世論 What Japan Thinks

iShare took a look at bringing amenity goods to hotels, the reverse of a survey from last year on taking amenity goods home.

Demographics

Between the 15th and 21st of September 2010 470 members of the CLUB BBQ free email forwarding service completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 56.2% of the sample were male, 31.7% in their twenties, 31.9% in their thirties, and 36.4% in their forties.

I’d love to try it an “Eco Stay” plan as I do get a bit fed up with the wife hoovering up even the razor, despite the fact that I always use an electric shaver. Furthermore, I’d rather my own toothbrush and toothpaste rather than the far too soft brushes and tiny tubes of paste.

However, I do like to grab the shampoo from posher hotels – on my recent trip to Hawaii the mango, honey and lychee soap and shampoo went straight into my suitcase (and then leaked, but that’s another story) and with the bed turn-down service also tidying up the room for a second time each day, I could get double helpings of the freebies!

Research results

Q1: Have you ever stayed at a lodging facility that laid on amenity goods like shampoo, body soap, etc? (Sample size=470)

	All	Male N=264	Female N=206
Yes (to SQ1)	84.9%	77.7%	94.2%
No	15.1%	22.3%	5.8%

Q1SQ1: Do you bring along your own shampoo etc even when staying at a lodging facility that lays on amenity goods? (Sample size=399)

	All	Male N=205	Female N=194
Always	7.8%	5.4%	10.3%
Usually (to SQ2)	34.3%	25.9%	43.3%
Never (to SQ2)	57.9%	68.8%	46.4%

Q1SQ2: From the 13th of September 2010 three hotel booking sites Rurubu Travel, Rakuten Travel, and Jalan.net started a joint “Eco Stay” promotion where instead of the hotel offering amenities such as razors and toothbrushes there are discounts on rates and other money-off offers. Would you want to make use of such an offer? (Sample size=368)

	All	Male N=194	Female N=174
Definitely	38.9%	40.7%	36.8%
Try it once	43.2%	38.7%	48.3%
Don’t want to use	17.9%	20.6%	14.9%