Hotel Madness: Tournament of Pet Peeves

Hotel work can be pretty darn hard so every once in awhile you have to have a little fun. Here’s an opportunity to not only have some fun, but to watch a little research in motion.

The good folks at Gadling have come up with a very unique and creative consumer opinion poll that should be of interest to every hotelier. It’s called Hotel Madness: Gadling’s Tournament of Pet Peeves. Styled after the NCAA March Madness, the Gadling Tournament pairs Pet Peeves against each other to duke it out to determine the eventual Champion Pet Peeve.

Starting with the Sweet Sixteen of Pet Peeves the tournament, with the help of consumer voters, will whittle the teams to the Elite Eight, Final Four and the eventual The Champion.

Hotel Madness Tournament

Each Pet Peeve is ranked (just like college teams) and the folks at Gadlings have also gone so far as to provide some very entertaining scouting reports. Voting is now open. Be sure to follow along.

Here are the initial parings:
#1 No free Wi-Fi vs. #16 Annoying hotel TV channel
#2 Bad front desk service vs. #15 Everything about TV remotes
#3 Expensive parking vs. #14 Tightly tucked-in sheets
#4 Resort fees vs. #13 Early housekeeping visits
#5 No airport shuttle vs. #12 One-ply toilet paper
#6 No free breakfast vs. #11 Expensive minibars
#7 Bad water pressure vs. #10 Small towels
#8 Room not read on time vs. #9 Early Check out time

If you have an NCAA March Madness office pool to help boost staff morale, you might want to include the  Hotel Madness Tournament of Pet Peeves pool as well and have some fun.

So, which Pet Peeve do you think will be the ultimate Champion?

Post a comment and everyone with the right answer will be congratulated in a future post proclaiming the Champion Hotel Pet Peeve.

Mar 16th, 2011 by Madigan Pratt