@levelsio

every corner of this hotel room in Italy has signs telling guests to share towels, not flush, and use less water every corner, not kidding! this feels more like the hotel chain saving money rather than saving the environment is it just me?

Analogous to the car situation. They no longer make cars that are cheap or that appeal to the consumer. Coping ppl say these electric blobs are “consumer preference” but economic policy and regulations make the car first, then, in last place, if theres budget, comes the consumer.

I also think Rimowa bags are very expensive, but they're made of aluminum as far as I remember, and they have a lifetime warranty or something like that... the only difference for me is that airports are more "careful" when handling them, because of their high cost and the lawsuits that Rimowa itself files against airlines and airports, many of which have exclusive baggage carousels for Rimowa bags... yes, it's unbelievable but it's true. But even so, I prefer my $100 bags.

my go-to trick that i've never quantified but i feel is directionally right: book the newest-built hotel in the area. like a new westin is going to be fabulous and 4x cheaper than FS. this used to be tricky to figure out if you could at all, but now gpt can do it easily.