Bmwdsny said:Not to be prejudice against Smokers, but in plain English...ALL HOTELS SHOULD BE SMOKE FREE BY LAW!!! not only for "smell" puprose but for safety reasons too!!!
Chuck S said:The problem I see with that...lets say that the person before me smoked in the room. ...
The maid's can do it, they do at other timeshare resorts. They usually only charge those where it's obvious. But if you knew you might be on the hook for $250 or more, wouldn't you pay attention when you checked into the unit? Plus unless one had been in the room only a night or 2, it should be VERY obvious anyway.Chuck S said:The problem I see with that...lets say that the person before me smoked in the room. My sense of smell isn't very acute so I don't notice it. Then the person to occupy the room after me is extremely sensitive and can smell the faintest wisp. They report that the room had been smoked in, and DVC back charges my credit card. Are we going to hire a crew of inspectors/supervisors to inspect each room at a significant increase to our dues?
Dean said:The maid's can do it, they do at other timeshare resorts. They usually only charge those where it's obvious. But if you knew you might be on the hook for $250 or more, wouldn't you pay attention when you checked into the unit? Plus unless one had been in the room only a night or 2, it should be VERY obvious anyway.
Not being arguementative at all and I understand the position. My point was it's usually painfully obvious, esp if someone has been in the room a few days.Shawn said:Hi Dean,
Not trying to be argumentative or anything, and I'm new to timeshares (and DVC will likely be my only one), but thought I'd comment on your experience.
If by obvious it means there are cigarrette butts on the counter, then that seems like it would be reasonable evidence. But if by obvious it is referring to the odor of cigarette smoke, then I wouldn't support this.
I just *do not* have a very good sense of smell. I imagine others don't also. I work around folks who it seems can smell a smoker (or perfumer or aftershaver or ...) from 5 offices away and will complain about it. A smoker can walk into my office and sit down, and I'd not even notice it.
Just voicing my concerns that what's obvious varies tremendously, and as a DVC member, I wouldn't want to be on the hook for other's transgressions.
-Shawn
This is something they essentially do anyway, all that would be added is to formally report it in some way. Just like they're supposed to do now with problems they see with the room. However, IMO, I'd far rather pay for them to do this than almost everything else they do. And any increased labor costs would easily be offset by decreased soft goods refurbishment costs and the fines themselves. Many other timeshares do it and do it successfully. I'm sure some slip by but if the resorts are agressive enough at it, the policy and enforcement thereof, act as a deterent. And this is the entire goal, not to collect a tarrif itself. Or I could just hand out super soakers and we could sweep the place periodically.Chuck S said:The maids don't seem to have time to do everything they need to do so we can be in our rooms in a timely manner...do we really want to add policing smokers to their duties?
BWVDee said:...some of the really dramatic anti smokers are pushing to the point that they better watch what they wish for.
When the front desk tells people it is okay to smoke in the N/S unit then a notation should be made that the villa needs to have the ionizing cleaning done before it is listed as a N/S villa again. No extra charge to the member when told it is okay to smoke but a hefty charge if not told okay to smoke.Tink10 said:I'm also a smoker and always request a smoking room, but never get one. I have, on more than one occasion, asked about the possibility of changing to a smoking room and was told to go ahead and smoke in the room that I was assigned. Housekeeping will even bring an ashtray to a NS room!
Now, before anyone flames me, I WILL NOT smoke in a non-smoking room, I go on the balcony, but as I've said in another thread on the resorts board, you can't always blame the room occupants when the CM's are telling people that it's ok to smoke.
wow......BensMom said:I don't want to hear it from smokers. No matter what they do, they are inconsiderate. It's all about them.
pluto109 said:no smoking in any rooms.. who agrees
pluto109 said:no smoking in any rooms.. who agrees