During my working years, I had to travel to many parts of the world and stay at different hotels, but hotels in Mumbai near the airport which I used to overnight seems to be pretty disgusting and charges are exorbitant. The linen is old and some times torn, the room boys hang around for tips and they have the lousiest mini vans to pick up passengers from airport.
I have been frequently welcomed by cockroaches, mosquitoes and lizards in the hotels i stayed in India. We indians anyway have one of the lowest standards of sanitation
See the rates in indian hotels, it is more than prevailing in London.s. we stayed in london for less than . it was 80 pounds for a night. It is around 6000 to 15000 here.To reach london status it will take 40 years for us.
foreigners are afraid to stay in costly hotels here.
Re: govt should step in.
by Ratnakar Mankad on Jun 04, 2010 08:05 AM
irst, the govt must step out of hotel business and then only can it regulate hotels for sanitary standards with conviction. I stayed at Centaur Delhi way back when it was new. I nearly missed my flight because there was no transport to airport. Nearby taxi fellows did not want to come and hotel's van was away for some VIP! I never stayed at Centaur Delhi after that.
Re: govt should step in.
by anurartha venkataraman on Jun 04, 2010 11:54 AM
The excellent rooms for 25� to 50� depending on demand[25 usually when booked 15 days before] called premier inn are run by an indian entrpreneur who has come up by hardwork apparently. Budget hotels in the uk are reasonable and begin from 30� [if it is a big city it might get expensive] and usually deliver what they promise, many of them serve indian food as well though a little bland.
Dirty hotels are every where, all small hotels worldwide fall in the dirty category. Countries like India where Inspectors (if they exist) can be bought for few hundred rupees to turn a blind eye. and what you get is a hotel not even fit for animals. But wait a minute,you haven't seen any thing yet Kaxgar (pronounced Kessghar)they are even worst. the first one I booked into did not have toilets at all it was a single story building and you had to do it through your room window. For toilet paper it was old news paper cut up in small sheets. It was recommended to me as the best in town. I left the next morning and found a better one where facilities were not at its best but was clean and acceptable.
Re: Dirty Hotels
by Ratnakar Mankad on Jun 04, 2010 08:09 AM
Lower category hotels, yes. But Centaur Delhi has been rated five star! The situation in Russia was even worse during 1988-9` when we had to carry our own toilet paper or find newspapers. Some hotels gave newpapers cut in half of quarters! But that was in the days of worst economic crisis in USSR.
I am not sure Indian schools teach hygiene culture with importance.India is growing up to content with civilized nations.we cannot blame ourself that we are not keeping our bathrooms clean.I think govt also set a standard for all this when a hotel builds up.The biggest problem I have noticed is that we people wont clean the bathrooms by ourself they expect someone to do that or depend on servents.when Indian people changes this atttitude India bathrooms will be clean.In US also Desi -resturents not only bathrooms also sitting rooms everywhere this reflects.My humble advice to all Indians please clean your toilet and rooms by yourself that what great Mahatma told us to do.As long as no one follows it stinks. But time will change as i have read someones comment.
Re: Indian Hygeine
by pkr ramesh on Jun 04, 2010 08:51 PM
Sorry ,Where you did you do your schooling Mr Rajesh? India or abroad We will inform all Indians to clean their toilets and rooms.
India needs to improve a lot in service industry. They need to know that service is the one that brings back the customers to them. to understand this it will take next 50yrs.
