On Hotels and Housekeeping

I am opposed to housekeeping in hotels. It's not that I don't like a clean room, as anyone who knows me can attest. I'm all for housekeeping on the front - and back - end of a hotel stay. It's while I'm actually checked in that I don't like it. The reasons are manifold, but essentially break down like this:

• I do not want my toothbrush accidentally sprayed with some type of cleaning solution, nor do I want to have to put it away each morning upon leaving the room.
• I do not want all of the extra pillows that I've relegated to the sofa or corner returned to the bed each day.
• I do not need new sheets or towels for a three-night hotel stay.
• I'm not super keen on strangers in my room, in general.

I have found that housekeepers are usually quite happy with this arrangement. One in Memphis recently enthused, "You're a blessing, dear!"

I especially love Sheraton's Make a Green Choice program, which rewards the no-housekeeping-needed traveler with a $5 voucher at participating food and beverage outlets or 500 Starwood Preferred Guest Starpoints for each night the guest declines housekeeping service. I'm waiting for other hotels to follow suit...