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Staying at a hotel seems like it should be a pretty standardized experience, most travelers know that it’s anything but. At the same time, hotels, motels and hostels are all places that seem outside of space and time, where there are just other rules and norms. So it can be nice and entertaining to see that others have had similar thoughts in the past.
We’ve gathered some of the best and most relatable posts on X about people’s experiences staying at hotels. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to share your own thoughts and stories in the comments section below.
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kitteh floof lover 1 year ago
i had an amazing experience in a hotel in switzerland. the minibar was free if we opted out of a daily room cleaning. they even took note of what we ate and drank from the minibar, and replaced it with the same items the next day! there was water, sparkling water, local beers, wine, soda, candy and potato chips!
My O My 1 year ago
O that's cool! I don't like the housekeeping personell comming in constantly anyways
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Guess Undheit 1 year ago (edited)
The first thing I do when I check in is tell them to clear it out, take out everything. I've had hotels (plural) lie and claim I drank something, so I don't trust them anymore. If it's empty and I record them doing it, they can't make that false claim. [ ....... ] On top of that, they fill it with garbage, sugar water and beer. I go to the nearest supermarket and buy containers of fruit juice or milk, maybe a few things for a midnight snack.
Remi (He/Him) 1 year ago
I'm always afraid that they're gonna charge me for things I've brought to the room and am just keeping in the fridge to keep them chill. Like they're gonna swoop in and say: "there was an energy drink yoghurt and a sausage here yesterday, but now there isn't so pay up" or something
FaceTime Audio 1 year ago
Not in a minibar, but last time I was in a hotel I bought a Drumstick ice cream cone from the shop in the lobby, and it was $6. I would have put it back were I not already at the cash register, checking out, and too embarrassed to nope out (prices weren't on display). Practically extortion.
Ashley 1 year ago
I was in a hotel where the fridge would automatically charge your room if an item was taken. (Sensors or something) But there was nothing in the fridge! And you could not put anything in the fridge b/c of it. I just wanted to keep my leftovers and some of my (less expensive) diet cokes cold. Mean!!
Panda Mona 1 year ago (edited)
Well, as a child I was told that we don´t have enough money to take anything from the minibar. So I thought that these sweets and drinks would cost more than ALL what my parents had to live one. Whatever you explain to your child, double-check what he or she has understood might be a good idea :-)
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Michael Largey 1 year ago
Vampires would make ideal bodyguards, except they never show up for the day shift.
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
Where's the litter box? Oh, and we need a nice carpet to puke on.
chickpea me 1 year ago
I have serious anemia and just got back from the hospital today to get a blood transfusion. The nurse told me my blood was being fetched. I said she could serve it in a glass this time. Her expression wasn't what I had expected. Whah, whah, whah
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Cat Chat 1 year ago (edited)
My mom actually does this every couple of months or so. She calls them her mini vaccinations and we can't disturb her unless it's an emergency. She's a Queen and deserves it. Edit:. Ha 🤣 of , of course I meant vacations. But it looks so funny I will leave it that way. I enjoyed the funny replies to my goof
FoxEcoLimaIndiaCharlieIndiAlfa 1 year ago
😂 mini vaccinations, I'd personally prefer vacations.
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sadmrguna 1 year ago
When my son was a baby and I was chronically sleep-deprived, my husband bought me a night in a hotel by myself. Best birthday present ever!
Bridgit Gilmore 1 year ago
Winner, winner, chicken dinner...and I don't mean the hotel...I mean the husband!
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Jeevesssssss 1 year ago
I live on my own and sit in a fluffy robe and eat crisps dipped in gravy (sue me, I don't like chocolate cake) and I don't talk to myself, I talk to my cat. Every night. People, THIS is what is better than being with someone who doesn't value you.
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
Why would anyone dip crisps into chocolate cake in the first place? My owners say meow to your owner.
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Lucus Adams 1 year ago
I need to know the name of this hotel chain where checkout is 22 hours after check in
marianne eliza 1 year ago
Oh yeah. My brother has a guest house on his 64 acre Santa Cruz Mountains property. 3 bdrm, 2 bath, big screen TV with satellite including all the premium channels. Very poor cell reception but has a landline for emergencies. Can't see any other house from there. Only a 20 minute drive away. For when I need time off from being the primary caregiver for our 93 year old parents. Pack the dog and cat, hit a fancy grocery store, stock up on my favorite party favors, and go for 2 or 3 nights (sister comes from 3 hrs away to care for parents every couple of months).
rainbowbrite141 1 year ago
I literally booked an executive suite in San Francisco in Aug for this exact purpose but it will be Creme brulee and wine.
If you are currently at a hotel, this might ruin the experience a bit, but once you imagine the sheer volume of people who have most likely stayed in the room you are in, it can get a little bit nauseating. After all, even if the staff have the best intentions, can you really trust that they reliably clean it out every single day?
This is perhaps why so many travel bloggers actually spend a good amount of time recommending specific hotels and giving their best tips. These are huge machines behind the scenes, with so many people coming and going.
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Cat Chat 1 year ago
Certainly. I could see doing something funny like this if you were staying in a guest room at family or friends. In hotel, pranking guest service personnel is rude and it's like treating them as "the help" who you don't respect.
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Verena 1 year ago
No. I clean on a side job during summer for some extra cash. Depending on the overall behaviour of such a guest, this could end them up on the black list.
LandAhoy 1 year ago
Would you like the prank if you found $20 inside, as suggested above?
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Barbara Panda 1 year ago
That's not nice at all. Very mean and you could really scare the people that clean up after your sorry butt.
Verena 1 year ago
You'll end up on the "guest to avoid"-list. Reason see within this thread.
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UKGrandad 1 year ago (edited)
Because if you squint it could possibly almost look like it references a reformed paedophile? Yes, that's sarcasm, but considering that other innocent words are censored for looking like 'naughty' words - p**n, for instance - I wouldn't be at all surprised if I am correct. Edit: just proved my point: BP auto-censored p-a-w-n, for crying out loud. How would they cope with a story about chess?
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censorshipsucks 1 year ago
this is a well-known hack. Call, postpone due to unforseen circumstances, then wait a few days and cancel.
Arnold Larkins 1 year ago (edited)
"I would like to book a hotel room please" "When?" "The year 999999999^^^999999999 would be nice"
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
That's what you do for the restaurant at the end of the universe.
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Clover 1 year ago
I booked a room online, in a city where my husband was having surgery. The doctor postponed the surgery. I called the hotel, they wouldn't let me cancel the room. Not enough notice. What I did was to go back online, and change the date of my reservation to the next surgery date. That worked! I did not get charged for the original date. I hope this will help if you get caught in the same situation.
However, just like that other staple of travel, the airport, hotels have their own, very specific vibe. Many social norms are out the window, the dress code barely exists and eating options can range from the preferences of an eight-year-old in the candy aisle to some pretty disappointing “real” meals.
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megasmacky 1 year ago
Actually, that's wrong. Hotels don't make you do housework as well.
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Andrea Hartzler 1 year ago
It sure feels like that...I too am afraid to touch the mini bar and some are clearly labeled explaining how closely monitored they are.
realenancy170 1 year ago
In nyc you almost always pay a resort fee even for basic hotels with few amenities. I just booked a hotel 2 weeks ago and many advertised only housekeeping on request!
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Mark 1 year ago
"Choreographed by a two-time Emmy Award winner, Porcelain Throne Theatre welcomes you to the dancing extravaganza 'Taco Bell', that splatted right into the hearts of our critics.
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Papa 1 year ago
I haven't seen that. My biggest pet peeves with hotel bathroom design is toilet paper holders that a normal person can't reach from the toilet, and shower heads that are chest high. I'm too old to have to squat down to wash my face and hair.
Ylime 1 year ago
Both bathrooms in my house have toilet papers holders that no human being can reach.
Load More Replies... Lena Flising 1 year ago
We had one with a glass brick wall, where the light turned on when the sliding door was closed. Nice for the other person, to be bathed in light when one wants to use the bathroom at night. Well, one could leave the door slightly ajar. The glass brick wall, we've had in a least one more hotel room. We've also had one hotel room with a round window from the corridor outside in to the bathroom and round window from the bathroom in to the bedroom. The corridor was lit through the night. We had to cram a lot of extra pillows in the window in the bedroom, to have relative darkness in there.
Michael P (Perthaussieguy) 1 year ago
I just had to look up tqvm. Haven't seen it till now :/, thank you very much
karen snyder 1 year ago
Yeah. And. What is up with the "barn door" trend in hotel bathrooms???? I just went to a wedding with a fairly new partner. Our bathroom door was a hanging slab that provided as much privacy as a public cubicle. There was a lot of, "I'm just gonna go for a quick walk."
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jonesnori 1 year ago
It's not only about charging your phone, either. CPAPs need to be plugged in, and that's medical equipment. I once had to ask a hotel for an extension cord so I could plug mine in. Fortunately, they had one. (They were very gracious about it. The room design was not the staff's fault.)
Remi (He/Him) 1 year ago
Luckily mine has a cord that's often longer than the room. Exactly once I've had to take the "wrong" side of the bed because the closest outlet was on the other side of the room next to the door. Of course finding a place for the cpap so you can roll around is an another story entirely.
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Fussy1 1 year ago
Same. Been doing this for many years, kids used to laugh and make jokes. That cord came in handy too many times to count. Now that the brats who once made fun of me are grown and on their own, guess what they pack every single time they travel? This 'life hack' has even rubbed off on some of their friends. Lol
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Richard Willis 1 year ago
We stayed in a hotel in Rome and the nearest outlet to the bed had a lamp plugged in it. I needed it for my CPAP. Unfortunately it was wired to the light switch, so we had to leave on the light all night.
Lena Flising 1 year ago
Related problem, a few years old, though, hopefully it's gone now. In one hotel, we could have one, that is ONE, phone OR iPad connected to their free WIFI. For a double room. Luckily, we were travelling with my parents-in-law who didn't have any phones or iPads then, so one of us could use their password. But still, we had to log out on the phone before we logged into the iPad. At another hotel, the free WIFI was so bad, it only worked in the hotel room. No posting pictures of the food in their restaurant, or pictures from their pool area.
Nikole 1 year ago
Have you ever tried to move a hotel bed?? Like, in a good hotel?
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Strawberry Pizza 1 year ago
How the hell is charging your phone at night going to kill you? When else are you supposed to charge it? Also, planned obsolescence these days means EVERYTHING depletes the battery's lifespan. I don't think charging it at night is going to kill you or it.
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Despite this fact, the main experience most of us have is a feeling of vague disappointment and a few visuals and smells that we would prefer to never learn more about. And that is ok, in many cases, going to a hotel is something we do because we need to sleep between activities while on vacation. It might not seem like much at first glance, but a meal and a warm room to sleep in goes a long way.
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Mark 1 year ago
What if you need to do both? Men I understand but women...
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Verena 1 year ago
Excellent question. Let's hope OP gets the hint of the "poor flushing" ...
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Giraffy Window 1 year ago
I feel guilty about having two hoodies and try to give them equal use. I also feel guilty when I get a new tea mug and stop using the other one.
chickpea me 1 year ago
Shame they forgot the bed. All that sitting around could make a person want to have a place to lay down for a while.
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Khavrinen 1 year ago
But that's what *every* girl says to me. Shouldn't I get something special if I'm paying for a luxury hotel?
The Original Bruno 1 year ago
C: "That was a bit strong" G: "I'm doing my hair, tonight and every night."
Chrissie Anit 1 year ago (edited)
Reminds me of this "Word play hotel" skit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8vzTo70izI
Hyunjinswife143% real 1 year ago
I thought it said sir could you turn that down? "sure" Id rather die than go out with you. It didn't make sens
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Philly Bob Squires 1 year ago
ME: "Hello, Front Desk, Can I get a wakeup call please?" FRONT DESK: "You're 50, underpaid, average looking, single, drink too much and haven't saved a single damned cent towards retirement." ME: "Thanks."
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XenoMurph 1 year ago
But I'll still drag them to the museums and historical sites. In ten years they won't remember the pool much. But they'll remember the Asclepieion
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Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 1 year ago
I used to work at a hotel. No, you don't want your kids in the pool. It's nasty.
EmiTheEpic 1 year ago
This reminds me of a story I read online about how a parent took her kids on an African safari as a vacation, but they preferred the local Holiday Inn because it had a pool 😂
Hannah Taylor 1 year ago
The MGM Grand is good for that. I understand that the best price quotes for you are during July and August.
VikingAbroad 1 year ago
Not all kids. We swim in the lake, sleep in the tent and have big bonfires. They are bored out of their mind at a hotel.
Ken Beattie 1 year ago (edited)
We used to camp a lot as a kid. I wanted to swim in a nice clean pool but we'd end up in places where there were creeks or small farm dams where you waded through mud and the water is the colour of coffee. Sure the water is cool on a summer day, but it's just not the same when it's brown >_
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The Original Bruno 1 year ago
"I got this book at my hotel. It's very interesting. And in all fairness, you have to get to page 53 before it says, 'Thou shall not steal.' You'd think they could put that on the cover."
Coffee Panda 1 year ago
I like to sign them from "Jesus". I keep expecting to see one of my "autographed" Bibles on eBay
Racing Tadpole 1 year ago
Would be nicer to have a readable and interesting contemporary or classic book..
karen snyder 1 year ago
I've been to a couple hotels that do this. Moby D**k and Treasure Island, were the two I came across
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chickpea me 1 year ago
And for those who aren't going to commit sins it still offers the possibility of a little light reading.
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Ken Beattie 1 year ago
Ok, now I'm thinking I should pack a roll or two of quality TP for my next trip. *updates packing list*
Trophy Husband 1 year ago
Thin doesn't have to be low quality. My wife but quilted toilet paper that feels like a blanket. I used that for years never thinking anything of it. I also had hemorrhoids. During 2020 I had to buy Scott, and my hemorrhoids stopped acting up. Apparently thick paper was bad for me. Now we have two types of toilet paper, thankfully we have two bathrooms, so we don't have to have two holders in one!
Lynette Hannan (Lyn) 1 year ago
Thinner TP degrades much easier and quicker once in the system, so making less of a risk of blockages in the sewer from sooooo many toilets in close proximity to each other. No-one wants their holiday marred by sewerage problems.
Mason Kronol 1 year ago
i always take my own TP when I go out of town. i make sure to put the roll back in my toiletry bag when I leave for the day. I forgot to once and they replaced it.
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Fussy1 1 year ago
The two settings in hotel showers: Burn your skin off or Hypothermia inducing, both on the same round dial and you get the fun challenge of trying to find that hairline of a spot that might give you a nano second of a perfect blend of the two.
Lyoness 1 year ago
Yes! We visited a hotel in another country and I ended up taking a cold shower because I couldn't figure the f*****g thing out. And yes, I could have asked the front desk but I was too embarrassed. In fact I'm still embarrassed.
Landithy 1 year ago
I had to take a bath because I couldn't figure out how to turn the shower on. I did wind up asking the front desk though.
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Reviewer UK01 1 year ago
The one where you cower near one of those double headed showers hoping you're turning in the direction that activates the hand shower not the one above your head
chickpea me 1 year ago
You know that thing called a telephone? You should try it...maybe you'll find out someone else has already did that study for you.
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KatSaidWhat 1 year ago
That was a game changer in my life So much so I encouraged 4 other people to get one and now they worship me 😁
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Irrational Gardener 1 year ago
My hope is that we are collectively aiming to be a no-ironing planet.
chickpea me 1 year ago
Maybe they're just promoting some iindoor skiing while straitening your hair?
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Pikaaa 1 year ago
I've heard very positive things about the proton package
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🇫🇮 Goth Nurse 🇫🇮 1 year ago
Here we don't have those little bottles of soap etc in hotels, there's a soap and shampoo dispensers on the wall of the shower. We try to reduce the plastic waste.
retro_junkie 1 year ago
Hotels here in the US are starting to do this. I stayed at one this past weekend that had the dispensers in the shower and at the sink with hand soap and lotion.
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Remi (He/Him) 1 year ago
Just bought a bottle that advertises as shampoo and body wash with aloe and it seems to work well. I hate the zits you get on your back from half the shampoos
Lena Flising 1 year ago
We had one hotel room in Crete with no shampoo or soap, whatsoever, so we had to go out to buy some the first day. That was almost better than the hotel room somewhere in Sweden, where there was about half a deciliter of soap/shampoo, in the whole room.
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Verena 1 year ago
"Continental breakfast tables"? I do know what a continental breakfast is. Never was aware that in some countries they have dedicated tables for that...? And I do get the joke.
AngelWingsYT 1 year ago
Usualky offers more than just a bagel. Contental breakfasts usually have cereals hot food toast waffle makers still low quality but its included with the stay
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Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago
Or at the table, in the chair with your feet propped on the bed.
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Jennik 1 year ago
I always used to get a migraine after presenting at the annual conference (when you hate public speaking an audience of 150+ people is stressful!). I crave salt and sugar in the early migraine period so would order a kid's meal of fries and chocolate milk. When I explained to the room service person why I was ordering this meal they also sent me a free strong coffee, a hot flannel, and an ice-cold flannel in case they helped as well.
Carole G. 1 year ago
Always ask for a rm with a view, then there's usually a small round table by the window. You can even ask for a balcony ; )
nottheactualphoto 1 year ago
You can always ASK for anything. May I have a room with no insects?
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Brian Droste 1 year ago
One time I stayed in a hotel and the room I stayed in, the bathroom mirror was right above the toilet so you could watch yourself take a pee.
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rullyman 1 year ago
They do... most UK sites have the option for adults only hotels. I was looking at booking one in Turkey
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PhaseWitFact 1 year ago
I went on a cruise with a child free pool and restaurant and parents just brought their kids anyway. I complained to the staff who were there and they wouldn't do anything. I love kids, have my own, but sometimes I want a break
karen snyder 1 year ago
I'll go further... I want a child free option for restaurants, beaches and airlines too.
Fussy1 1 year ago
If I'm not bringing mine, I definitely don't want to hear your's! Lol
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Mike F 1 year ago
When the company I worked for was working on opening an office out here one of the "brass" came out and set himself up in a hotel with an indoor rec area and pool. You couldn't look out of a window and see the place and it was pretty well appointed, pool, foosball table and a couple of others. He thought it was gonna be so sweet and I mentioned that it's going to be challenging to get any rest. He said they have rules about it, I told him have fun with that. The next day he looked like a raccoon. The teenagers descended on the place about 11pm and turned it into a "scene from Caddy Shack".
Charlotte <3 1 year ago
my immature a** would definetly book a room and go down that slide 100 times
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FoxEcoLimaIndiaCharlieIndiAlfa 1 year ago
Curious as to how that would work out, if the shower is more difficult and confusing does the rate increase or decrease? 🤔
Alex Martin 1 year ago
price = ((size of lobby + complexity of shower + size of room service menu + view)* city)) / (time since last renovation + DGAF level of the staff).
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Not a hotel, but a wealthy couple's home. There were so many knobs in the multi-showerhead shower, but I figured how difficult could this be. Defeated, I ended up sponge-bathing in the sink.
Steve Robert 1 year ago
I hate those one k**b shower controls where you have to figure out where the hot water starts and the cold water ends.
Remi (He/Him) 1 year ago
Loving how the knób in your sentence could be innocent but also could be an angry descriptor
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Mason Kronol 1 year ago
We stayed in a hotel in Cincy last year, nice suite. Day 2 my husband figured out how the shower door should close. Flooded the bathroom the first day.
LynzCatastrophe 1 year ago
I had that thought once about a coffee maker in a hotel I stayed at once, couldn't figure it out and resigned myself to getting coffee at its restaurant in the morning (I saw there scheme), only to somehow get it work without issues the next morning while I was barely awake and using no brain power whatsoever.
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Riley Quinn 1 year ago
If hotels insist on using similar colored products, then they should supply a variety of cheaters so guests can read the tiny font.
🇫🇮 Goth Nurse 🇫🇮 1 year ago
What about the grime on your scalp? Shampoo is the soap for your head skin, not your hair. I mean, it's great it work for you, I just don't understand it myself I guess.
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STress (I/me) 1 year ago
Just imagine a kid from Arkansas finding a "surfboard" in a Nebraskan hotel - that's what I call "surrealism"...
Irrational Gardener 1 year ago
Uhhhh.... She's telling you how old the child is without telling you their name.
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LandAhoy 1 year ago
I think she was joking about not being a good homemaker because she doesn't iron enough for him to have ever seen it
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Ken Beattie 1 year ago
Looks like a perfect coffee, it's actually muddy water.
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Nannychachi 1 year ago
Never use the hotel room coffee makers! I watched a show one time on hotels/motels and a staff member said that they've had men "relieve" themselves into the coffee maker. And, I'm not talking pee.
Freya the Wanderer 1 year ago
Get coffee from a nearby café or fast-food joint.
Load More Replies... rullyman 1 year ago
The worst is when they don't have a kettle and instead have a pod coffee maker! NO! I brought teabags and instant noodles!
Reviewer UK01 1 year ago
Do not insert pod, press button to dispense coffee, get water
Load More Replies... Arnold Larkins 1 year ago
"Coffee is suppose to be bad. Its suppose to scaled your tounge, make you feel the greatest pain ever and mentally destroy yourself, so you know where the REAL good times are"- Shen from Bluechair webtoons or smthing
Reviewer UK01 1 year ago
And the breakfast room machines now where you can choose from a wide variety of hot tarmac
Spannermonkey 1 year ago (edited)
AND...What isit with the teenie, tiny little cups?? Seriously?? It's got so bad that on car trips I bring my own (sensible size) mug and on countless occasions when flying somewhere I've hit the local op-shop (thrift store) or budget chain and bought a sensible mug. (Yes, I could just make multiple cups of tea/coffee, no that is not an adequate solution.)
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Lotekguy 1 year ago
You can tell by the price. If it's not the cheapest item on the menu, they've added the dreaded twigs and shitt.
Alicia M 1 year ago
I ordered Mac & cheese from room service in Wisconsin, and let me confirm they love their cheese. It was cheese overload. It was good, but it was also a lot.
A pug with bananas 1 year ago (edited)
No such thing as too much Mac and cheese
Load More Replies... Gg 1 year ago
Legit question. Hate when they get all fancy with it. Sir/ma'am I just want macaroni and normal cheese please thank you
Binky Melnik 1 year ago
I keep reading this as “Pigs in s**t,” even when people quote that phrase in the comments. All these years, I’d thought I’d gotten the “farm girl” out of me, but it would appear I’ve failed. 😞
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GenXandEarnedItAll 1 year ago
Basically pack our entire house up, unpack at the beach. A week later pack it all up and take the entire house back home.
BannedFromABoatShow 1 year ago
Because with a kid, no matter how much you pack you forgot something.
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Verena 1 year ago
Well, staff needs time to clean a room (or a holiday house). The less time, the poorer the job is done. I live in a tourist area with lots if holiday parks. Everybody here earns extra money by helping with cleaning, and being mostly farmers and fishers, the job is done very well and quick. Not fast enough for tourists, who sometimes stay late and arrive early. Especially the late stayers leave a complete chaos, fridge full, no dishes washed (there is a dishwasher), beds not cleaned up. We can do a 6 person house thoroughly within 1,5 hours, IF they followed the rental instructions. So if you are lucky and your house is the first I did, you can start your holiday at 1 or 2 pm instead of 3 or 4pm.
Ken Beattie 1 year ago
In my experience if you ask nicely, and you're not pushing the checkout time to ridiculous extremes they'll let it slide. eg: Check out is at 10am they've been ok letting me leave at midday for no extra charge. Doesn't work everywhere obviously, but the key is asking and more importantly, asking nicely.
Bob Brooce 1 year ago
Right? If somebody leaves the room at 11 and the new customer checks in at 11 they can't possibly be at the room before 11:02 or so. How could that not be enough time? common_sen...ce421b.jpg 
Jesha 1 year ago
If you ask really nicely they'll be pretty flexible about it. I had a 3pm flight and got them to extend it to 1pm by having the staff clean it last and renting it out last. It was pretty slow anyway but it was still nice. Been able to do that a few times, but never for more than a little bit because I'm not a d**k.
Ace 1 year ago
You're lucky. I don't normally let guests check in (to my holiday rental apartments) before four o'clock. Occasionally later departures are allowed if I've not got new guests arriving the same day.
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Remi (He/Him) 1 year ago
Just booked a room for an extra night because our flight leaves at 2 am. It's not like anyone else can use it before we leave.
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Becca not Becky 1 year ago
Yes, I loved sleeping in 50°F that I couldn't adjust with a vent that sounded like it was from a NYC apartment :P
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Niamh Nomen 1 year ago (edited)
My conspiracy theory is that they do this so that you'll buy more rooms. LIke if you're not close, you definitely don't want to stay in a hotel room where you can't poo in privacy. I mean, frankly, I don't want to see you poo if you're my best friend and vice versa, but I know some people don't feel that way.
Load More Replies... Ken Beattie 1 year ago
Yeah you could get *some* privacy while on the loo, but I'm more concerned about how you get privacy while showering. The curtain isn't going to hide that.
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Kat 1 year ago
That's a shower curtain that only covers the side to the toilet. Unless it has blinds on the other side we can't see.
Load More Replies... EP 1 year ago
I must know why they put glass there instead of it being an entire wall. I don’t understand why this is even occurring.
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Irrational Gardener 1 year ago
We must hunt down the designer who first thought this up. Something bad must happen to them.
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Pickle (any pronouns) 1 year ago
Oh god, this. When I was staying in a hotel in Shanghai they would show the same ad for the same candy 5 times with 1 minute intervals, show two episodes of a random cartoon, a psa advising to prevent electrical fires, the same candy ad 5 times, an advertisement for some prestigious school, repeat until deemed ready to broadcast Octonauts.
Tempest 1 year ago
I was quarantining in a hotel in China and they had one movie channel which kept playing “A Quiet Place 1” repeatedly during my stay there (10 days, about 3 times each day). No idea what that was about. I watched it like twice and decided to check out some random music channels for the rest of my time.
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Amy 1 year ago
I love Air Crash Investigation! Wouldn’t recommend watching it on a plane though…
Alicia M 1 year ago
I stayed in a California hotel and really got into this "documentary" on a "real mermaid." Anything can be interesting at 2am. 😂
LynzCatastrophe 1 year ago (edited)
Hey, this is how I keep finding my next obsession to watch! I love it! Shows that are so random that I'd never pick at home yet I chose on the hotel tv because "it looked like I might not hate it."
Rebekah Fuentes 1 year ago
I always get addicted to shows I can never find again when I get home. It's a problem.
🇫🇮 Goth Nurse 🇫🇮 1 year ago (edited)
Stream your shows fro your phone or laptop to the TV then? Chromecast?
nobody lol 1 year ago
bf: why are we watching unsolved mysteries? I thought we were gonna do it? Me: WE ARE IN A HOTEL, DAMMIT! ONE MORE WORD AND WE BREAK UP!
karen snyder 1 year ago
Forensic Files.... I have literally never watched an episode outside of a hotel, but when I check in, I need to make sure the TV has the one channel that's all crime, 24/7, just in case. It's like a security blanket.
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Jesha 1 year ago
Goddd once I was staying in a hotel with my fiance and we were flipping channels. Queen of the Damned was apparently playing and it was a scene with Aaliyah dancing and he's like 'whoa whoa I wanna see what this is'. It was funny as hell and we totally watched it. Not a good movie but entertaining anyway.
#33
LynzCatastrophe 1 year ago (edited)
Lived in an apartment for 5 years with a mirrored shower door next to the toilet. No, you don't get used to it, you just get better about averting your eyes.
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Mason Kronol 1 year ago
My favorite view is watching you on the Maid of the Mist while I take a shlt in the corner suite of the Sheraton Fallsview.
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Robert Trebor 1 year ago
Close to this. The desk clerk gave me a card which got me a really tasty pizza one night for more than half off.
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Mike F 1 year ago
Typically, all you have to do is ask the desk person. Very often they get really good coupons for area restaurants. I would buy treats for the desk staff and consequently got great coupons. Those poor folks don't usually hear anything but complaints so a treat goes a long way.
Debby Keir 1 year ago
So, when the kids just jump straight onto the bed to bounce, there's pizza everywhere?
Fussy1 1 year ago
This just made me think of Rat Race when the kids were jumping on the beds and collided. Lol
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Vix Spiderthrust 1 year ago (edited)
I follow the Mann-Zaltzman rating system. Five-star hotel: pool has a swim-up bar; Four-star hotel: pool has a jacuzzi area; Three-star hotel: pool is full of kids; Two-star hotel: pool is full of dogs; One-star hotel: there's a body in the pool.
Jesha 1 year ago
Let the bodies hit the pool. Let the bodies hit the pool.
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Evy 1 year ago
I used to be ok with any hotel while on holiday as long as it was clean but now as am growing older this is the one place I don't compromise on. I don't mind flying coach, cheap transport anything but I need to have a hotel room to come back to that I don't need to check for cleanliness.
Ken Beattie 1 year ago
I'm still ok with a cheaper place, I just want to know what to expect and for the price to match. I've stayed in some dumps for a night, but sheets were still clean (no bedbugs) and it was super cheap. But that wasn't really a holiday it was on the road getting to the holiday. I don't believe the "star" ratings I try to read genuine reviews. One of my key criteria is that the owner/management is decent even if the place is cheap. So the reviews that really put me off are the ones like "hotel is nice, pool is nice. We got charged extra for stuff we didn't use, then the manager called us aholes and laughed in our faces".
Load More Replies... realenancy170 1 year ago
When I was young I always said the hotel was just where I slept so who cared. Now I come back to take a nap midday and get in a lot earlier at night. The hotel matters a lot more!
I_imagine_even_worse_w***s 1 year ago
I love my bestie but we can't travel together. She expects 1st class flights and 5 star hotels. Don't get me wrong, I do like nice things but there's a limit!
Nicole Weymann 1 year ago
Huh. I'm on the other end of that scale. I'm on vacation/holiday to see places, eat out, maybe go to the beach and snorkle. If my room has a decent bathroom, bed, and enough sockets I'm good. I don't need a pool, bar, casino, jacuzzi, or big tv.
Rachel 1 year ago
My dad as wouldn’t spend a penny more than he had to on hotel rooms. We ended up in a few very sketchy situations on road trips. This was back when you could get a Motel 6 room for under $40 a night. Love and miss you Dad but I will happily pay for a place that doesn’t have d**g deals going on down the hall.
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Lorenzo 1 year ago
I once went mountain biking/camping in Mongolia for two weeks. Stayed in a Renaissance in Beijing on the way home. Caught up on the news by watching CNN while soaking in the tub. That's why.
pineapple87 1 year ago
If you're staying in the room alone, fine. Most people didn't pay $200 to watch their s/o sitting on the can.
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Jerry Bee 1 year ago
Neither have I. These people need to name these hotels and locations.
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Yellie Quez 1 year ago
To give you enough alertness and motivation and tide you over until you can leave the hotel for the actual good tasting coffee with real milk/cream (if you take it) instead of little plastic containers that sit next to the hotel machine for days.
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Miracle Max 1 year ago
The guy in line at Starbucks has a McDonald's coffee. Whatever gets you moving in the morning!
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Becca not Becky 1 year ago (edited)
Marriott isn't pronounced Marry-YOT, it's pronounced Marry-It. The owners themselves clarified it. Hope that helps with understanding the joke
Binky Melnik 1 year ago (edited)
I object. It LOOKS like “Mare-ee-ott.” (Yes, I’m one of those who didn’t get the “joke.”) Now please explain the traffic it? Thanks! (But if it’s another joke for second-graders, feel free to skip it.)
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Sue User 1 year ago
I stayed in one because it advertised breakfast. Breakfast was a basket with granola bars and instant oatmeal.
Peter Trudell Jr 1 year ago
I was put up in a hampton inn while off-site training... not only did they do a hot breakfast, but they also had on-the-go breakfast bags with a continental breakfast for those that were in a rush. Never had time for breakfast, so grabbing that saved me a TON of money.
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GenXandEarnedItAll 1 year ago
One of the funniest skits by Key and Peele.
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Jack Wheeler 1 year ago
I stayed at one that "free breakfast" was coffee and a packaged muffin.
Brent Amador 1 year ago
“Hey they have a continental breakfast!…… ooohhh the continent is Africa” -Stevie Griffin
2bwhctmvgn 1 year ago
Yes, because the best thing that a hotel can offer is free coffee and a stale muffin. Do you people not know what a continental breakfast is?
Binky Melnik 1 year ago
I don’t get it. How is this a “hilariously spot-on tweet about hotels”? This is simply someone’s opinion, and I see no hilarity here.
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Sven Grammersdorf 1 year ago
I think he means he walks into the doors at night because he can't see them in the dark
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Yeah, that's a wrong-way installation waiting to happen
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Mason Kronol 1 year ago
I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggone it, people like me!
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Dave Platt 1 year ago
Gomez Addams swears by it, because it protects against moon-burn. His skin is so pale that it doesn't peel at all.
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FoxEcoLimaIndiaCharlieIndiAlfa 1 year ago
Do you test it on your skin first and if so what does poison feel like, or would a taste test be a better testing option?
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Cecilia Miner 1 year ago (edited)
Courtyard by Marriott has products mounted in the shower in light blue containers with wording in light green. Have to look as soon as we get in the room to decide if the shampoo is closer to the side wall or the shower curtain and hope that the conditioner is where it should be in the middle.
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ROSESARERED 1 year ago
Use eye cream, or lip balm, oround your eye..put the cream/lipbalm on the orbital bone around your eye, blinking and eye movement will move it to your eyelids, and the Milla may disappear, and new ones won't develop. They usually come up on dry skin. And lips are the same skin fineness...not sure how else to put it, as our eyelids...so lipbalm is a great eye moisturiser...use one with no sunscreen or flavour.
#46
Samsquatch & Monko 1 year ago
Same, and at hotels I usually end up falling asleep at 4am because I’m so fascinated by how different the bed is from my normal bed, or questioning reality, or fantasizing about normal stuff like manslaughter or smth
🇫🇮 Goth Nurse 🇫🇮 1 year ago
I can't get rest in a hotel, it's too unfamiliar surroundings and bed that gets me. Also the pillows suck.
Lotekguy 1 year ago
I've traveled with my own pillow whenever possible. Slept much better.
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Donna Peluda 1 year ago
The lights, there are so many switches all over the room, but never enough light to work and when you get in to bed there's always one lamp or wall light you can't switch off from the bed so you get up, turn it off..now it's dark and you can't find your way back to the bed.
CursedEclipse 1 year ago
switch farthest from bed: controls that one lamp. switch closest to bed: gets most lights. switch in bathroom: another switch for all the rest of the lights except one. switch just outside bathroom door: bathroom light
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𝙻𝚞𝚗𝚊⋆𝚝𝚑𝚎⋆𝙵𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚢 1 year ago
The fact that there were no Hazbin Hotel memes here disappoints me greatly.
DustBunny 1 year ago
Hotels everywhere, y’all need 1) Bathroom fans, both for odor/shower fog and to cover up noises; 2) Bathroom night lights, because we’re in unfamiliar territory, 3) more towel racks, so we can let stuff dry and reduce your laundry, and 4) two wash cloths per guest because I’m not using the one on my face that I used on my unmentionables. Thank you.
Hey! 1 year ago
Not sure why but we boost the heating up a lot but when we sleep we are freezing. To the point that one time we were staying there for a week and we brought our own electric furnace. Mini-Elect...593e4c.jpg 
SadieCat17 (she/her) 1 year ago
Eat out you girlfriend if you really need more lactobacillus in your diet, don't listen to random social media scam comments.
Load More Replies... Donna Peluda 1 year ago
The lights, there are so many switches all over the room, but never enough light to work and when you get in to bed there's always one lamp or wall light you can't switch off from the bed so you get up, turn it off..now it's dark and you can't find your way back to the bed.
CursedEclipse 1 year ago
switch farthest from bed: controls that one lamp. switch closest to bed: gets most lights. switch in bathroom: another switch for all the rest of the lights except one. switch just outside bathroom door: bathroom light
Load More Replies... 𝙻𝚞𝚗𝚊⋆𝚝𝚑𝚎⋆𝙵𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚢 1 year ago
The fact that there were no Hazbin Hotel memes here disappoints me greatly.
DustBunny 1 year ago
Hotels everywhere, y’all need 1) Bathroom fans, both for odor/shower fog and to cover up noises; 2) Bathroom night lights, because we’re in unfamiliar territory, 3) more towel racks, so we can let stuff dry and reduce your laundry, and 4) two wash cloths per guest because I’m not using the one on my face that I used on my unmentionables. Thank you.
Hey! 1 year ago
Not sure why but we boost the heating up a lot but when we sleep we are freezing. To the point that one time we were staying there for a week and we brought our own electric furnace. Mini-Elect...593e4c.jpg
SadieCat17 (she/her) 1 year ago
Eat out you girlfriend if you really need more lactobacillus in your diet, don't listen to random social media scam comments.
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