Hotel mini bar

I'm finishing off a bout of travel and reflected on our settling of our hotel bills and the largest was 0.40 euro (phone call). Not a cent on the mini bar. I have never bought anything from a mini bar- I'm too tight! No matter how cashed up I am I can never see myself succumbing to the temptation of hugly inflated chocolate and alcohol. However, people must or hotels wouldnt bother supplying them.

Have you ever spent on a hotel mini bar?

 

I find a mini bar is just like a vending machine, huge mark ups.
I would rather head to the shops and buy there.

 

I'm currently travelling from Sydney to Perth via Melbourne and Adelaide and none of our hotels sofar have had a mini bar which has surprised me - I thought maybe they stopped doing them? But no, I don't use them, much rather go and explore the local area.

 

I have always avoided taking things from the mini bar even when on business trips and the company is paying for it.

 

Yeah I use them. The convenience has a value to me. Especially if it's been a long work day on business travel.

 

Only very occasionally - the odd beer or chips. But not both. The markup is ridiculous. If they charged close to retail prices I'd smash it every time.

 

Same. Although I do cringe when a single Peroni costs the same as a six pack.

 

If you did purchase a couple of items from the mini bar and replaced it during the course of the day, is there a sensor or anything like that to trigger you did in fact take some items? I was thinking that you can put "Don't disturb" sign, so house keeping cannot count or take note of the mini bar inventory.

 

I use minibar for convenience sake...bottle of beer or two after long day of work,

and in between work and dinner meetings

Yes it is expensive but convenient!

 

I may have done this once or twice

 

I ll join that club too!!!

 

i have only ever used the mini bar when in asian countries as the prices are cheaper than here. but still only sparingly. once i booked a 5 star hotrl in Amsterdam on one of the bidding sites and got it for $130 a night. it had a free mini bar, complete with wine and spirits. Woohoo! Hubby made short work of that. Then they filled it up the next morning. we were there 3 nights. Hubby didn't want to leave.

 

Me three. Have a couple of beers when you get in late, replace them with reasonable facsimiles the next day.

 

My rule number one: Never drink alcohol when alone and the most of the time I stay hotels like that is when business travelling. If holidaying with hubby normally we just buy supplies from local shops. However a couple times In business travels I have used minibar and 'bought' a water or soft drink bottle, but replaced it in the next day.