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Randy D

What are some amenities in hotel rooms of which you never take advantage?


Mine are: mini bar, shoe shine service, air conditioning, Gideon Bible*, local telephone calls**, blow dryer, adult movie options, coffeemaker***.

*To be fair, this doesn't truly belong in the ‘never’ column, because once about twenty years ago or so when I was staying in a hotel room, I cracked one open.

**Once again, decades ago I’m sure I may have used a hotel phone to make a local call. 

***Please don’t tell Just Asking; I would rather not hear all the nagging again. Sheesh.


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Posted - December 13, 2019
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  • 8214
    Room service, sleeping in
      December 13, 2019 9:24 PM MST
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  • 53509

      Wait, how is “sleeping in” supposed to be an actual amenity offered by a hotel?  It may be described more accurately as a perk, a side benefit, a guilty pleasure, a well-deserved extra, but an amenity?

      December 13, 2019 9:28 PM MST
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  • 19937
    Mini bar, shoe shine service, blow dryer, adult movie options.  
      December 13, 2019 9:27 PM MST
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  • 10052
    Is air conditioning an actual amenity? Do you only travel during the winter months??

    I almost never say never, but can't see the shoe shine thing ever happening. 
      December 13, 2019 10:22 PM MST
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  • 53509

      There are some places that offer air conditioning as an upgrade, yes. Also, when hotel chains advertise something like that, especially when comparing their services to that of other firms, that’s what makes it an amenity.
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      December 14, 2019 1:15 AM MST
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  • 44619
    I've never been to a hotel/motel room that didn't have air conditoning.
      December 14, 2019 10:44 AM MST
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  • 53509
    That doesn’t mean they don’t exist. 
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      December 14, 2019 12:19 PM MST
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  • 44619
    True...maybe some back-woods dump in West Virginia. I certainly wouldn't go their. But, I have only been to two motels in ten years. Prior to that, I was still in the Navy and we were at the Navy lodge in Norfolk.
      December 14, 2019 1:20 PM MST
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  • 53509
     (go their there)

      I‘m not just referring to hotels in the US, or hotels in the first world, or hotels in 2019, or hotels in hot climates, or five-star hotels. 

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      December 14, 2019 8:52 PM MST
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  • 10052
    Hehe!!

    I nearly stayed at a back-woods dump in West Virginia once. We got into the room and I fully realized how dumpy it was and went right back to the front desk, got a refund and got the hell out of there. Had to drive over an hour through the hills and hollers to find another place to stay, but I had a strong feeling that something really bad might happen if we'd stayed at that dump. 
      December 20, 2019 7:22 PM MST
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  • 10052
    Cooler climates, I'm assuming. You'd be hard-pressed to find a hotel/motel in Florida that doesn't include A/C!

    But what about you? You said you've never used A/C at a hotel...
      December 20, 2019 7:16 PM MST
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  • 53509

      One of the first things I do upon entering my hotel room is to turn off the air conditioner. 
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      December 20, 2019 7:17 PM MST
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  • 10052
    Hmm... 

    So, Mr. D. is cold-blooded. Very interesting information. I'll make a note of it in your file. 
      December 20, 2019 7:24 PM MST
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  • 53509

      I’m not cold-blooded, I’m very warm-blooded. I just don’t like air conditioning.  
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      December 20, 2019 7:25 PM MST
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  • 10052
    I was just joking. 

    I've asked for a new room because the A/C wasn't working properly on at least 2 occasions that I recall. Ever traveled to Georgia in July? :P


      December 20, 2019 7:33 PM MST
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  • I never use their shampoos and  conditioners, I bring my own. I don’t want my hair to smell like cheapness. 
    I usually bring my own pillow too. This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at December 20, 2019 7:25 PM MST
      December 14, 2019 8:20 AM MST
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  • 53509

      (shampoos)

    No apostrophe. 
      December 14, 2019 12:19 PM MST
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  • But it looks weird that way. 
      December 14, 2019 1:01 PM MST
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  • 53509

      Even if you think it looks weird, the apostrophe makes it a possessive singular noun. The shampoo belonging to whom?



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      December 14, 2019 9:02 PM MST
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  • It belongs to the hotel..: what do I win?
      December 14, 2019 9:07 PM MST
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  • 53509

      You won yourself a spanking from Professor Randall.

     You wrote, “I never use their shampoos and  conditioners  . . . ”.  In this context, the word “shampoos” is a plural noun, not a possessive noun, so it does not signify ownership by the hotel. 



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      December 14, 2019 9:37 PM MST
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  • Wait, what?? How did I miss this? This could have saved us from our divorce... but probably not. 
      December 20, 2019 7:34 PM MST
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  • 10052
    I bring my own, too! 
      December 20, 2019 7:28 PM MST
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  • Yay!! Another sane person. I can’t believe the amount of people that use hotel pillows.. BLAH! Do you bring a plastic bag for the remote control for television too? 
      December 20, 2019 7:35 PM MST
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