Hotel Rooms Look Better Online, Need More Outlets

Written by Pat's Papers | Thursday, 5 May 2011 6:53 AM

We know not to judge books by their covers. You should also refrain from judging hotel rooms by their online photos says USA Today—and not because you may be pleasantly surprised. Special lenses, deceptive angles, even straight up stock photos are often used to sell customers on hotel rooms that look little to nothing like the rooms they’ll actually be given. It’s a rampant problem, despite the FTC’s rules about honest marketing.

Speaking of hotel rooms, the New York Times says business travelers are unanimous when asked what amenity they’d like to see added to their rooms: power outlets. Specifically ones that aren’t hidden under the desk or hard to get a plug into.

Oyster.com has a great feature called Photo Fakeouts, where they compare marketing photos to ones snapped by actual guest. As they photo above shows, there’s quite some disparity.

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