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I assume any amenity in a hotel that isn't profitable should be axed. They're not in the charity business.

Posted by Mop (200 lbs) (aka rburriel) Jan 9 '14, 07:54

If mini-bars and room service are profitable, then do it. If not, then ax it. Some hotels will give you a butler that will be at your beck and call. I don't expect that at a Holiday Inn Express, nor should you.

Mop

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if a hotel can't make money selling $5 peanuts they should give up -- nm - Beaker Jan 9, 07:58 9
- but if noone buys them, and they have to store stock, check for refills that they don't need etc, it's not helping their bottom line in any way. -- nm - Andie Jan 9, 07:59 8
  - oh for sure, if no one uses it get rid of it, but I suspect the free toilletries would be a much marger cash drain that a mini-bar - Beaker Jan 9, 08:01 6
    - I think toiletries should be kept at the front desk and you should have to ask. maybe charge $1 for a bottle or something. - peggy ann mcamanda Jan 9, 08:03 3
      - No toiletries is a pain. You don't travel with soap just like you don't travel with bed sheets. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Jan 9, 08:20
      - I know we always took stuff and then donated it to local food banks and woman shelters - Beaker Jan 9, 08:05 1
        
        Yup, this is what I do as well. -- nm - spamlet Jan 9, 08:09
    - i have never, once, drank something from a mini bar. i never use PPV. - Andie Jan 9, 08:02 1
      - Hotel PPV used to be one of my favorite things in life prior to streaming. -- nm - David Jan 9, 08:03
  - also spoilage on food items. someone has to check the dates... -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Jan 9, 08:00
the thing is that they're not profitable enough. but again, allowing users to self-select what amenities they'd like ensure greater use of same - peggy ann mcamanda Jan 9, 07:56 4
- You sound like a damn dirty libertarian! -- nm - mafic Jan 9, 08:10
- In essence, that's what they'll do. Carrie's hotels are extended stay, Candlewood and Staybridge Suites... - Jim Jan 9, 07:59 2
  - in march, I stayed in some horrible hotel in harrisburg that had *no* services (besides being next to LBC) because I honestly just needed a bed. - peggy ann mcamanda Jan 9, 08:02
  - right. high end hotels will stay cater to those customers. but if there is a market for the less amenities, they should serve that market. -- nm - Andie Jan 9, 08:00
If they come for the mini-bar...they will eventually come for the butler. Draw The Line, Mop. Draw.It. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 9, 07:55 1
- It's our God-given right to be exorbitantly over-charged for tiny bottles of vodka and cashews! -- nm - Ender Jan 9, 07:57

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I assume any amenity in a hotel that isn't profitable should be axed. They're not in the charity business.

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