Mobil Travel Guide Hotel Rating

About the Mobil Travel Guide

Considered the gold standard in travel reviews and ratings, the Mobil Travel Guide is a resource numerous travels return to time and again to find quality travel arrangements. The originator of the star rating system, this trusted travel guide offers reviews for restaurants, spas, and hotels. Mobil also offers destination guides and partner with Kayak for booking hotels, flights, and cars to the destinations of choice.

The Mobil Travel Guide Hotel Rating System

The Mobil Travel field staff inspects hotels according to a wide range of criteria in order to provide consumers with unbiased ratings based on facts. In an era when anyone and everyone can publish on the Internet, these ratings are an important source for travelers. The rating system Mobil uses is the now familiar concept of star ratings, with five stars representing the highest rating, and one star the lowest rating.

An important distinction between Mobil and other hotel ratings, however, is that Mobil is very selective in handing out the coveted stars. So selective in fact, that only approximately nine thousand of over fifty thousand North American hotels can claim to have a rating from Mobil. According to the Mobil hotel rating system:

• One Star: In order to earn a one star rating, hotels must be clean, comfortable, and offer reliable service. These are often limited in terms of the amenities and services they offer.

• Two Stars: A two star rating includes the same or higher level of comfort, cleanliness and conscientious service, and also include a full service restaurant on the premises.

• Three Stars: Hotels rated with thee stars from Mobil offer excellent service and high quality, coupled with the availability of expanded services and amenities such as room service, full turn down service, and fitness facilities.

• Four Stars: Hotels rated four stars from Mobil are luxury accommodation and must maintain distinctive settings and exhibit top quality service. These establishments offer personalized service, such as valet parking and around-the-clock room service.

• Five Stars: The ultimate luxury accommodations, hotels with five stars from Mobil not only meet guest needs and expectations, but exceed them in both surroundings and service.

Mobil Travel Guide hotel ratings are determined by separate inspections. Facility inspectors follow a detailed checklist for the physical surroundings of a hotel. Incognito service inspectors carefully review the service and amenities a hotel provides, using unbiased methods such as stopwatches, checklists, and evaluations.

Using the Mobil Hotel Ratings

While everyone would certainly love to visit the five star Mobil hotels, the guide allows average consumer to get the most for the money as well. Instead of blindly reserving a hotel, travelers can know precisely what a specific hotel offers – and if it's rated even one star from Mobil, be assured that their minimum needs are met.

To use the Mobil hotel rating system to find their desired hotels, consumers need to purchase a guide for the area of their choice. The Mobil hotel guides are published for United States and Canada, and are currently available for fifteen different regions. Mobil also offers hotel ratings in specialty editions, such as pet travel and the 2008 Beijing guide. These inexpensive publications can be purchased online, book retailers, and many travel-oriented and souvenir shops. Simply browse the guide for select areas or star ratings and make your choice.

Travelers can learn more about how inspectors do the evaluations that result in ratings, read select hotel reports, and view ratings and information on select hotels online at the Mobil Travel Guide Website.

If you're planning a romantic getaway or vacation, Mobil also offers resources for some of the best accommodations to help you dream and decide on a location, such as their list of Most Romantic Hotels and Inns.