Grating Ratings: Hotel Freebies
Here are some of the things you get for free (or things you aren't supposed to take, but do) from hotels. For the record this review is based on cheap hotels, not expensive hotels.
- Bar Soap: C+ Hotel soap works quite well, even if it doesn't last very long. They are particularly useful
- Towels: F Stealing hotel towels is one of those things you hear about all the time. The thing is, hotel towels are fundamentally worthless, but perhaps that's because people keep stealing them. A tablespoon of water will soak the entire towel. They don't even make a good bathmat.
- Shampoo and Conditioner: C For a guy like me, the quality of the shampoo and conditioner are just fine, but the bottles are so small you're lucky if you can get two full uses out of them. If you're picky about your hair care products, they're probably worthless to you.
- Pens: A Hotel pens work just as perfectly as any other pen. You simply have to carry around their logo wherever you take the pen. I don't think I've ever looked inside one to see if they put less ink in them, though. Maybe they're sample-sized, just like all the other hotel freebies?
- Notepads: B Hotel notepads work just fine away from the hotel, but they have a suspiciously small number of pages to use.
- Mouthwash: B Mouthwash is always good to have around, but this is yet another sample-sized bottle. Good luck getting more than a couple days out of one tiny bottle.
Please feel free to leave a comment. What do you agree or disagree with, and why? Which hotel freebies do you wish were included that I didn't cover here?
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July 28th, 2007 at 20:49
Did you forget the Gideon Bible or just decide not to rate it?
July 28th, 2007 at 20:50
I completely forgot about it
July 28th, 2007 at 20:54
It would get an initially high rating, it is after all the HOLY Bible. But in the usability department the old KJV brings on a considerable downer
July 28th, 2007 at 22:53
I take all of my own items with me just in case.(Except the towels and then many times I have wished that I had taken my own towels with me.0 Sometimes the hotel towels are scratchy, but at least if they are white, clean and smell o.k. I am happy. The main thing that I check to make sure the bed has clean, crisp, white sheets. (Poor hotel in Florida-looked o.k. online) This is why I prefer Bed and Breakfasts. Normally their towels are soft, and at the last one they gave us "cool" soap and even a baggie to say if you enjoyed this soap, please use this bag to take it with you to enjoy at home.