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Behind closed doors: Hotels reveal their wildest room service orders
CNN ^ | 9/14/24 | Maureen O'Hare, CNN

Posted on 10/22/2024 9:32:03 AM PDT by DallasBiff

In travel news this week: odd room service requests, the cruise passengers stranded for months at their departure port, plus how a rogue bag of Cheetos caused havoc in a New Mexico cave.

Unusual guest requests

Far be it from us to say folks are getting a little entitled, but a new report from Hotels.com has revealed the oddest room service requests made to its hotel partners around the world.

There’s the Evian-filled bathtub requested for a child’s routine scrub-up, and the customized allergen-free menu for a pet.

There’s the separate requests that were fielded for burnt toast, fresh goat milk and 2 kilos of bananas.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: hotels; roomservice
I've worked in hotels basically all my life, oh the stories I could tell, some hilarious, some very sad.
1 posted on 10/22/2024 9:32:03 AM PDT by DallasBiff
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2 posted on 10/22/2024 9:38:03 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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This is where I stop reading. “We all know flying comes at a cost to the environment and waste should be avoided”

Must they inject their BS at every turn?


3 posted on 10/22/2024 9:40:31 AM PDT by albie (U)
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Apparently


4 posted on 10/22/2024 9:45:00 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to says it.)
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Hillary: Be sure Huma has a key to MY room.

Bill: I'd like to special order a blue dress.

Stallwell: Be sure Fang Fang has a key to MY room.

Biden: My room has to be on the same floor as the the elementary school field trips staying here.

Kamala: Our nanny must have an adjoining room.

Walz: My room has to be next to the visiting football team's rooms.

5 posted on 10/22/2024 9:45:33 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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I travel almost every week for work - the people who don’t travel very much are the best - I was checking into a Hotel in Dallas two weeks ago and a women asked the desk clerk “What comes with the room?” The clerk took a minute and said - well a bed, shower, TV...


6 posted on 10/22/2024 10:09:08 AM PDT by EC Washington
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My daughter worked for a short time in a resort hotel and they got a request for a hooker and some heroin. He was from Holland (Netherlands?) and was disappointed that was illegal here. He honestly didn’t know.


7 posted on 10/22/2024 10:36:13 AM PDT by BipolarBob (I may have flunked high school but the pigeons have accepted me as their leader, so I have that.)
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Yes, unfortunately.


8 posted on 10/22/2024 10:38:52 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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Tell some.


9 posted on 10/22/2024 10:39:58 AM PDT by Savage Beast (Fight! Fight! Fight! God Bless America!--Butler Pa. July 13 "As I was saying..."--Butler Pa. Oct 5)
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A buddy’s son was working room service shifts. A big music star and her entourage (not TS) were on the top floor. They ordered 6 bottles of the most expensive vodka on the menu. Tipped the kid $5.


10 posted on 10/22/2024 11:07:36 AM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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LOL!! Nice work there, TIR!


11 posted on 10/22/2024 11:12:18 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (It should be illegal to be here illegally. It should be a crime to be committing crimes in the USA.)
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Far be it from us to say folks are getting a little entitled, but a new report from Hotels.com has revealed the oddest room service requests made to its hotel partners around the world.

Are they paying for it?

That is not "entitled".

Demanding perhaps but not entitled.

Entitled is when you take something not because you have paid for it but because it is your "Right".

Now, totally crackers? Oh, yes.

But if you are willing to pay for it there is someone who is willing to let you have it.

When I worked for a hotel the rules were "As long as it is not illegal" and "get paid up front".

Sold one customer my hair bow. Right off my head. Granted it was cute but I would not wear something that had been on someone else's head. Not without a Lysol bath first. She stuck it on her head and went out the door. I shrugged and pocketed her twenty.

And yes, I would LOVE to hear her side of the story but I never did.

12 posted on 10/22/2024 11:25:40 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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This is where I stop reading. “We all know flying comes at a cost to the environment and waste should be avoided” Must they inject their BS at every turn?

Which means my request for more towels made this list. Especially given the hotel had a big sign saying they want to preserve water to help the environment so if guests could use towels over and over it would be appreciated...not for what I'm paying for a room.

13 posted on 10/22/2024 11:29:21 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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