Bryan wrote:

> Odor free means no unnecessary odors. If the room smells like Glade
> air freshener, I go elsewhere. If it smells heavily of scented
> cleaners, same thing. I've never walked into the office of a motel
> and smelled strong food smells other than curry. From a couple
> decades ago, back when I was more obsessed with price, I noticed that
> if the lobby smelled like curry, the rooms would almost always be
> heavily "perfumed," and often less than clean. These days we avoid
> even going into such places. There are chains that practice adequate
> institutional control over their franchisees, such as Choice Hotels,
> Best Western, Accor (Motel 6) and InterContinental Hotels (Holiday
> Inn). There are ones that do not, like Super 8 or Days Inn.

Curry is one of those permeating odors, like smoke. You can't
just vacuum it out or leave the windows open.

nancy