours of Florence, Paris

, London and the occasional audio guide of Barcelona and guide to Venice, I spend a lot of time in hotel rooms. I'm also very fussy about the hotel rooms I stay in.

So it follows that I know a thing or two about how to choose a hotel room. Here are my top ten tips:

1. Don't necessarily take the first room you're offered. Hotels often try and get rid of less attractive hotel rooms especially if they're booked through money saving travel sites such as lastminute.com and expedia.com.

2. Lie down on the bed to see how comfortable it is. This is the most important thing, after all, about any hotel room. You could also see if the room has a bath shower. I know from writing city guides that a bath is essential after you've been tramping the streets for eight hours.

3. Get a hotel room that is as high up as you can you'll be away from traffic noise and you'll get better views of the city.

4. Choose a hotel room away from the lifts to minimise the number of people who walk past your door. Also, make sure that your hotel room is not near the maid's closet or a service doorway.

5. When you're checking in ask about an upgrade. Some hotels will give you a superior room or even a junior suite at a discount rather than leave it unused that night. This is how Brent Hoberman says he got the idea for lastminute.com

6. Hotel chains might be seen as soulless and bland but staying with same chain every trip such as Hilton means consistent quality. More importantly, they also allow you to collect loyalty points and you'll be more likely to get upgrades.

7. Avoid the mini-bar unless, that is you like giving your money away. Buy your drinks and snacks outside the hotel. You can still use the fridge to keep them cold.

8. Location, location, location is the mantra of the property business and it's a similar situation with hotel rooms. Even the independent booking sites can be rather vague or excessively optimistic about how near to the city centre and its main attractions your hotel is. Check on a map and look at the scale - before you book.

9. Check to see if your room has facilities such as an iron. If not, then ask to borrow one when you first get in. Don't be tempted to send your clothes out for ironing as this can be ridiculously expensive.

10. Seriously when you finally get to your room make sure you know where the fire exit is and walk along to it just to make sure.

How to choose a hotel room

By: mp3cityguides

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