Originally Posted by
margarita girl
Did a search on fridge, mini-fridge, refrigerator and Doubletree Montreal, and did not find a single relevant thread!
Stayed at the Doubletree in Montreal this week and asked to have a mini-fridge sent up to the room. (It's on my profile at Marriott, and I always ask at the Starwood when I check in, and there's never been a charge.) DT Montreal wanted $23! I passed, and filled my sink with ice instead.
It gave me satisfaction when they forgot to charge me for the valet parking.
Margarita girl--was that for a week's stay or just a one night charge? If you only stayed one night, you may not know the answer.
I don't think that $23 is too much if it is for the entire stay, but if I stayed a week, which is often the case, and the charge was $23 per day, then I could go out and buy a small refrigerator for less.
I never use the shampoo, soaps, NEVER EVER their coffee....and I would suspect that I am paying a small portion toward those amenities. When I'm traveling for business, I never even bother with the housekeeping. I use my towel for a week (I do at home, why would this be any different) and if I need more washclothes, which is the only thing I ever really need more of, I stop a gal in the hallway and get a couple more. So I'm not so sure "everyone" would be paying for this "service" (microwave) if she were not charged.
Most hotels that I have been to that do not have a refrigerator already in the room, do have a few in housekeeping for guests to use. I can't remember being charged as a Diamond. But if they don't have any available (other guests have already requested them), then there simply are none available and I just have to wait until one becomes available or use the old ice in the sink routine.
Dawn