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Not new, actually. I remember staying at a hitel near the Charles De Gaulle aurport in Paris, and we just opened the fridge door to peek in to see if it was really full or not - we didn't even touch anything, and the following day they tried to charge us. I now never take peeks into fridges anymore.
If you're at all concerned with accidental charges, you can ask that housekeeping come and remove the items, especially if the hotel doesn't have a separate mini bar fridge/ regular fridge and you know you'll want to use the fridge during your stay. For those that have easy access to the mini bar, meaning you don't need a key to access it, it is in your best interest to look at the contents to make sure that it doesn't look like something is missing. Also some hotels have items that are placed on top of the desk so you need to make sure that you are charged if you jostle the area.
If you're at all concerned with accidental charges, you can ask that housekeeping come and remove the items, especially if the hotel doesn't have a separate mini bar fridge/ regular fridge and you know you'll want to use the fridge during your stay. For those that have easy access to the mini bar, meaning you don't need a key to access it, it is in your best interest to look at the contents to make sure that it doesn't look like something is missing. Also some hotels have items that are placed on top of the desk so you need to make sure that you are charged if you jostle the area.
These days most hotels with minibars won't empty them so you can use it as a fridge. They will bring you a minifridge, although some will charge you for it.
These days most hotels with minibars won't empty them so you can use it as a fridge. They will bring you a minifridge, although some will charge you for it.
Most won't charge you if you tell them that fridge is needed for medical purposes
Seriously? They actually charge you for LOOKING? Or the sensors are just too sensitive or messed up? I'll never pay for something I only looked at, no way.
Seriously? They actually charge you for LOOKING? Or the sensors are just too sensitive or messed up? I'll never pay for something I only looked at, no way.
Well it depends on how you are "looking" for some people that could be picking up an item and reading the ingredients or nutritional info. Sometime the "purchase" is triggered by picking up the item or jostling it, others give you a short period of time to return the item to it's place
On one news show, a hotel manager said his mini-fridges will charge if an item is taken out of the fridge for more than 1 minute (some sensors... weight ones I believe?). He feels that's enough time to look at the label, nutrition information, etc. Like the converse of a vending machine... you can look closely, but now it may cost you.
I've been to 9 hotels in the past year (all in the U.S. or Canada) and IIRC only one of them had a minibar. I always thought hotels were doing away with minibars these days. I always look in the fridge for the minibar but usually it's empty. What kind of hotels are you people staying at that have these minibars?
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