SkyTeam777

Hotel minibars are being really creative. Sure, condoms and intimacy kits are popping up in more and more places...but do you know of anything particularly unusual or unique that you've seen in your travels?

onobond

Are we searching for strange things intentionally put in the minibar by hotel staff, or strange things surprisingly found in minibars in general?

jackebofh

How about socks and pantyhose (called socks for women in the minibar price list):

ysolde

Oh, my. Not sure how I can phrase this politely. The first part is easy.

A few years ago, my husband and I were having some interior design work done on our apartment while we were away for a month. The apartment was not ready for move-in by the time we got back, so we found a nice, friendly hotel that we could move into for about six weeks after we got back. They gave us a very favorable price. It happened to be a hotel that caters primarily to a gay clientele. So, my husband and I picked up the cat on the way home from the airport, and settled into our large, comfortable room.

As we began poking around what was available in the mini-bar menu, we noticed that the "intimacy kit" contained a few items we had never heard of (we are middle-aged, and have been married a looonnng time -- I think the only reason we know about blue pills and such is television). Anyway, the intimacy kit contained some sort of herbal "supplement" that made you last longer, among other interesting things (including lots of different types of condoms, of course --safety first!).

felixmendelssohn

I believe you mean "pantyhose." Let's chalk that up to a typo, and not an attempt on your part to innovate on existing slang. And if it's the latter, one can only speculate as to what the definition is...

jackebofh

It indeed was a typo, as i was looking for appropriate picture and typing on a second screen, but i admit i got mildly interested in the definition of that one! ;-)

Thanks for catching it, though!

PAX_fips

The "thing" was 'air only'.

Apparently there was a lack in process that after replacing a failed mini-fridge a refill is needed :-).

worldwidedreamer

Mistake #1: I brought the mother in law to Shenzhen (but not the father in law). My parents, too.

Mistake #2: We did not stay in the Shangri-La, but the place George H.W. Bush stayed. (Not being political...but the place felt like it was from 90s China in not a good way.)

Effect: My parents checked us out while the rest of the group was at Windows-of-the-World, and apparently there was something missing from one of the mini bars. I asked the Mrs, she said no. I asked my parents what was missing, and it was a condom from the minibar in the MILs room.

Because I'm naturally awkward, I asked the MIL if she used a condom last night. Apparently she took a condom from the minibar because she thought it was great that the Chinese were so focused on health education.

Next time? I'll take her to Hawaii.

moondog

One of the hotels on my travel circuit actually has a condom bowl sitting on the front desk.

MSPeconomist

I've seen local hotels in China have male and female underwear in the minibar. It's apparently one size fits all stretch synthetic material, IIRC in blue and pink.

ente_09

the condom at the Hotel de Paris- Monte Carlo was $9
At that price we decided to abstain

SkyTeam777

Haha, what hotel is this?

jackebofh

Supposedly the best hotel in Moldova - Radisson Blu Leogrand, Chisinau.

I highly recommend the hotel, though. It was great.

HomerJ

....I think it was the CP in Manila but I may have the hotel wrong, it might have been the Shangri-La.

SkyTeam777