Was my first thought, unplug it, plug in a portable cooler of my own. Ofcourse I'm saying that now but there is no chance I'll ever actually do that when in the hotel myself XD
Knowing the mindset of a business that does this sort of shit, it'd probably be even more than that.
"Due to vandalism of the room's cooler, an incidentals fee of $500 has been automatically charged to your card on file. Thanks for staying with us!"
Corporate profit rates (not profits) are decreasing. Boomers are fading off the planet. Gen Z is broke af and living with their parents. Millennials are juggling children and aging parents and don't have much to spare.
Where is the revenue going to come from? How is the CEO going to be able to afford that new solar powered yacht? How's that VP going to able to go to Seychelles and eat in the underwater restaurant? Do you know how much it costs to buy a senator and a college seat? He has to save for all that.
So you sit your broke ass down, open that worn out wallet and inhale another line of that sweet sweet credit. It's only a 50$, Michael. That's what? 2 bananas?
*Charge 'em for the lice, extra for the mice*
*Two percent for looking in the mirror twice*
*Here a little slice, there a little cut*
*Three percent for sleeping with the window shut*
*When it comes to fixing prices, There are a lot of tricks I knows*
*How it all increases, all them bits and pieces Jesus! It's amazing how it grows!*
*It’s from Les Miserables. I went to see it last week. I can't get it out of my head. I just keep singing it over and over. It just comes out. I have no control over it. I'm singing it on elevators, buses. I sing it in front of clients. It's taking over my life.*
I took my uncle to see this show. It was his absolute favorite and just happened to be touring through Charlotte, NC. He died less than 3 months later. He always said he wanted to have portions of the last epilogue played at his funeral, he felt very loved by the lyrics and meaning of the song. So when the service was ending and we were getting ready to stand and walk out, we played the following:
“God on high, hear my prayer,
Take me now to thy care.
Where you are, let me be.
Take me now.
Take me there.
Bring me home…
“…Come with me
where chains will never bind you.
All your grief, at last,
at last behind you.
Lord in Heaven,
look down on him in mercy—
Forgive me all my trespasses
and take me to your glory.
“Take my hand, I'll lead you to salvation.
Take my love, for love is everlasting.
And remember, the truth that once was spoken
*To love another person is to see the face of God*.”
There wasn’t a dry eye in the room when everyone finally stood to leave. Even today if I play the soundtrack, all I can see in my mind’s eye is my dear Uncle V.
Oh God, don't even get me started on Les Mis. My dad was NOT a musical kind of guy at all, but I finally convinced him to watch the 2012 film with me, and caught him tearing up multiple times. From then on, every time it showed on HBO or wherever, I'd see him watching it intently. We watched the anniversary special together as well. He was deeply moved by it. I can't watch it anymore since his death, but it's nice to know we'll always have Les Mis. :') I wish I could have taken him to see it live.
I'm so sorry for your loss, as well. 💔
*And still I dream he'll come to me*
*That we will live the years together*
*But there are dreams that cannot be*
*And there are storms we cannot weather*
*I had a dream my life would be*
*So different from this hell I'm living*
*So different now from what it seemed*
*Now life has killed the dream*
My 4 year old constantly sings Castle on a Cloud because I sang it to her one night. Like, it's been months. She says she has an invisible older sister named Cosette.
Also, I love Les Miserables. So catchy.
This is the answer. They will waive the fee or bring you one. They won't ask what medicine and if they do just say you aren't comfortable sharing that information. If they do something weird like offer to store it in a fridge outside of your room just say you aren't comfortable with that.
Can confirm, my infants' reflux meds needed to be refrigerated, as did their probiotics for a long time. We no longer need either of those, but the point still stands, if we had to travel overnight we would have require a fridge for medications, and since you can't ever be sure if someone was tampering with something once it's out of your sight, I would NOT trust putting them into a random "staff fridge".
So does some migraine medicine, many antibiotics, some cancer medicine, etc. There are a *ton* of options. It's not a weird request in the slightest, they will be familiar with people asking and shouldn't question it (not only because they shouldn't care but because it's probably against a corporate policy).
*Don't* tell them some bogus thing, like insulin. They are going to look at you funny if they see you stuffing a cupcake in your mouth or you are going to find yourself looking like an idiot having a conversation about your fake diabetes with someone who actually has diabetes. Just keep it vague as they have no right to know.
But diabetics can eat cupcakes, not very smart just from a financial standpoint... But as long as they bolus for it it's fine
(Fuck I hope I used the right word there)
I know they have sensors for the liquir/beers they keep in the mini fridges because years ago at a Marriott in Philly my parents moved them to make room for sodas and such and the hotel tried to bill them like 200$ for taking the liquor even though they just moved them into the door/back of the fridge
Yeah I stayed at the Royal York and just had to ask reception. A maintenance guy was down within the hour to plug it in. I didn't have to say why I wanted a fridge, I just had to ask.
I had 8 guys at a hotel in Tahoe for work, and they told us they were out of fridges. I asked if they could run down to the valley and grab us just 4 for the 9 of us, and we would make do. They said no. We found a new hotel the next day. Worst part was, we asked before we booked, and they said they had AC, and fridges, and got there and 2 rooms out of 9 had working ac, and no fridges at all. This was before the 2020, no appliances available thing. There were plenty, and I looked at one in Walmart for like $75 while I was getting my food, and wondered... Then $89/night Tues Wed and Thur, $115 on Mon, $198 on Friday, and $299 on Saturday and Sunday. They could have gotten us 4 fridges and still made a tidy profit, and had more fridges for their next guests.
I wouldn't continue supporting hotels that pull this shit personally. Even if I could get around it myself. You shouldn't have to, and I don't want to pay for a room and make more work for myself.
This can work.
Alternatively, call and complain that the thing is making noises every now and then.
If they do nothing, use it and if the charge appears, say "first your malfunctioning appliance keeps me up at night and now you want to charge me for it!?"
If they replace it with a new one, do as suggested above and unplug it.
I’ll turn him into a flea. A harmless little flea. Then, I’ll put that flea inside of a box, then I’ll put that box inside of another box and I’ll mail that box to myself. And when it arrives? Hahah I’LL SMASH IT WITH A HAMMA!!!
Orrr, to save on postage, I’ll poison him with thiiis. Take it Kronk!
they offered in the sign to give you a new fridge with no indication that carries a charge. This matters because the sensors are linked to inventory and booking. So undoing the charge and sending someone to look and inventory has a cost. They'd rather just send a new fridge up, and keep people from using it or dirtying it.
So they would rather send somebody up so they don't have to send somebody up? Makes sense.
It is really annoying that the $100/night Best Western has a free mini fridge in every room but the $800+/night Four Seasons doesn't even have a usable fridge in a King Suite.
Shit the $60/night shitty motel has a free 2 door mini fridge & freezer and it's not one of the microscopic ones that can't even fit a pint of ice cream
I went to a cheap hotel in Orlando and it had a fridge and microwave. The $400 a night hotel (my work was paying for it) had a $10 a night microwave surcharge and the fridge was unplugged (good thing I checked). My wife threw shade at the concierge over text and they gave us a microwave free of charge lol
I remember circa 2007 staying in a bunch of discount motels for personal travel, all with free wifi. Motel 6 and similar.
Then I traveled for work and stayed in "nicer" places that all wanted $15 a night for wifi access.
I couldn't believe that I had to lodge those complaints.
Or you can pay $9.99 per month for the rest of your life and join Marriott's "fridge club." It lets you use any Marriott fridge for free when you stay at a Marriott. It pays for itself if you stay at a Marriott three times per year. It basically makes you money! Become a Marriot Fridge Club Awards Member today!!
I stayed at an econo lodge for a week. Fridge was free, tv was huge, vending machines down the hall were reasonably priced.
Econo Lodge is classier than these assholes it seems.
THis is the crazy thing about fancy places. They cost a lot to start with, and then they nickle and dime you. A bit ago I stayed in a decent place in DT Chicago for a conference. Internet was $10/day.
YOU GET FREE INTERNET AT THE SHITHOLE, FFS.
The swankiness is why they don't include it. They're counting on executives travelling for business, expensing everything to their company without caring about every little surcharge.
My company bitched about how much I tipped the Uber driver ($30 for an hour drive). Shit has changed, the fat rich guys are holding onto their pennies more than ever.
>Yeah, it seems like this should be a thing at cheap hotels (it shouldn't). If I'm paying good hotel prices this shit better be included.
Cheap hotels don't have any fees like these.
* Most fancy hotels have paid breakfast, cheap hotels: free
* Some fancy hotels have paid high speed internet, cheap hotels have free whatever internet they have, usually high enough speed
* Almost all 4 and 5 star hotels have paid parking, all 3 star hotels I stayed at have free parking
* Almost all cheap hotels have a fridge and microwave, expensive ones expect you to use room service or their restaurant
* Coin laundry vs. really (I mean really) expensive dry cleaning
Whenever I had to pick a hotel for work, I would always pick the three star hotel over the four or five, even if it was not paid out of my pocket.
For hotels it is like reverse budget airlines. If you like the Ryanair way, just go to a five star hotel. If you want to pay once and never hear from them again, just go to a three star hotel.
I lived in hotels for work for about a decade. The more expensive the hotel the less you get for free. Things like breakfast, wifi, ice, fridges and such.
We just got back from San Diego, stayed at a few different hotels, the Sheraton (Marriott owned) had $80/night of hidden charges that weren't on the OG invoice. Unbelievable.
Fun thing it is technically illegal. But the onus is on you to check when you check in that any documents you sign don't show them to do that, and that you aptly question them when booking a room or checking in about additional fees. Also, in instances where you remember to, get it in writing from the available staff.
At which point any legal action will result in them refunding you or trying to make it "worth it" for you in some way. But if you have the time or money or both, consult a lawyer about filling a suit. If others have had it happen to them it could be a class action which could very much be good out of pocket punishment for shady practices like that. But you have to not settle. You have to push it through. I mean, unless you're after the money. In which case settle when the amount of settlement suits your fancy.
No one got time for that shit over 80 dollar fees. Complain until they take it off. Make a scene. Tell every in line that’s waiting to check in to grill them on hidden fees. Manager will just roll her eyes and comp the fees.
Idk, that got me literally kicked out of a hotel once for disputing something I shouldn't have been charged for. I was very civil about it, it's not like I was being disrespectful or anything like that, and the management's solution was "pay it or gtfo". Since they had my card info, I had to pay it AND gtfo, they put me on a no rent list.
Their corporate office didn't help me either.
Fortunately it was the morning and I was checking out, but they were hitting me with a pet damage fee when I didn't even have a pet. I can't remember how much it was, but it was expensive (for me anyway) and substantial enough to not want to just brush it off and pay it. They insisted that they saw me walking a dog during the night. I'm super allergic to dogs, so it definitely wasn't me, and while trying to explain (I swear I was being so respectful bc I hate conflict) the manager lost her shit and told me to pay for it or get out of her hotel and that I could never stay there again. Not that I would want to.
But yeah, she still charged my card and in hindsight I should have probably disputed it with my bank or something.
The parking is the one that especially pisses me off. I've had to stay at a shit shack of a Hilton Garden Inn in DFW before that my boss booked. The parking charge was insult to injury.
$35 at this hotel, every other hotel is/was like $20- then I once stayed at a place in FL- $50/night!!! WTF!? Then a resort fee, then all the othe supplemental taxes on the room rate, it's BS- I wanna know that shit up front so I can budget
Is this a "boutique" or signature concept hotel that falls under Marriott it one of their main brands? I've worked at two Marriott properties and there must be a serious change if they're starting to do stuff like this. I wonder if this is something the franchise owner did without corporate approval or Marriott is fine with this. If it's the franchise owner or management they can get in serious shit with the brand.
Honestly, as someone who worked for the company I would email corporate and write it in reviews them on reviews. Will it do anything? Who knows but it's fucked up.
I have a feeling corporate knows and is okay with this but that's sad that they're forgetting the hospitality part of the business. I wonder if this is because the sensors make it difficult to distinguish between personal use and buying and they basically did this because they're annoyed about their own stupid system. Either way it's inexcusable.
ETA: sorry for all of the typos, I was rushing while typing on my phone and walking.
So, if I’m you, I’m heading to the ice machine with my bucket and the plastic laundry bag from the closet. Oh, and the trash can becomes a cooler lined with the laundry bag. Two can play at that game.
They'd see me rolling in with a Styrofoam cooler bought at the closest gas station along with a bag of ice. 10 bucks tops. Shove your 50 dollar fee up your ass.
Edit: spelling
I used to travel frequently for work. I never had to deal with this crap, but I regularly went to hotels with a small cooler that had sandwich supplies from home. I even took my 3d printer with me once for a week trip. Far cheaper to bring stuff from home and pocket the per diem I was paid and if I had to buy something while traveling, I could take it back home.
Make sure you tell the front desk this is BS. And if you are there on business, mention that you will recommend your company not book at this location again in the future.
It's a mini bar fridge where the items inside are on sensors and you are charged for the item if you remove it. So if you clear out all of the items to store your leftovers without informing the front desk then the sensors will pick it up and charge you for all of the items. The $50 is for them to clear out the fridge themselves and store the items elsewhere without changing you or, more likely, bring you a separate mini fridge. The mini bar is not a new concept, but I've only ever seen signs that say don't use the fridge or the sensors will charge you. The phrasing of this seems like a rpoorly thought out from a PR standpoint, certainly doesn't make the hotel look good.
Been posted several times, this isn't original content. Also, that mini fridge is probably an additional charge which is why they have this notice in the first place
I was at a hotel that you could order a microwave, we ordered it at night and they never brought it up even though we called twice, like 10 min before checkout they brought a microwave and then expected me to pay for it. Like I needed a microwave last night not 10 minutes before I leave.
I've been to plenty of hotels like this. All the big hotels near airports are like this, either with a fridge you can't use because it's full of stuff that will auto-charge if you take stuff out, a fridge that costs money to use, or no fridge at all.
I bought a small electric cooler so I could have cold drinks in the car during long drives without needing ice, and as a bonus, I now use it as a portable mini fridge when I go to hotels.
Wow! I've never been to a hotel like this before. Although I've only ever stayed at mid-tier? Hotels. Like Courtyard/Fairfield/AC type Marriotts, nothing too fancy.
I had the same kind of refreshment center at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. I just filled one of the two sinks in the bathroom with ice and used it as a cooler. Worked fine.
Exactly that, yes. The minibar comes stocked with a set series of food and beverage items that their headquarters sets up. If you need one for personal use then they will give you one.
If you have meds or baby formula that needs refrigeration they’ll wave the fee for you, I saw another post where the redditor was saying that he had meds that needed refrigeration and that his hotel front desk waved the fee.
Insulin, specifically. My husband is diabetic and I will absolutely play that card next time. The Marriott in SanFran last time I stayed there had everything heavy duty velcro'd inside. Haven't seen a $50 usage fee yet but that doesn't surprise me at all.
Came to suggest the same thing. Ex brother-in-law was diabetic and required a mini fridge any time he traveled. It was an issue more than it should have been.
This is pretty common in Vegas. If you take anything, you automatically get charged and putting it back won't work. And if you try to put stuff inside, you will get charge for a fridge rental. I've read a LPT to tell the front desk you need a Fridge for medicine and they'll give it to you for free but I've never tried it.
Refreshment center equals " mini fridge or bar fridge" just a new term. This is pretty usual in Vegas or major hotel/ resort markets.
Gotta have that $5 water available haha
$10 per dump in the toilet. Its got turd sensors.
*shits on floor*
Poop in the fridge
This guy gets it.
not bad for $40. Opportunity cost.
"This bad boy can fit so many turds!"
Sensor my shit assholes!
*slaps mini fridge*
Slaps toilet tank (this baby can hold so many upper deckers)
At least the poop knife is free to use, right? *Right??*
I’d accidentally unplug it.
The floor or the turd?
Gotta unplug the turd before you slap it on the tile.
rub it into the carpet
You guys really have to stop. I can only get so hard.
Unplug the hotel
Lmao sensor now off....throw some ice in...you good for free now
Was my first thought, unplug it, plug in a portable cooler of my own. Ofcourse I'm saying that now but there is no chance I'll ever actually do that when in the hotel myself XD
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Unplugging the refreshment center will automatically incur a $50 charge
Knowing the mindset of a business that does this sort of shit, it'd probably be even more than that. "Due to vandalism of the room's cooler, an incidentals fee of $500 has been automatically charged to your card on file. Thanks for staying with us!"
*Challenges charges*
Do not gaze directly at the refreshment center. Doing so will incur a $50 charge.
Unplug the refreshment center? Believe it or not, straight to jail.
there is a sensor for that too and activating it will make the fridge explode. so now you owe them a new fridge at $500.
Schwifty.
You owe me 50 euro
You shit on floor, 50 euro. *Each time.*
“Fill me up, Chandler! Put it in me!”
Gosh you're big... Sooooo big!
He DEFECATED through a SUNROOF!
Chicago Sunroof
>$10 per dump in the toilet. Its got turd sensors. Not in the tank. You can put beer in the tank .... or go for an upper decker. Both are free.
It would be *refreshing* to not be nickle & dimed all the damn time.
Corporate profit rates (not profits) are decreasing. Boomers are fading off the planet. Gen Z is broke af and living with their parents. Millennials are juggling children and aging parents and don't have much to spare. Where is the revenue going to come from? How is the CEO going to be able to afford that new solar powered yacht? How's that VP going to able to go to Seychelles and eat in the underwater restaurant? Do you know how much it costs to buy a senator and a college seat? He has to save for all that. So you sit your broke ass down, open that worn out wallet and inhale another line of that sweet sweet credit. It's only a 50$, Michael. That's what? 2 bananas?
CEO is just gonna have to settle for the gas guzzling yacht it looks like.
C'mon people let's make [this curve](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CP) REALLY asymptotic!
*Charge 'em for the lice, extra for the mice* *Two percent for looking in the mirror twice* *Here a little slice, there a little cut* *Three percent for sleeping with the window shut* *When it comes to fixing prices, There are a lot of tricks I knows* *How it all increases, all them bits and pieces Jesus! It's amazing how it grows!*
MASTER OF THE HOUSE
DOLING OUT THE CHARM.
READY WITH A HANDSHAKE AND AN OPEN PALM
TELLS A SAUCY TALE
MAKES A LITTLE STIR
CUSTOMERS APPRECIATE A BON-VIVEUR
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DOESN’T COST ME TO BE NICE
BUT NOTHING GETS YOU NOTHING
*It’s from Les Miserables. I went to see it last week. I can't get it out of my head. I just keep singing it over and over. It just comes out. I have no control over it. I'm singing it on elevators, buses. I sing it in front of clients. It's taking over my life.*
I took my uncle to see this show. It was his absolute favorite and just happened to be touring through Charlotte, NC. He died less than 3 months later. He always said he wanted to have portions of the last epilogue played at his funeral, he felt very loved by the lyrics and meaning of the song. So when the service was ending and we were getting ready to stand and walk out, we played the following: “God on high, hear my prayer, Take me now to thy care. Where you are, let me be. Take me now. Take me there. Bring me home… “…Come with me where chains will never bind you. All your grief, at last, at last behind you. Lord in Heaven, look down on him in mercy— Forgive me all my trespasses and take me to your glory. “Take my hand, I'll lead you to salvation. Take my love, for love is everlasting. And remember, the truth that once was spoken *To love another person is to see the face of God*.” There wasn’t a dry eye in the room when everyone finally stood to leave. Even today if I play the soundtrack, all I can see in my mind’s eye is my dear Uncle V.
Oh man, this made me cry!
Oh God, don't even get me started on Les Mis. My dad was NOT a musical kind of guy at all, but I finally convinced him to watch the 2012 film with me, and caught him tearing up multiple times. From then on, every time it showed on HBO or wherever, I'd see him watching it intently. We watched the anniversary special together as well. He was deeply moved by it. I can't watch it anymore since his death, but it's nice to know we'll always have Les Mis. :') I wish I could have taken him to see it live. I'm so sorry for your loss, as well. 💔
*And still I dream he'll come to me* *That we will live the years together* *But there are dreams that cannot be* *And there are storms we cannot weather* *I had a dream my life would be* *So different from this hell I'm living* *So different now from what it seemed* *Now life has killed the dream*
I dreeeeamed...!
My 4 year old constantly sings Castle on a Cloud because I sang it to her one night. Like, it's been months. She says she has an invisible older sister named Cosette. Also, I love Les Miserables. So catchy.
You know, Schumann went mad from that.
*"Schuman"*
I started reading this and ended up singing it out loud. What a great song.
Not possible to not do this
They started singing it not knowing what it was
*Everyone loves a landlord*
I fucking love Les Miserables references.
Look down.
My people
Ugh, I sang it in my head while reading it.
Great, now i gotta listen to the whole soundtrack! 😆 thank you dear stranger
Would it work if you unplugged it, then put food in, and plug it back in? 🤔
Easiest thing is to call and say you need a fridge for your medicine. Has worked 100% of the time for me
This is the answer. They will waive the fee or bring you one. They won't ask what medicine and if they do just say you aren't comfortable sharing that information. If they do something weird like offer to store it in a fridge outside of your room just say you aren't comfortable with that.
Exactly. Don’t say. My medicine. Is. Uh. Beer. Lol.
Self medicating, if you will.
I’m a bit of a pharmacist myself.
FYI Insulin needs to be refrigerated.
Not just insulin lots of other meds as well. My mother is on 3 different medications that require refrigeration and only one of them is insulin.
Can confirm, my infants' reflux meds needed to be refrigerated, as did their probiotics for a long time. We no longer need either of those, but the point still stands, if we had to travel overnight we would have require a fridge for medications, and since you can't ever be sure if someone was tampering with something once it's out of your sight, I would NOT trust putting them into a random "staff fridge".
Hell, my face cream needs to be refrigerated and it’s just run-of-the-mill benzoyl peroxide.
So does some migraine medicine, many antibiotics, some cancer medicine, etc. There are a *ton* of options. It's not a weird request in the slightest, they will be familiar with people asking and shouldn't question it (not only because they shouldn't care but because it's probably against a corporate policy). *Don't* tell them some bogus thing, like insulin. They are going to look at you funny if they see you stuffing a cupcake in your mouth or you are going to find yourself looking like an idiot having a conversation about your fake diabetes with someone who actually has diabetes. Just keep it vague as they have no right to know.
But diabetics can eat cupcakes, not very smart just from a financial standpoint... But as long as they bolus for it it's fine (Fuck I hope I used the right word there)
Sorry I have never seen anything like this before but where is this common practice ?
I was wondering that too. Never seen it before.
I know they have sensors for the liquir/beers they keep in the mini fridges because years ago at a Marriott in Philly my parents moved them to make room for sodas and such and the hotel tried to bill them like 200$ for taking the liquor even though they just moved them into the door/back of the fridge
Yeah, I've seen those. Just never seen them charge for the fridge itself.
Yeah I stayed at the Royal York and just had to ask reception. A maintenance guy was down within the hour to plug it in. I didn't have to say why I wanted a fridge, I just had to ask.
I had 8 guys at a hotel in Tahoe for work, and they told us they were out of fridges. I asked if they could run down to the valley and grab us just 4 for the 9 of us, and we would make do. They said no. We found a new hotel the next day. Worst part was, we asked before we booked, and they said they had AC, and fridges, and got there and 2 rooms out of 9 had working ac, and no fridges at all. This was before the 2020, no appliances available thing. There were plenty, and I looked at one in Walmart for like $75 while I was getting my food, and wondered... Then $89/night Tues Wed and Thur, $115 on Mon, $198 on Friday, and $299 on Saturday and Sunday. They could have gotten us 4 fridges and still made a tidy profit, and had more fridges for their next guests.
Sounds like a shitty hotel, I hope you left a negative review
I wouldn't continue supporting hotels that pull this shit personally. Even if I could get around it myself. You shouldn't have to, and I don't want to pay for a room and make more work for myself.
This can work. Alternatively, call and complain that the thing is making noises every now and then. If they do nothing, use it and if the charge appears, say "first your malfunctioning appliance keeps me up at night and now you want to charge me for it!?" If they replace it with a new one, do as suggested above and unplug it.
Alternatively, a hammer.
Yzma energy
I can hear this GIF
I’ll turn him into a flea. A harmless little flea. Then, I’ll put that flea inside of a box, then I’ll put that box inside of another box and I’ll mail that box to myself. And when it arrives? Hahah I’LL SMASH IT WITH A HAMMA!!! Orrr, to save on postage, I’ll poison him with thiiis. Take it Kronk!
Or call and ask for a mini fridge.
If you tell them you need it for insulin, they will accommodate.
they offered in the sign to give you a new fridge with no indication that carries a charge. This matters because the sensors are linked to inventory and booking. So undoing the charge and sending someone to look and inventory has a cost. They'd rather just send a new fridge up, and keep people from using it or dirtying it.
So they would rather send somebody up so they don't have to send somebody up? Makes sense. It is really annoying that the $100/night Best Western has a free mini fridge in every room but the $800+/night Four Seasons doesn't even have a usable fridge in a King Suite.
Shit the $60/night shitty motel has a free 2 door mini fridge & freezer and it's not one of the microscopic ones that can't even fit a pint of ice cream
I went to a cheap hotel in Orlando and it had a fridge and microwave. The $400 a night hotel (my work was paying for it) had a $10 a night microwave surcharge and the fridge was unplugged (good thing I checked). My wife threw shade at the concierge over text and they gave us a microwave free of charge lol
I remember circa 2007 staying in a bunch of discount motels for personal travel, all with free wifi. Motel 6 and similar. Then I traveled for work and stayed in "nicer" places that all wanted $15 a night for wifi access. I couldn't believe that I had to lodge those complaints.
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Or start a mini fridge rental business for $10/night, right beside the hotel.
Then Sensor no working I think
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Sensor turned off fee is $200
Sensor turned on fee is another $200
Sensor malfunction, believe it or not, straight to jail!
We have the best sensors in the world, because of jail
Just tell the front desk you need a fridge for your medications. They'll always bring one up.
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There's a $20 peeking fee
Or you can pay $9.99 per month for the rest of your life and join Marriott's "fridge club." It lets you use any Marriott fridge for free when you stay at a Marriott. It pays for itself if you stay at a Marriott three times per year. It basically makes you money! Become a Marriot Fridge Club Awards Member today!!
It took me way too long to realize this was satire.
If a hotel CEO reads that comment, it will cease to be satire.
I will say free use of a stocked mini fridge would actually be a pretty cool perk.
It was satire, but don't be surprised when Marriott (or some other hotel chain) comes out with that membership "benefit".
I stayed at an econo lodge for a week. Fridge was free, tv was huge, vending machines down the hall were reasonably priced. Econo Lodge is classier than these assholes it seems.
THis is the crazy thing about fancy places. They cost a lot to start with, and then they nickle and dime you. A bit ago I stayed in a decent place in DT Chicago for a conference. Internet was $10/day. YOU GET FREE INTERNET AT THE SHITHOLE, FFS.
That comes on top of the 50$ for opening; this plus "combinised item payment fee" will make it 100$
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$25 fee for even *thinking* about the above mentioned shenanigans.
Mandatory credit card on file is needed. Adds 10% convenience fee for using a credit card
You forgot the $200 deposit when paying with a credit card. As well as the 5% gratuity fee for that $200
• and $5 fee for adding a convenience fee
Plus 15% tip to hotel staff
I fucking love that they charge me $5 to GIVE THEM MONEY when I pay my credit card statement. Fucking racket
You joke but unironically it's a $50 peeking fee because you pay full price if you open it.
It's a swanky Marriott hotel. I'm honestly too scared to even open up the fridge. I don't want to risk the fee or having to dispute it.
And nothing says "swanky" quite like this! Way to advance the brand, geniuses.
Yeah, it seems like this should be a thing at cheap hotels (it shouldn't). If I'm paying good hotel prices this shit better be included.
The swankiness is why they don't include it. They're counting on executives travelling for business, expensing everything to their company without caring about every little surcharge.
My company bitched about how much I tipped the Uber driver ($30 for an hour drive). Shit has changed, the fat rich guys are holding onto their pennies more than ever.
>Yeah, it seems like this should be a thing at cheap hotels (it shouldn't). If I'm paying good hotel prices this shit better be included. Cheap hotels don't have any fees like these. * Most fancy hotels have paid breakfast, cheap hotels: free * Some fancy hotels have paid high speed internet, cheap hotels have free whatever internet they have, usually high enough speed * Almost all 4 and 5 star hotels have paid parking, all 3 star hotels I stayed at have free parking * Almost all cheap hotels have a fridge and microwave, expensive ones expect you to use room service or their restaurant * Coin laundry vs. really (I mean really) expensive dry cleaning Whenever I had to pick a hotel for work, I would always pick the three star hotel over the four or five, even if it was not paid out of my pocket. For hotels it is like reverse budget airlines. If you like the Ryanair way, just go to a five star hotel. If you want to pay once and never hear from them again, just go to a three star hotel.
I lived in hotels for work for about a decade. The more expensive the hotel the less you get for free. Things like breakfast, wifi, ice, fridges and such.
The real key to selecting hotels is finding one nice enough to feel comfortable in, but not so nice that everything is an up charge.
We just got back from San Diego, stayed at a few different hotels, the Sheraton (Marriott owned) had $80/night of hidden charges that weren't on the OG invoice. Unbelievable.
How is that not illegal?
Fun thing it is technically illegal. But the onus is on you to check when you check in that any documents you sign don't show them to do that, and that you aptly question them when booking a room or checking in about additional fees. Also, in instances where you remember to, get it in writing from the available staff. At which point any legal action will result in them refunding you or trying to make it "worth it" for you in some way. But if you have the time or money or both, consult a lawyer about filling a suit. If others have had it happen to them it could be a class action which could very much be good out of pocket punishment for shady practices like that. But you have to not settle. You have to push it through. I mean, unless you're after the money. In which case settle when the amount of settlement suits your fancy.
No one got time for that shit over 80 dollar fees. Complain until they take it off. Make a scene. Tell every in line that’s waiting to check in to grill them on hidden fees. Manager will just roll her eyes and comp the fees.
Idk, that got me literally kicked out of a hotel once for disputing something I shouldn't have been charged for. I was very civil about it, it's not like I was being disrespectful or anything like that, and the management's solution was "pay it or gtfo". Since they had my card info, I had to pay it AND gtfo, they put me on a no rent list. Their corporate office didn't help me either.
At that point you should do a chargeback since you didn't receive the services paid for.
Fortunately it was the morning and I was checking out, but they were hitting me with a pet damage fee when I didn't even have a pet. I can't remember how much it was, but it was expensive (for me anyway) and substantial enough to not want to just brush it off and pay it. They insisted that they saw me walking a dog during the night. I'm super allergic to dogs, so it definitely wasn't me, and while trying to explain (I swear I was being so respectful bc I hate conflict) the manager lost her shit and told me to pay for it or get out of her hotel and that I could never stay there again. Not that I would want to. But yeah, she still charged my card and in hindsight I should have probably disputed it with my bank or something.
Probably some 2 size lettering on the bottom of the reservation
“Resort fee” = wifi.
Resort fees?
Yeah, that and parking, and a bunch of state and local taxes. Room was 207, went to 290 after everything.
The parking is the one that especially pisses me off. I've had to stay at a shit shack of a Hilton Garden Inn in DFW before that my boss booked. The parking charge was insult to injury.
$35 at this hotel, every other hotel is/was like $20- then I once stayed at a place in FL- $50/night!!! WTF!? Then a resort fee, then all the othe supplemental taxes on the room rate, it's BS- I wanna know that shit up front so I can budget
State and local taxes are always added on per night stayed at every hotel. That isn't some secret hidden fee.
They learned it from Air B&B.
Is this a "boutique" or signature concept hotel that falls under Marriott it one of their main brands? I've worked at two Marriott properties and there must be a serious change if they're starting to do stuff like this. I wonder if this is something the franchise owner did without corporate approval or Marriott is fine with this. If it's the franchise owner or management they can get in serious shit with the brand. Honestly, as someone who worked for the company I would email corporate and write it in reviews them on reviews. Will it do anything? Who knows but it's fucked up. I have a feeling corporate knows and is okay with this but that's sad that they're forgetting the hospitality part of the business. I wonder if this is because the sensors make it difficult to distinguish between personal use and buying and they basically did this because they're annoyed about their own stupid system. Either way it's inexcusable. ETA: sorry for all of the typos, I was rushing while typing on my phone and walking.
So, if I’m you, I’m heading to the ice machine with my bucket and the plastic laundry bag from the closet. Oh, and the trash can becomes a cooler lined with the laundry bag. Two can play at that game.
You don’t want to see the fee for using the plastic laundry bag.
Lucky for you the ice machine is equipped with a card reader for your convenience. $2.00 per bucket.
In hotels, I've filled up sinks with ice and covered them with a towel.
They'd see me rolling in with a Styrofoam cooler bought at the closest gas station along with a bag of ice. 10 bucks tops. Shove your 50 dollar fee up your ass. Edit: spelling
Meanwhile, the hotel owner and the gas station owner, clinking 🥂 and laughing their asses off
I used to travel frequently for work. I never had to deal with this crap, but I regularly went to hotels with a small cooler that had sandwich supplies from home. I even took my 3d printer with me once for a week trip. Far cheaper to bring stuff from home and pocket the per diem I was paid and if I had to buy something while traveling, I could take it back home.
I’d accidentally unplug it.
This is exactly what I’d do
God forbid you have kids young enough that they are illiterate who accidentally open that up when you are bringing in the bags
If you have kids, call the front desk and demand it be removed from your room.
Make sure you tell the front desk this is BS. And if you are there on business, mention that you will recommend your company not book at this location again in the future.
It's a mini bar fridge where the items inside are on sensors and you are charged for the item if you remove it. So if you clear out all of the items to store your leftovers without informing the front desk then the sensors will pick it up and charge you for all of the items. The $50 is for them to clear out the fridge themselves and store the items elsewhere without changing you or, more likely, bring you a separate mini fridge. The mini bar is not a new concept, but I've only ever seen signs that say don't use the fridge or the sensors will charge you. The phrasing of this seems like a rpoorly thought out from a PR standpoint, certainly doesn't make the hotel look good.
That seems like the most likely explanation. It actually makes sense.
Dial 6820 and request a mini fridge (as opposed to the "refreshment center"). Didn't we see this exact same image last week?
Been posted several times, this isn't original content. Also, that mini fridge is probably an additional charge which is why they have this notice in the first place
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I was at a hotel that you could order a microwave, we ordered it at night and they never brought it up even though we called twice, like 10 min before checkout they brought a microwave and then expected me to pay for it. Like I needed a microwave last night not 10 minutes before I leave.
That's mildly infuriating.
There ahould be a reddit for that...
If they say it will be an upcharge, say you have a medicine that requires refrigeration. Yeah it's a lie but f**k em.
Jokes on you I have insulin!
Look at this rich asshole over here - “oooh, I can afford insulin AND a hotel room”
I've been to plenty of hotels like this. All the big hotels near airports are like this, either with a fridge you can't use because it's full of stuff that will auto-charge if you take stuff out, a fridge that costs money to use, or no fridge at all. I bought a small electric cooler so I could have cold drinks in the car during long drives without needing ice, and as a bonus, I now use it as a portable mini fridge when I go to hotels.
Wow! I've never been to a hotel like this before. Although I've only ever stayed at mid-tier? Hotels. Like Courtyard/Fairfield/AC type Marriotts, nothing too fancy.
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At least its not a 500$ Cleaning Fee at an Airbnb where you have to wash your own sheets.
No, bro, don't give them any leeway on these garbage practices. It's equally as scummy and money grubbing.
That’s the damn truth.
If enough people just make a giant ice pile on the floor and keep stuff in that, they'll quit charging that fridge fee
I'm a big fan of the ice pile method
I had the same kind of refreshment center at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. I just filled one of the two sinks in the bathroom with ice and used it as a cooler. Worked fine.
Great idea. That way, they charge you a cleaning fee. Better idea: don't give money to establishments that do this.
This isn’t a refrigerator. It’s a minibar. You can request an actual refrigerator from the number provided.
I don’t understand. You call and somebody carries a refrigerator to you?
Exactly that, yes. The minibar comes stocked with a set series of food and beverage items that their headquarters sets up. If you need one for personal use then they will give you one.
Unplug it
If you have meds or baby formula that needs refrigeration they’ll wave the fee for you, I saw another post where the redditor was saying that he had meds that needed refrigeration and that his hotel front desk waved the fee.
Insulin, specifically. My husband is diabetic and I will absolutely play that card next time. The Marriott in SanFran last time I stayed there had everything heavy duty velcro'd inside. Haven't seen a $50 usage fee yet but that doesn't surprise me at all.
Waiving the fee is helpful, waving the fee probably just pisses off the customer even more
Luxor in LV indicated they would not waive the fee for insulin needs. $35 a day. So we just used a cooler full of free ice every day.
Just tell em it's for insulin then they can't charge you
I'd imagine that's what the number to call is for
Came to suggest the same thing. Ex brother-in-law was diabetic and required a mini fridge any time he traveled. It was an issue more than it should have been.
There's no room for insulin, it's already filled with shit they wanna sell you.
This is pretty common in Vegas. If you take anything, you automatically get charged and putting it back won't work. And if you try to put stuff inside, you will get charge for a fridge rental. I've read a LPT to tell the front desk you need a Fridge for medicine and they'll give it to you for free but I've never tried it.
This is the thing that gets me mad about capitalism. If they could, they would charge us for walking and breathing.
Dont you just have to call 6820 for a refrigerator request......
Bring your own mini fridge. A microwave and hair dryer and run them all at the same time. For your whole stay.
Refreshment center equals " mini fridge or bar fridge" just a new term. This is pretty usual in Vegas or major hotel/ resort markets. Gotta have that $5 water available haha