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I stayed at a Hilton in the UK and they had a 1L bottle of water on the desk in the room, with a little price tag on it: £3.95 (~$6.50). I thought it was very s
by switch007 12y ago
I stayed at a Hilton in the UK and they had a 1L bottle of water on the desk in the room, with a little price tag on it: £3.95 (~$6.50). I thought it was very sneaky - guests are used to paying for things in the fridge but not those left out on the desk.
- jmj42 12y agoThe same over here. I stayed at a DoubleTree (also a Hilton hotel) in Monrovia CA a few weeks ago. They also had a bottle of water on the desk with a $5 USD price tag. Ironically, they gave me at least $5 worth of chocolate chip cookies when I checked in.
- Someone1234 12y agoThat's a fairly common practice throughout Europe and even in some part of the US (e.g. Vegas). You can even request certain brands of water be left in your room from their water menu. As long as they clearly label them as a cost+ and provide you those dinky plastic cups you can drink tap water with, I am happy. 3 euros, 3 pounds sterling, or 3 dollars is common. I guess the US wins in the "over-priced-water-in-your-room" war. There must be something magical about the $3 price tag.
- switch007 12y agoHm, I assumed it was an American chain or 3-5* hotel thing. I've stayed >100 nights in hotels in Europe and only seen paid bottles of water perhaps a handful of times. I guess we stay at different kind of hotels. Much more exciting have been the freebies (zero status/independent hotels): chocolates, biscuits, wine, platters of local delicacies, fruit baskets, free non-alcoholic mini-bar replenished daily... :-)