Originally Posted by
Keefy-boy
There's a minibar in your room and you can stay in touch with high-speed Wi-Fi Internet.
Some things are pretty ambiguous. For example, your idea of "luxury decor" might be very different from mine or that of the hotel manager but other things are pretty straight forward.
"There's a minibar in your room". Well, there's only two options there. Either A) there IS a minibar or B) there is NOT.
Personally, I find it interesting that both the minibar and the Wi-Fi are mentioned in the same sentence with no reference to either costing money or being complimentary and yet some people (not necessarily the OP) have interpeted that to mean "pay as you go" minibar and "free" Wi-Fi.
In my experience if something is free they will tell you so. It's a marketing thing. If it says "you may enjoy..." then it's something that costs an additional fee.
Years ago I auctioned off a weekend at an upscale hotel in Melbourne, Australia as a charity fundraiser. The weekend was comped by the hotel and in my promotions I directly quoted from the promo material the hotel sent me, which stated "you may enjoy use of our health club...". When the winning bidder checked in, they were told that the health club was not included. The bidder called me and complained, so of course, I contacted the hotel and I was told "The guest CAN enjoy the health club, just not for free...".
Yeah, it's a semantics game but isn't that what advertising is all about?