It's not a widespread practice, but some hotel operators have taken to avoiding room number 420 entirely because of its association with cannabis and the troublemaking that sometimes occurs in rooms numbered as such.
Condoms. It is never advertised and no hotel employee will bring it up, but almost every decent hotel has free condoms available upon request. If you're caught without, don't be afraid to call the front desk and ask them to send a few condoms to your room.
14 things hotels will give you for free
- Toothbrush and toothpaste.
- Extra pillows and blankets.
- Shampoo and conditioner.
- Soap and moisturizer.
- Wi-Fi.
- Shoe shine kit.
- Coffee and tea.
- Razor and shaving cream.
But where does that soap go after the hotel guests are gone? At least some of it goes to Clean the World, an Orlando-based company that recycles the soap to make new soap. The soap they use never reaches the landfill, helping the local environment and all of the new soap is distributed to areas of need.
We do provide bathrobes and slippers in all of our Executive Level rooms.
In most cases, the room slippers are complimentary — yours to keep if you want them. Most hotels are not in the business of washing slippers for re-use, which would turn off most guests anyway.
First, they wash with laundry detergent. Then, they wash again with fabric softener. The final wash includes bleach to bring out the white color. In other words, hotels don't bleach the linens within an inch of its life and call it “good.â€
The simple gesture has long been a symbol of luxury, a gift from the hotel to punctuate the turndown experience and send guests to slumberland with sweet dreams. The concept is thought to have originated at the Mayfair Hotel in St. Louis back in the 1950s, or more accurately, by request of a famous guest.
If you were to take The Bible with you or remove it from the hotel room, The Gideons would not accuse you of stealing it. Removing The Bible from its place in a hotel room is not actually supporting the reason it was put there in the first place, as they are intended for the next guest to read and so on.
Why do hotel rooms have Bibles? We can thank Gideon International for this sacred hotel amenity. The organization was formed in 1899 after three traveling salesmen met in a hotel room, and by 1908, it was distributing Bibles to hotels around the United States, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Coffee, sugar, and creamers – In most cases, this stuff is usually for free. They are meant to give comfort to the guests during their stay. Some of their trays have sensors so that the hotel managers can detect if you get a piece of coffee, sugar, or creamer, and they will add this to your charges.
Hotels often purchase their pillows directly from a pillow manufacturer, and usually in bulk. In many cases, these pillows are custom made for the hotelier. Most importantly, most hotel grade pillows or actual pillows used by hotels can be purchased by consumers.
White sheets assure guests that the bed is clean and fresh. And because they look and feel so clean, they also give the impression of luxury—even if the hotel itself is rather inexpensive. This has a practical purpose: bed linens, towels, and any other dirty laundry can be washed together without any colors bleeding.
Be as quiet as possible when walking down the hall to or from your room. If you need to talk to someone, use a soft voice. Remember that noise echoes in hallways, and the sound may be amplified in the rooms. Try to refrain from talking in the hallway after 10 p.m. and before 8 a.m.
It really depends on your establishment, but the average seems to be anywhere from three to five years. Some establishments will sell their old mattresses to other hotels or give them away to an organization such as Habitat for Humanity.
UmbrellasThese umbrellas are usually meant to be returned to the hotel, but they often go missing. As a result, some hotels now consider them a free amenity.
