Pritesh | Indie Hotels

@resetbasis But free markets 😅

Took a small twitter break. Come back to find everyone is learning that wholesalers are scumbags. Good stuff.

@TheRickCarlson Nice! Whatever gets the job done.

@PriteshSMB Schlage Remote locks and Ownerez PM. We only have 10 rooms so I needed the most cost effective option that worked and that covers the bases. I’ll probably build my own PMS at some point.

When I opted to do contact free check in at the hotel everyone pushed back and said it was dumb and wouldn’t work. Here we are, going into our 4th summer with over 4,000 reservations behind us and over 1200 reservations this summer. Turns out 99.9% like the idea of just going to your room when you arrive. You dont have to don what everyone does and often times people like different if it makes their lives easier.

@bprintco Dope. I need the equivalent for our hotel. Just logo is boring now

Employees wanted cooler shirts

@airline_king My dream of being a food influencer just rekindled 😅

@PriteshSMB Mmmm alright I’ll give it a shot

$15 for 5oz of chips I need to stop listening to podcasts.

@ZacGawn Dang that’s intense. Obsidian seems to be the go to alternative to notion. Unless you have a crazy setup should get you pretty close.

Our trainual bill is around $500 a month. Any one using open source or vibe coded alternatives ?

@airline_king Yup! Very sturdy so great for dips. Distinct taste from being fried in tallow. Worth trying.

@PriteshSMB They good atleast?

@mrjoebert Guess we need more rocket scientists then lol

@PriteshSMB I'm pretty confident that's what everyone who calls us says right before they cut the backup line, try to jump it out using the primary line, then wonder why there's a total comm fault when the system steps on itself trying to call out.

Every hotel I've taken over has paid $30/line for 6+ phone lines. Vestige of the past. No one uses (nasty) guest room phones. Remove the phones, switch front desk to voip. $180/mo to $20/mo

@mrjoebert Yup, problem of the past. Most fire panels have 4g cell dialers now. If an old panel has a pots connection it’s not rocket science to keep that line in service.

There was a span of 2-3 years a few years ago where we were getting a lot of calls about fire alarm systems being in trouble, after ownership/management changes where they cancelled a bunch of phone lines, moved to VoIP, etc. It used to be common for emergency systems to share phone lines with various other things, so even when they ensured the fire alarms primary line was undisturbed, they'd inadvertently cut the backup line when cancelling that line for something seemingly unrelated. Other times it was older systems designed around POTS lines being unable to utilize compressed VoIP lines. This was typically fixable by having the telco provider provision 2 uncompressed lines, but they were charging $90 a line to do that last I know. It's definitely worth taking a deep dive into the building's fire alarm monitoring prior to making sweeping changes to the phone system. If you see a box near the control panel that says NAPCO, or AES, you're likely already monitored wirelessly and most likely have nothing to worry about. I say likely though because I have seen a couple instances where wireless units were installed at one point, but are no longer active for whatever reason. In any event, no communication paths for the fire alarm system means no automatic fire trucks. Tread with caution.

@JustinBrady 😅

@PriteshSMB I booked directly with Marriott. 😂

I was a front desk agent in college. My system was still in DOS. (Fidelio) I checked a guest into their room in 1-2 min tops. ... and I have NO IDEA what front desk agents are doing these days.

@Rabbi_Weishaupt Go touch grass

@PriteshSMB Sounds absolute crazy. But on the other hand, you wouldnt shake a dhalit's Hand, would you. Stereotypes are pattern recognition. Thanks for coming to my TED talk

Blows my mind how many racist retards are on x.

@SiouxlandFamily Congrats!

This was so fun to wake up to! S for Sioux City is #1 in Amazon's Iowa travel niche on its first day in the rankings! Thanks for all the kind words and enthusiasm for my book! (affiliate link: amzn.to/3RWhYa9)

@kbessey Mostly anon accounts, so incredible to see people with decent followings giddily chime in.

@PriteshSMB I think it comes with the territory. Its ok though, they won’t have businesses for long—even if they have a business in the first place.

@mattressguy_ That was me in 2012. But im smarter now, and use an iPhone

The other day I delivered to a customer and somehow we ended up in a full blown iPhone vs Android debate It started because when I explain foam quality to customers I compare: • Visco gel memory foam = iPhone • Traditional memory foam = Android • Generic comfort foam = flip phone Most people laugh and move on This guy, proud Android user During the sale he was a great sport about it, but when I got to his house for delivery he sat me down like I was one of his kids and started hammering me on why Androids are superior Specs Customization Innovation Battery life Etc An hour later I finally cut him off because I still had deliveries to make Couple days later I asked for a review He wrote a bunch of really nice things and ended it with: “Nick knows a lot about mattresses but doesn’t know a thing about phones.” 🤣

@rajchudasama Not required in IBC/IFC which, imo, has some pretty intense requirements for life/safety. Not required in apartment buildings or Airbnbs. Dumb for hotels to act different imo.

@PriteshSMB For us, guest room phones are a Fire & life safety requirement.

@Rushi_N_Patel Depends on the franchise. Otherwise not required in Iowa / most states

@PriteshSMB Isn’t it a requirement to have phones in each guest room though?

Used to geek out with freepbx appliances from @clearly_ip. But was overkill once we removed guest room phones Now we use their cloud solution. Not the easiest to configure, but love the physical phone support vs. 100% softphones/apps.