Article: Is Your Hotel’s Minibar Trying to Trick You?

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Is Your Hotel's Minibar Trying to Trick You?

When staying at hotels, it's often confusing to work out which drinks and snacks are included, and which are chargeable minibar items. I suspect some hotels are deliberately vague in order to trick their guests.

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[CaptJCool]

Sparkling or tap water ?

 

[moa999]

I would have said the bigger trend, particularly at value/mid-market properties, seems to be removing items from the minibar altogether, and often just leaving milk in it.

With some form of pantry/kitchen in reception, or just forcing you to order alongside room service

And water shifting from single use commercial bottles to refillable glass bottles, with filtered water stations on each floor, or at reception or even in the room.

 

[Pushka]

Biggest trap are those minibars that are electronically controlled and just moving an item creates a charge.

 

[CaptJCool]

Makes me wonder if that’s the type of hotel I’d wish to stay in
Overpolicing the mini bar
They ought just remove them or include them in the tariff

 

[Pushka]

Makes me wonder if that’s the type of hotel I’d wish to stay in
Overpolicing the mini bar
They ought just remove them or include them in the tariff

Im thinking that there are so many tricks people get up to like consuming contents then refilling with water etc. There are some rather nasty people out there.

 

[CaptJCool]

Im thinking that there are so many tricks people get up to like consuming contents then refilling with water etc. There are some rather nasty people out there.

Yes
I accept there’s theft
So what do the hotels expect ?

Placing temptation right there for impulsive spend ?
Without anyway to enforce it

Best that mini bars go the way of the dodo. Get rid of them

 

[Pushka]

Yes
I accept there’s theft
So what do the hotels expect ?

Placing temptation right there for impulsive spend ?
Without anyway to enforce it

Best that mini bars go the way of the dodo. Get rid of them

I like to look at them and laugh at their prices.

Given our last illness in Hawaii and being unable to leave the room then it might have come in handy but it was empty.

 

[cqtiger]

If I drink the cans I hope I can get the same at the 7-11 to replace it before its charged

 

[SeatBackForward]

If I drink the cans I hope I can get the same at the 7-11 to replace it before its charged

But wont work if those hotels have those detectors in the fridges that prevent you swapping them out.