Rubenerd

Clara and I booked a hotel for the Singapore arm of our recent trip through a well-known travel site. These were the emails I got, in chronological order:

• Confirmation for Booking ID $NUMBER
• Confirmation for Booking ID $NUMBER
• Would you recommend $HOTEL to a friend?
• Would you recommend $HOTEL to a friend?
• Would you recommend $HOTEL to a friend?
• Your stay at $HOTEL
• Would you recommend $HOTEL to a friend? [ed: chill, people!]
• Reminder: Reminder - Your stay at $HOTEL

I’ve since been opted in to a bunch more stuff from this travel site. Why would I want junk mail about other places I could stay in a city I just left?

Contrast with the email I got from booking a hotel in Kuala Lumpur directly:

• Reservation Confirmed
• Thank You !