Fee to empty mini bar fridge
Jun 18, 2019, 6:18 am
#61
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Needless to say, they gained a very loyal new customer...…..(It also helped that all their TV Channels were for free)...
Jun 18, 2019, 6:20 am
#62
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Many hotels list 'air conditioning' as a feature in the room.
How many people would be OK if the hotel said "Yes, the room HAS air conditioning- but there is a fee of $50 to actually USE it"
IMO if a hotel lists a fridge as a feature there cannot be an additional fee to use it. (Note listing a 'mini bar- fee applies' is a different story.)
Finally, I have stayed at a few hotels that will bring a second fridge to the room, no charge- if you need it. If you want, tell them you have medications that require refrigeration....iver never had to.
How many people would be OK if the hotel said "Yes, the room HAS air conditioning- but there is a fee of $50 to actually USE it"
IMO if a hotel lists a fridge as a feature there cannot be an additional fee to use it. (Note listing a 'mini bar- fee applies' is a different story.)
Finally, I have stayed at a few hotels that will bring a second fridge to the room, no charge- if you need it. If you want, tell them you have medications that require refrigeration....iver never had to.
Jun 18, 2019, 6:37 am
#63
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Same thing with the mini-fridge on the cruise ships.
Beware the shelf life of some of the crap that is in the fridge !
Previous guest mad as the dickens likes his revenge "Shaken not stirred" !
Open a can of beer or carbonated beverage and have a champagne shower !
Another method is changing the themostat/temperature "Some like it HOT" !
Watch out for amber color liquors being switched with something most foul - check the seal !
Some convenience #@%&*^$ !
Beware the shelf life of some of the crap that is in the fridge !
Previous guest mad as the dickens likes his revenge "Shaken not stirred" !
Open a can of beer or carbonated beverage and have a champagne shower !
Another method is changing the themostat/temperature "Some like it HOT" !
Watch out for amber color liquors being switched with something most foul - check the seal !
Some convenience #@%&*^$ !
Jun 18, 2019, 6:59 am
#64
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Same thing with the mini-fridge on the cruise ships.
Beware the shelf life of some of the crap that is in the fridge !
Previous guest mad as the dickens likes his revenge "Shaken not stirred" !
Open a can of beer or carbonated beverage and have a champagne shower !
Another method is changing the themostat/temperature "Some like it HOT" !
Watch out for amber color liquors being switched with something most foul - check the seal !
Some convenience #@%&*^$ !
Beware the shelf life of some of the crap that is in the fridge !
Previous guest mad as the dickens likes his revenge "Shaken not stirred" !
Open a can of beer or carbonated beverage and have a champagne shower !
Another method is changing the themostat/temperature "Some like it HOT" !
Watch out for amber color liquors being switched with something most foul - check the seal !
Some convenience #@%&*^$ !
Jun 18, 2019, 7:13 am
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Jun 18, 2019, 10:49 am
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Jun 18, 2019, 1:10 pm
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50 euros worth of labor and accounting? Ridiculous. It's a ploy to prevent people from using the refrigerators for their own things. Hotels want to charge exorbitant fees for their own stuff. However, most hotels will remove the fee if you complain. Should not be necessary, but sometimes it is.
Jun 18, 2019, 2:15 pm
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Unless, of course, there are bins in the hotel corridors, which, in that case, they get dumped in there - a bit at a time.
Jun 18, 2019, 2:29 pm
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I guess the OP asked the hotel to remove the contents of the fridge? I almost always use the hotel fridge, mini-bar or not, as I try to eat healthy when I travel and often make my own salad. I just stick my stuff in there around the existing junk put there by the hotel, trying not to move their stuff due to the sensors, but sometimes I have to. It is very rare that there is an attempt to charge me, and if so, I simply say that I had to move things around to see what was available, but did not consume anything. Yes I guess some times I have had to remove some bottles to make room for my own stuff but, knock on wood, never had an issue. I would not have occurred to me to ask the hotel to remove the contents, interesting idea.
Jun 18, 2019, 5:26 pm
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I never worry about this. If the property refuses to remove the charge I simply dispute it with the credit card provider I have an excellent success rate doing so. If more people would do this it might teach these properties a lesson.
Jun 18, 2019, 5:51 pm
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We were stung once in Europe many years ago with this. To this day, I will still walk out with a shopping bag containing the empties, and drop them off at the supermarket recycling bins.
Unless, of course, there are bins in the hotel corridors, which, in that case, they get dumped in there - a bit at a time.
Unless, of course, there are bins in the hotel corridors, which, in that case, they get dumped in there - a bit at a time.
Jun 19, 2019, 9:53 am
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Haha - not quite, but does sound like the making of a Comedy sketch....
Jul 13, 2019, 12:47 pm
#75
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I don't understand why you are wasting your time with a conversation. Just return the room as you got it, surely?!