While at the Affiliate Convention this past August in Montreal, I stayed at the Hotel Intercontinental.
It is a truly beautiful and elegant hotel and I managed to get a room with a great view of the river. The Intercontinental’s customer service was fabulous and access to nearby attractions (e.g. China Town, Old Montreal, St. Catherine Street, etc.) is all within easy walking distance.
I did have one complaint though – why are they stocking the rooms with bottles of water for which they charge $8.50?
Granted, it is a bottle of frou-frou FIJI water that according to Wikipedia is “a brand of bottled water which is bottled in the Fiji Islands. The water comes from an artesian well in the Yaqara Range of the Nakauvadra Mountains.”
But $8.50?!!! Why not bring in Dasani which not only tastes much better but has its Canadian source in Brampton, Ontario which is a mere 570 kilometers away – not a 20-hour flight away. Not only would this be easier on hotel guests’ pocket books, but infinitely better for an environment already in peril.
Speaking of taste – the tap water in Montreal is treated, completely safe to drink and tasted absolutely fine.
Anyway, if you’re staying at the Hotel Intercontinental in Montreal, save your money and be kind to the environment!
Pass on the ridiculously expensive frou-frou Fiji water and grab a glass of tap water. If you’re desperately in need of bottled water, do what I saw a number of other hotel guests do – walk a block to the local convenience store where you can get a bottle of Dasani for around a buck.
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Good for you! I sure agree about shipping bottled water across the planet, when most tap water, especially in Canada and USA, is perfectly good and safe.
Boo to Perrier and all the other frou frou imported silliness!
You sure have to be careful when buying anything from a hotel. We where in Vancouver for a family reunion last spring and as we had booked (almost) a complete floor of the hotel, (large family) we decided to have breakfast at the hotel the next morning. When we arrived at the dining room, we where told that a special breakfast smorg had been laid on for the family. We should have stayed away from that. We thought that was nice until we got the bill. It came to about $40.00 a head. Some breakfast……the next morning we went down the street to a nice restaurant and had a lovely breakfast for $4.99 each.