Sometimes I stock my hotel room with a 6 or 12-pack of beer at the beginning of my stay, then have one or more left at checkout time. I always just leave them in the fridge (or on the floor if there's no fridge).

Do you think hotels have policies regarding staff keeping unopened food/drink found in rooms? I've always envisioned that the housekeepers get to take the brews home as a perk of the job.

I've also wondered what happens to my beers that I've left in the minibar fridges. Do they get cleared during inventory? Does a subsequent guest go crazy trying to figure out why the Fat Tire isn't on the minibar menu, next to Bud and Bud Light? Does another guest drink my beers, then wonder why the $6 beers never showed up on their bills?

Thoughts I have when stuck in a hotel on a Friday night (with 5 extra beers).

I never used to use bellman, but since my wife became sick a couple of years ago, it's now standard practice for me. We often have a few beers leftover, and sometimes a partial bottle of liquor. I have never had a problem with a bellman accepting leftover beer (or even more surprising, partially consumed bottles of hard liquor) as part of their tip. From what I've learned of the bell staff at most hotels, even if you aren't going to use their services for your bags, they'd love the beer!

Oh, and now that you know my present-day response, I feel compelled to point out that 20-year-old-me (20 years in the past) would have said: "Five 'leftover' beers? I can solve your problem for you...slam them, you wuss, and then you won't have to worry what to do with them!!!!!". Ah, the idealism of youth....

yeah no doubt... what is leftover beer??

Most hotels that I deal with have a policy that prohibits any outside alcoholic beverages to be consumed on the premises without declaring them and paying corkage fees. I've never seen this enforced however except for large group events like conferences and weddings.

One of the good things about knowing your limits is also knowing when drinking that one or two extra beers the night before flying, or doing anything else for that matter, is going to be the difference between a day of pain or a day without pain.

I enjoy my beer, and I've learned that my enjoyment is much more pronounced when I don't have a screaming headache that next day. I have no problem leaving what I know is not a good idea for me to drink.

I leave any leftover (and unopened) beer-n-booze by the ice machines. Let some other guest have a party.

MisterNice

I have read on other threads where pilots are known to leave their extras in the toilet tank, keeps em fresh for the next guy!

Back when I was a hotel manager our policy was open bottles in the trash, sealed 90 days and it's yours.

I generally stay at the same hotel every week and leave leftover beers in the Fridge (not a mini bar just a regular small Fridge) a couple of times I have checked out on Friday checked back in Monday, had the same room and the beers were still in the Fridge.

It used to be a rare occasion that I had leftover Beers even if it meant drinking a couple on the way to the airport.
On a side note used to Rent exclusively GM cars so I could use the seatbelt as a bottle opener.

I would have thought leftover beer was an oxymoron.

I think if you left it in the room with a note for the staff, then they would be okay to take it. Otherwise they may be compelled to turn it in, silly as that may sound for something like leftover food/drink. The fact that it's alcohol may make it iffier again depending upon workplace rules, etc. It's possible staff could get in trouble for possessing the stuff at work even if you rightfully left it for them, although I'm not sure how likely this problem would be.

At times, I've left 1 or 2 unopened soft drink cans in my room. I've always wondered where those would go. Regardless I hope they go to one of those hard-working deserving housekeeping staff.

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I can't even begin to describe how offensive the term "leftover beer" is to me.

Isn't that why God created aspirin, to help the hangover the next morning?

bwahahaha! Yes! So far I'm a gallon of water and 2 aspirins into my hangover.

But like the english proverb says... Waste Not, Want Not.

yup, right up there with "backwash" and it's aspirins for me as well this morning......