What are the differences of hotels before and hotels nowadays?

Question

Hey! I just wanna know what kind of services hotels back then offered that hotels these days still do offer or stuffs that old hotels used to serve and are now considered as obsolete services by new hotels, it could also be that only a few hotels are still offering those stuffs or they still have it but in a different way...Any answer would really help thank you.

has anybody tried staying in one of Paris' hotels?

what was it like?XD

Answer 1

I think its got more to do with the star rating of hotel you stay at. I imagine (as I've never been rich enough to go to one!) that 5 star hotels still offer the kind of treatment that perhaps we think of as old fashioned - ie. A Head Conciearge who you could go to get you tickets for the opera or a table at a top restaurant. They also probably do all the nice fluffy bath robes and exotic lotions and potions in the bath (as opposed to the standard cheapo sachets of shampoo and soap).

I think the thing is that staying at hotel used to be a luxury that few could afford, so when they did they expected a certain high level of service. Those that couldn't afford it stayed at boarding houses, holiday camps and B&Bs. While more of us now stay at hotels, its usually at the lower end - say 1 to 3 stars - which have taken some of the market share away from the more traditional forms of holiday accommodation. We think we're getting a higher status of holiday, but in actual fact we're replacing good home cooking, friendliness and entertainment with soul-less travel lodges and motels.

Answer 2

Besides the Bible, hotels today offer Internet service or state-of-the-art technology which old hotels didn't have. Other security such as key-card room, 24-hour CCTV security surveillance system, international Direct Dial (IDD) telephone through optic-fibre cable.

I never understood why they even have Bible in the hotel because if people want to have affairs, they'd be too busy doing something else rather than look for the bible :-)  

Other services such as spa & fitness-center, beauty salon and several shops, baby sitter on request, recent release movie pay channels, large screen plasma televisions, Wedding/Meeting/Banquets, concierge service that older hotels may not have.