Originally Posted by
brooklynmatt
Am I alone in liking to bring my own bottles to hotels (wine)? And walking into restaurants with a glass poured in my room to kick things off?
It's certainly due to being cheap, but they're still pricey bottles, just without the 3-4x markup.
I've done similar things.
In the room I see no issue with it. Obviously a bottle in a restaurant is fine if you're willing to pay corkage. I'm not sure how a hotel would feel if you bought a bottle down to the bar. Some might ban it altogether, some might ask you to pay corkage, others (particularly if you're a regular) would look the other way. I think a lot depends on the time/day and the space you're taking up.
At my favorite local restaurant/bar, perhaps the nicest perk they've extended to me is unlimited free corkage even in the bar as long as I'm respectful about it. Hotels that I've spent a good amount of time in do similar things, probably following the line of reasoning that drinking tends to beget more drinking...