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> So I suspect the real reason hotel's have no toothpaste in the rooms, is most travelers prefer to bring their own. Indeed, this was my thought too. I suspect
by pkd 10y ago
> So I suspect the real reason hotel's have no toothpaste in the rooms, is most travelers prefer to bring their own.
Indeed, this was my thought too. I suspect that toothpaste is such a necessity that nobody travels without their own. Shampoos, conditioners et al are nice but not necessary and hence less liable to find a place in the backpack.
The hotels must have observed the unused toothpaste tubes and simply removed the item from their inventory to cut down the costs.
- frik 10y agoI wonder why hotels have no vending machine to buy a toothpaste, etc in the middle of the night when no shop is opened or in general when no shop is in walking distance.
- Jach 10y agoThey do, but the interface is a little different and the cost is often free. Just phone the front desk. ;)
- blakeyrat 10y agoJust talk to the guy at the front desk. Why do you need a robot when there's a guy staffing it 24/7 who'll happily give you a free tube of toothpaste if you simply ask him? This thread is like bizarro universe for me. Am I seriously the only one who's tried asking the desk for toothpaste?
- derefr 10y agoA kind of common anxiety, involving not wanting people to "serve" you, even for money, when you could instead get the same thing done yourself. It's the same reason middle-class Americans—even when in possession of plenty of money and no time—tend to clean their houses or buy gadgets like Roombas, instead of retaining a part-time cleaner.
- semi-extrinsic 10y agoAlso, toothpaste is much easier to pack than shampoo. Packing a regular shampoo bottle brings a real risk of it opening and leaking all over your luggage. Toothpaste, not so much.
- killbrad 10y agoAnd in the US, 3 oz or less. And it better be less if you don't want TSA stopping you. I've been stopped a number of times at TSA for 3 oz bottles of mouthwash or lotion. They don't make be throw it away, but it is an inconvenience having them paw through my bag.
- kome 10y ago> Indeed, this was my thought too. I suspect that toothpaste is such a necessity that nobody travels without their own. cough