Originally Posted by
sumayya
I faced this in the Le Grand Intercontinental Paris where I was told it would cost 25 Euro to empty the minibar. Actually I find it weird and unfair to be charged not to use something in the room.
Whenever a guest requests something out-of-the-ordinary, I see nothing wrong with a hotel assessing a fee to fulfill that request. That is, of course, provided the hotel discloses that fee before the request is fulfilled.
Try looking at this from the hotel perspective. A minibar doesn't empty itself. The process requires an employee to stop doing his/her regular job, go to your room, catalogue and empty the contents, and store those items somewhere. After you leave, that process has to happen again. That's a fairly labor-intensive process.
You're not being charged "not to use something"; you're being charged the labor costs associated with the request.