It’s not quite that bad. After 13 years I can count on one hand the number of times a hotel hasn’t been booked.
Rosters are crap? well yeah they are but what does anyone expect when flying a full long haul roster? week orlando’s twice a month?
Crap hotels? well a few but most are OK. I personally hated the holiday hotels in Dominican and Jamaica but some are excellent, LIR/MRU springs to mind, I quite like the CUN hotel as well.
i have to to say I don’t see the appeal of long haul anymore, back on short haul and life’s great again... I’m currently sitting in the beer garden in the middle of 5 days off looking for ward to my weekend in the back garden, that’s the life for me!!