About every 6 months or so, I wind up with bogus mini-bar charges on a bill. It happened to me again last week at the Ren Harborplace in Baltimore. Charges were not on my final bill, but were added later and were on the email folio that I received.

Funny thing is, not only did I not consume anything from the mini-bar, I didn't even open it, and I didn't even take the key for it.

But, nonetheless, it seems like I have this problem at least twice a year on average. I'd like to think that I'm not intentionally being ripped off by Marriott. I wonder if it could be an unscrupulous housekeeper helping themself and then claiming that the bar needed to be restocked.

Anyway, I've never had a problem getting the charges removed, but it is frustrating - if I didn't pay attention to the email folio and the charges that appear on my credit card, I could easily be overcharged.

Has anyone else run into this problem?