Resort Management Tutorial: Improving Hobart's Hideaway
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I chose to start my Resort Management career by improving Hobart's Hideaway. It begins with some value, yet is free - so in removing bad scenery to improve the look, and upgrading amenities, I can get a discount by selling outdated and unattractive objects. This Tutorial will share my findings with you and provide tips on taking guest reviews into consideration and raising the star level to five by making them have a great time. My goal is to get to boost the value of this place and make it a profitable five-star resort.
A Horrible Resort - Starting Profit: $177 per Day,
17/17 rooms filled.
I immediately see how ugly it is,
and that the guests give it an average review of Two
Stars. Reading their reviews, I see a few common
problems. There are a variety of things that irritate guests,
but the primary problem is the lack of food at the resort. I
decide to fill this need by placing a few more Buffet
Tables near the one that exists. I add a buffet table by
clicking the Resort, choosing Resort Management, Improve
Resort, then Build Mode. Click the little building that says
Community Objects to get access to the Resort Objects
section. There,you'll find a Grand Buffet for just under
$400.
Where are Buffet Tables, Resort Towers and Other Items
Click your Resort and choose Resort Management > Improve Resort > Buy Here. You can also click Buy on open ground. Go to Sort By Function, where you may need to use the little arrow to scroll down to the resorts tab. From there, you'll be on the Resort Items tab, where you can find objects such as the Front Desk, Buffet Tables, Food Counters, Bars, Wedding Arches, and Firewalk Pits. From this menu you'll also find Resort buildings like Cottages, Bungalows, and Resort Towers.
The investment is fairly large, but it will hopefully improve guests' reviews of my Resort.
Obvious Improvements
If I sink a little money
into this place, I can make it much better. At the starting
outdoor dining area, I add some dining tables and chairs with
a positive environment factor. There didn't seem to be enough
seating with only 3 seats, especially during the 6pm dinner
surge. I made one grand table. Many guests complain if their
kids don't have food to eat, so I make sure that a buffet
table is dedicated to that. Others want specialty foods like
Dim Sum. I make one table with Dinner at medium, Dim Sum at
medium quality, and a Kids' table medium as well. Seeing the
dirty plates pile up, I hire a medium quality maintenance
worker. I'm hoping I can bump this to three stars quickly, so
I make sure there are some flowers, statues, and paintings
that make the place more beautiful. I expand the main room by
a few tiles to the left to give more room for seating and
entertainment. Because a couple of guests asked, I also added
a firewalk pit. The Resort currently has a maximum occupancy
of 17 Sims, so I click the Resort Towers, in this case,
cottages to 'Upgrade' them for $5,000 which brings capacity
up to 27 Sims. After these improvements, I wait. I write this
Tutorial while taking notes for the actual guide so I want to
see guests' opinions when the reviews come in the next
day.
First Three-Star Review
A couple days after my
construction, I get my first three-star Review and Hobart's
Hideaway's overall ranking goes to 2.5 stars. The Sim
lamented the lack of a hot tub, but found having a clean
guest room (room service turned on) was a perk. This is not
the first complaint I've seen about the Hot Tub, so I decide
to construct a special Hot Tub area for Sims to relax. I
sense a theme in guests' demands and also add a food stand
with high quality food, while also upgrading all buffet
tables to high quality. With a Hot Tub, grill, and great food
and limited room availability, I decide I can try to set the
price of rooms to Moderate.
Further Improvements
I add a second Beach Resort
Tower and upgrade both of them to maximum, giving me a
capacity of 84 guests. A bar with Mixologist is also added,
to give my guests yet another means of entertainment and
service from the Resort. With all these amenities, I can
definitely justify the Moderate room price, and giving the
new Resort Towers the spa feature for only $50 each is
worthwhile.
Moving Up
Hobart's is bringing in nearly $3,000
a day with a Moderate price and full guest capacity. Because
there isn't much room, it's hard to fill guests' need for a
pool. I am hoping to please them other ways, so that I can
avoid the headache of deciding a position for one. This will
also teach me what pleases guests most. One complained there
were too many using the fire pit, so I created a second on
the other side of the Resort. I also added more shrubbery and
trees - the type you find in build mode. While it doesn't
make the beach beautifully decorated, guests expect a
tropical feel.
At 3.5 Stars and Upgrading the Resort
My Resort
Owner can basically do what she wants while the staff handle
things at the Resort. I have her learn the Handiness skill
so that she can upgrade the all-in-one bathroom to
unbreakable, wire the house with speakers, and give anything
else, like the hot tub, upgrades to make them better.
Hobart's Hideaway at 5 stars
I learn how Resorts
can only grow by one star rating per day, and finally
understand just what it takes to make a resort 5 stars. I
skip the pool, but expand my gym equipment to four pieces,
provide a second hot tub, and turn the water temperature up
on each. Hiring 3 quality maintenance workers will keep the
resort free of trash and all objects repaired. This also
gives me a boost, as they provide room service. Within a few
days, I hit 5 stars and unlock No Trouble Atoll which can
hold a much larger Resort. I can hold 84 occupants and pull
in about $5600 per day in profit on the resort. Turning
around Hobart's Hideaway was a major success.
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2After I started with Hobert's Hideaway, I started another resort from scratch. At first I was losing money with this resort. The first time I was informed of this the game told me if it didn't start making money soon it would be shut down. I was wondering if you knew how many days of losing money the game would allow before shutting it down.
Oh man i feel very sad. Now here is my question.
1.could you tell me a resort lot or island that pretty cool for me?
2.WHAT ALL I CAN DO TO RESPONSE THOSE CUSTOMER NEEDS?
3.My concept is have VIP Room out to the beach.
Use blueprint swap with self build and have a very high chance to go to 5 star resort by the good way so can you tell me that lot AND explain why do you tell me that lot please?
That all,sir.
