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What is important to you when choosing a holiday?

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    I'm the owner of a travel agency specialising in luxury travel and am in the process of putting together a databse of many of the hotels I recommend. As an agent I am also a 'customer' of many of our tour operator/suppliers and often find that their websites do not provide enough information so I am trying to ensure I cover as many hotel features and activities as possible. What do you particularly look for in a hotel/resort?

    For example when I'm looking for my own holidays I like smaller/intimate hotels that cater for vegetarians or (even better) there are lots of local restaurants providing good quality food.

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    I usually look for places that over privacy. The last thing I want to do when on vacation is be amongst the masses. You can often tell by the size of the hotel/resort in terms of the total number of rooms and suites.

    Which brings me to another point. The staff to guest ratio is extremely important, in my mind, when it comes to selecting a hotel or resort. If you ever have a place where the staff outnumbers or equals the number of guests, you know you'll be treated properly.

    Thanks from: travelangel
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    I like samll boutique hotels in cities and for resorts, small, again is best for me.
    Also, I won't go to any resort that takes children under the age of 13. Nothing
    is more annoying than to see a brochure for a resort that bills itself as peaceful,
    serene, romantic and then see that they offer babysitting services or a
    children's program. Children are an anathema to peace and serenity.

    I can understand that large properties have to take everyone but I've noticed
    that many of them will now offer "adults only" months or if they have more
    than one pool, one will be for adults only. That is very helpful but I just
    prefer resort properties with 50 or less rooms/suites.

    In a city hotel, it doesn't matter unless you can hear the screaming baby in the
    room next to yours, but that usually doesn't happen.

    In general, I like to feel that, when I enter the room or suite, no one has
    been there before me. That is up to the cleaning staff. Physical reminders
    of past guests are off putting; especially that one errant hair one sometimes
    finds on the edge of the tub, shower or toilet seat. This has occurred at
    all grades of hotels, surprisingly enough.

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