Someone Asked “What Is Something You Do In A Hotel, You Never Do At Home?”, And 29 People Delivered
It is fun to do something a little different than usual or simply change one’s environment and hotels give such an opportunity, usually as part of the traveling experience and sometimes in addition to having a long history, nice atmosphere, and architecture.
On the other hand, these can be relatively small changes, coming from one’s traveling habits, or standard hotel procedures. And these people listed all kinds of activities, answering one Redditor’s question: “What is something you do in a hotel room, you never do at home?”
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Clean up for the maid....since I don't have one at home. Make sure there's no trash left out on the desk/night stands, bathroom floor. I gather all the used rags, towels, bath mat into one pile by the door. I'm adamant about making sure I do not leave any room I stay in trashed out. It's the maid's job to do her job, not to clean up after grown a*s mfers who deliberately left a disrespectful a*s mess.
Call Room service.
At home my wife would not be impressed if I called her phone and asked her to bring me a burger in bed.
Yank all the sheets out from being tucked under the bed.
Yup! Rip those right out, I don't like my feet getting squished. Plus I like to lift my legs up and tuck the sheets under my feet for maximum monster protection.
Spend an hour + in the shower. That endless hot water is magic.
Put a Do Not Disturb sign on the door. Although, maybe I should do that at home too.
Look for hidden cameras
I never wear a robe normally. When I stay in hotels, I'm not sure what it is, but I love to clean myself up and wear one of those robes provided.
Just makes me feel extra relaxed for some reason.
At home, I live in my "Ahsoka" robe (my hubs gave it that name lol) but in hotels/resorts, nope. Get dressed as soon as possible.
Wear flip flops if I take my shoes off
Set the thermostat to either frosty or balmy.
Bring a pop up pack of Clorox wipes and wipe down every surface I might touch.
Take soaps
It's not like they can re-use it. The little toiletries are included in the price of your room. Just don't take the big bottles attached to the wall of the shower.
I actually saw a YouTube video about a company that collects old soap from hotels and recycle them into new bars of soap.
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I take the pens. And body lotion. And maybe gel douche if in small bottles and if they smell nice.:))
again, the toiletries are paid for and included. well, dont take the TP.....
Most hotels won't mind if u take the TP...it is a tiny bit more work for the housekeepers replacing it, but it's expected and some hotels even change what's on the roll once it gets below a certain AMT to decrease the appearance of a room having previous guests...I brought home the "end pieces" for years a hskp, I even re-used the cardboard rolls for projects 🤣
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I dislike people who take the stuff. Its mostly not good quality and i am fussy about my soaps toothpaste etc.
The first thing I do when I walk into a hotel room is jump and belly flop onto the bed. I'd never do that on my own bed
Stand naked in the window and look down at whatever city I'm in lol
Late night.
In my jams and best socks.
Check if the hallway is clear and there’s nobody around or could be around.
Calmly walk to the end of said hallway…then I BOOK IT DOWN THAT B***H as fast as I can! I’m talm bout FLYING!
You can’t bottle that type of joy.
Watch cable TV.
I don't care to pay for it at home so it's new and exciting to me.
If its a foreign country I check out the programmes . You learn a lot about the country. Especiallay in the Middle East (Abu Dhabi) its weird as hell. Very sterile all greenish no women.
I travel a lot for work. Whenever I do I always check in as early as possible, hang the DND tag on the door, set the thermostat (in summer 68°, in winter 78°), then head to the office. At the end of the day I’ll grab a bottle of wine on my way back, strip as soon as I get to my room, and lay around naked all night playing video games and drinking my wine. I also have a tendency to stay up ridiculously late sometimes and end up running on an hour or two of sleep the next day.
I work away a lot, sometimes weeks at a time. I have a routine.
On my way to the hotel, ill buy a six pack of coke zero, and snacks that don't need a fridge. If I am lucky and get a fridge, I put the drinks in.
My suitcase is set up with a ps4 to plug into the tv. If the TV is wall mounted, I have a thing like a clamp on a stick that helps me put the HDMI in.
I have a hard drive full of movies, just incase the wifi in the room isnt strong enough to stream netflix.
I hang out all my clothes by day, so every morning I know what to wear.
Then the whole time Im in the room I multi task, have long podcasts playing, while playing video games on silent.
When I'm ready to sleep... Put a movie on.
Complain when the sheets are dirty
Complain about dirty sheets? Maybe at the desk as I demand a refund and go somewhere else.
Drink Coke from a glass with ice cubes. When we were little kids the only time we ever had Coca-cola was at motel rooms from the vending machines, poured over ice machine ice cubes in a glass! Still splurge accordingly (if I can find glass)
Pay $15 for a beer.
I flat out refuse to use the mini bar. If I'm going to be out and about I'll get snacks and drinks then.
Watch border security
Blackout showers
If the bathroom setup allows (no light sources) I put a towel at the bottom of the door (to block any light creeping in) Familiarize yourself where everything is (towel, lights when you need it) and take a shower in complete blackout conditions.
It's almost like a sensory deprivation tank
I would end up slipping/tripping over something and breaking my neck!
check bibles for money
Enjoy a bubble bath! I don't have a tub at home so I always travel with bath supplies.
One thing I do at hotels that I don't do at home is tip the cleaning staff. Because at home that's me.
Enjoy a bubble bath! I don't have a tub at home so I always travel with bath supplies.
One thing I do at hotels that I don't do at home is tip the cleaning staff. Because at home that's me.
