Here are easier ways of ensuring your hotel folio belongs to you.
1. Have an alibi
When I checked out of The Shores Resort & Spa in Daytona Beach, Florida, recently, I found a "Fletch"-like surprise on my bill: Someone had ordered a cheeseburger, Caesar salad and two Miller Lites at the Tiki Bar and charged it to my room. There’s just one problem: I’ve never been to the Tiki Bar. Besides, I’m more or less a vegetarian and I’m not much of a drinker. The charges couldn’t have been mine.
I asked them to be removed on the morning I checked out, and they were. It helped that I had a good alibi: I wasn’t physically present at the hotel when the food was ordered. And I could prove it.
2. Say ‘no’ to the minibar key
Accepting a minibar key, even if you don’t intend to use it, can lead to billing problems later on, according to experts like Harteveldt. "When I’m offered a minibar key, I decline it, and ask the front desk agent who is checking me in to note in my record that I have declined the key," he says.
Otherwise, you’ll be held responsible for items that are removed. (Worse, some minibars register a "sale" any time an item is moved, meaning that if you touch it, you buy it.)
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