12 Hotel Tips From The Pros You Need To Know Before Your Next Stay
When you are on a business trip or on vacation, there may be times when you have to stay in a hotel. It can be an inconvenience but it is also something that many people enjoy.
It doesn’t matter if you are staying at an upscale hotel or if you are staying in a budget motel, you need to be careful that you are getting what you are paying for. In addition, there are plenty of ways to tweak your visit to make it much better for you and those with you.
The following 12 suggestions are from hotel employees who know their way around and have seen almost anything imaginable. Follow these tips and you will save money, time, and frustration for your next hotel stay.
1. “If you ever need to cancel a hotel reservation, but it’s already past the cancelation deadline, just call and move your reservation up a few days. Wait 5 minutes. Call back, now well within the cancelation window, and cancel your stay for free.”
2. “I worked in numerous luxury 5-star properties worldwide. You will be surprised if you know the food quality in buffets. I’ve seen yellow food coloring added and labelled as ’saffron sauce’, pan fried sea bass? It’s pan fried white fish that comes in generic bags labelled ’white fish’. People change the expiration date on stuff so that the food cost doesn’t increase.”
3. “Those tiny free bottles of shampoo you find in your hotel room? Please don’t use them. We’re not allowed to tell guests this, but those bottles are often refilled with expired product.
Instead of replacing them, housekeeping collects the bottles, refills them from large bulk containers, and reseals them. The problem? Those bulk containers have been sitting in storage for months, often past their expiration date.”
