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Nope. Same deal. I'd probably pay about $5 more a night in exchange for toothpaste being provided. I'll be on the hunt for Hyatt now that I know it's standard t

Nope. Same deal. I'd probably pay about $5 more a night in exchange for toothpaste being provided. I'll be on the hunt for Hyatt now that I know it's standard there.

bostonpete 10y ago
You'd pay $5 more a night to avoid having to buy an extra tube of toothpaste at the store every once in a while? Sometimes, I feel like I'm so cavalier about spending money that my depression-era grandparents must be rolling in their graves, but then when I see comments like this, it makes me feel much more frugal. ;-)
- icantdrive55 10y ago
  I'm from the same era, and as I've gotten older I'm much more frugal. My decised father was psychotically frugal. I'm different than my father, but we definetly don't give hard earned money away. Now easily made money I usually spend freely. Tooth paste--prescription grade, and use pea size amount. (Not out of cheapness--just don't want to give a dentist any money. ) Hair cutting--Flobee. Car breaks down--pull out the tools. Plumbing problems--one day at a garage sale I bought a 4' monkey wrench. I've actually used it. Emotional upset--drink. Need new clothes--pull out sewing machine, and custom fit cheap clothes. Eat out--specifical occasions. Buy Men's hair color to hide getting older in this ageist society--walk right over to women hair color and buy brown 51 for $2.99. The only item I splurge on is a certain glycerine soap. (I have thought about making my own, and might if I can obtain Neutrigenia's propriatiry formula?) And I would never tell a date/most people any of this. When socializing, I'm a phoney spendthrift, and when it came to my pets money was never an option. I would pay anything to make them healthy/happy. Years later I was talking to a vet I befriended, and he said they have a office subscript for guy's like me--it's WPA. (Will pay anything). I remember being bothered, but their health was my priority, even when I was broke. They all passed, but I have no guilt over their care.
ghaff 10y ago
I travel over 100 nights a year. So go to the drug store and buy a few travel toothpaste tubes for ~$1 each and stick one in with your travel toiletries when you travel?
nemo44x 10y ago
If you're staying at a large brand (Marriott, Starwood,etc) just ask the front desk for toothpaste. They will give you a few single use packets for free. I get 2 or 3 uses from each packet.
tuna-piano 10y ago
I'm not sure this Hyatt thing is true? I recently stayed at a Hyatt and didn't see toothpaste in the room. Maybe their spokesman misinterpreted for "standard in room" and "available upon request"
- Manozco 10y ago
  I also stayed in a Hyatt in Vancouver recently and no toothpaste. The "issue" was that I was flying with only carry on luggage, so no toothpaste possible in the cabin and I had to to grocery shopping for a tube of toothpaste for one night in Vancouver...
  - ghaff 10y ago
    >so no toothpaste possible in the cabin Sure it is. Buy a travel/trial size tube. I do it dozens of times a year.
  - Scoundreller 10y ago
    <100mL tubes aren't hard to find at all... Even as a non-travel size.

Nope. Same deal. I'd probably pay about $5 more a night in exchange for toothpaste being provided. I'll be on the hunt for Hyatt now that I know it's standard there.

bostonpete 10y ago

You'd pay $5 more a night to avoid having to buy an extra tube of toothpaste at the store every once in a while? Sometimes, I feel like I'm so cavalier about spending money that my depression-era grandparents must be rolling in their graves, but then when I see comments like this, it makes me feel much more frugal. ;-)

icantdrive55 10y ago
I'm from the same era, and as I've gotten older I'm much more frugal. My decised father was psychotically frugal. I'm different than my father, but we definetly don't give hard earned money away. Now easily made money I usually spend freely. Tooth paste--prescription grade, and use pea size amount. (Not out of cheapness--just don't want to give a dentist any money. ) Hair cutting--Flobee. Car breaks down--pull out the tools. Plumbing problems--one day at a garage sale I bought a 4' monkey wrench. I've actually used it. Emotional upset--drink. Need new clothes--pull out sewing machine, and custom fit cheap clothes. Eat out--specifical occasions. Buy Men's hair color to hide getting older in this ageist society--walk right over to women hair color and buy brown 51 for $2.99. The only item I splurge on is a certain glycerine soap. (I have thought about making my own, and might if I can obtain Neutrigenia's propriatiry formula?) And I would never tell a date/most people any of this. When socializing, I'm a phoney spendthrift, and when it came to my pets money was never an option. I would pay anything to make them healthy/happy. Years later I was talking to a vet I befriended, and he said they have a office subscript for guy's like me--it's WPA. (Will pay anything). I remember being bothered, but their health was my priority, even when I was broke. They all passed, but I have no guilt over their care.

ghaff 10y ago

I travel over 100 nights a year. So go to the drug store and buy a few travel toothpaste tubes for ~$1 each and stick one in with your travel toiletries when you travel?

nemo44x 10y ago

If you're staying at a large brand (Marriott, Starwood,etc) just ask the front desk for toothpaste. They will give you a few single use packets for free. I get 2 or 3 uses from each packet.

tuna-piano 10y ago

I'm not sure this Hyatt thing is true? I recently stayed at a Hyatt and didn't see toothpaste in the room. Maybe their spokesman misinterpreted for "standard in room" and "available upon request"

Manozco 10y ago
I also stayed in a Hyatt in Vancouver recently and no toothpaste. The "issue" was that I was flying with only carry on luggage, so no toothpaste possible in the cabin and I had to to grocery shopping for a tube of toothpaste for one night in Vancouver...
- ghaff 10y ago
  >so no toothpaste possible in the cabin Sure it is. Buy a travel/trial size tube. I do it dozens of times a year.
- Scoundreller 10y ago
  <100mL tubes aren't hard to find at all... Even as a non-travel size.