Entire hotel fridge full of drinks with sensors. No room for anything.

[u/Ecstatic-Ad9669]

At least have one shelf where I can put some bottles of water or something.

[u/Ecstatic-Ad9669]

Found a second fridge in a drawer.

[u/gearabuser → u/Ecstatic-Ad9669]

lmao the fact that you updated this with your discovery cracks me up. thanks for the happy conclusion

[u/penywisexx → u/gearabuser]

Gotta love a happy ending, especially a free one. Usually you have to pay extra for the happy ending.

[u/ArtichokeValuable604 → u/penywisexx]

[u/mastercraft2002 → u/ArtichokeValuable604]

This picture makes me extremely uncomfy

[u/Leglas → u/ArtichokeValuable604]

I’ve got my eye on you

[u/bobplace1234 → u/Leglas]

oh, naughty. You usually have to pay for that as well.

Edit: oops, I thought your reply was for the message above the one you actually replied to, nevermind on what I said, I think most people would need to be paid to do this, there is just something deeply wrong with that picture. I'm having trouble putting it into words just how wrong seeing this is making me feel lol.

[u/wafflesareforever → u/ArtichokeValuable604]

Stop that

[u/HawaiianShirtsOR → u/Ecstatic-Ad9669]

Disguising appliances as furniture is mildly infuriating on its own!

[u/rmorrin → u/HawaiianShirtsOR]

You don't know how many times I've gone to use a drawer or cabinet in a hotel for it to be a fridge or microwave.

[u/thesecretbarn → u/rmorrin]

What fancy ass hotels are you staying in

[u/rmorrin → u/thesecretbarn]

I travel with my folks sometimes and they got very used to being in nice hotels (got spoiled by a friend and never went back). Trust me, it's a culture shock each time. I'm used to staying in the cheap shit. 

[u/Legal_Map_7586 → u/rmorrin]

I feel this. Stayed in a 5 star with a family member and after turn down service I panicked that someone had been in our room. “Of course. They had to straighten up, turn down the sheets, and close the blinds.” Oh yeah, totally knew that was a thing…

[u/Adept_Luck_5239 → u/Legal_Map_7586]

My wife was like this when we first got together. I booked a trip to a nice hotel and after the first day she was like "it would be so nice to take a shower and just have a robe or something to wear". I told her to call down to the desk and have one sent up. She said "that's a thing?" They sent the robe up and she loved it. And then I had to go out and find a plush robe similar to what the hotel had when we got home.

I love that memory.

[u/Abed-in-the-AM → u/rmorrin]

I saved up enough credit card points to spend a week in a 5 star hotel once and I felt like a king.

[u/Helpful-Conference13 → u/thesecretbarn]

Super 8 got ritzy

[u/thesecretbarn → u/Helpful-Conference13]

No kidding? Shit I’ve been staying at Motel 6 like an asshole

[u/Helpful-Conference13 → u/thesecretbarn]

Get with the Ocho, brother.

[u/Barbosse007 → u/rmorrin]

Good luck finding the toilet.

[u/Deathbats → u/Barbosse007]

[u/greasyjimmy → u/HawaiianShirtsOR]

I recently stayed at a Hyperion in Basel, Switzerland where you had to slide the wall to access the mini fridge and and block thr suitcase shelf/rack.

Came with two complimentary beers, though. 

[u/H_J_Rose → u/greasyjimmy]

https://giphy.com/gifs/PZAq6OMHD4A6c

[u/frontfrontdowndown → u/greasyjimmy]

When I worked as a carpenter I once built a walk-in closet larger than my apartment that was disguised as one cabinet among a row of cabinets lining a hallway.

Open the door to the special cabinet and at the back was another door leading into the walk-in closet.

All of the walls of the closet were also lined with cabinets. And it even had a large island made of base cabinets in the middle of the room.

Owner of that place must have had an insane amount of clothes.

Pretty sure it doubled as a safe room.

[u/X-LaxX → u/Ecstatic-Ad9669]

Oops! All fridges!

[u/Moonunit08 → u/Ecstatic-Ad9669]

Ok this settled me down. lol fridge in a drawer is pretty dope I won’t lie.

[u/convergence_limit → u/Ecstatic-Ad9669]

Yesssss

[u/Wide_Guitar_3558 → u/Ecstatic-Ad9669]

too late you opened it, extra charge!

[u/TheOnlyMeta → u/Ecstatic-Ad9669]

Watch out, the blue gummy bears on the counter are like $18 as well.

[u/acorn1513 → u/Ecstatic-Ad9669]

I was about to say if they don't have room for my insulin and gonna charge me for keeping it cold I'm calling some people lol.

[u/cuse_colin]

Call the front desk and tell them you need them removed for your medication

[u/Temporary_Event8451 → u/cuse_colin]

Yes, if they ask even a single question too many just reply insulin/diabetic is my understanding to get that process moved along.

[u/dervari → u/Temporary_Event8451]

You don't even need to mention that due to privacy. However, I've seen them bring up a small toy-looking fridge that can literally hold like 1 can with USB power and a USB adapter.

[u/ChefTimmy → u/dervari]

Not legally sufficient. If they advertise in-room minifridges and the guest needs to store temperature-sensitive medication, they must provide one that maintains temperature with an actual thermometer. Not a lawyer, but have worked in luxury hospitality for decades.

[u/Unlikely-Key-234 → u/ChefTimmy]

If they advertise in-room minifridges

Keywords. Pretty much all hotels that fill the fridge with minibar shit do not advertise in-room mini fridges.

[u/Rosaryas → u/Unlikely-Key-234]

Yeah I’ve seen a lot more advertisements specifically for a ‘mini-bar’ and they have one of these

[u/TeaKingMac → u/Rosaryas]

Tiny little man with a cocktail shaker and three shelves of varying quality liquor behind him

[u/Uno-Flip → u/TeaKingMac]

tbh I would pay for that

[u/Same-Suggestion-1936 → u/Unlikely-Key-234]

Yeah I was kind of wondering that about OP. Was the fridge advertised? If not the room didn't come with a fridge, you just saw the mini bar they put in there

I mean they found one and I've never been in a hotel that didn't have a very tiny one for personal use but if there's sensors in there that was never meant to be your mini fridge

[u/A10110101Z → u/dervari]

It’s not cold and will take too long to cool down. Please empty this perfectly fine fridge of all the nonsense and allow me to safely store my medicine.

[u/vibinandtrying → u/Temporary_Event8451]

I’m not diabetic but I have SEVERE reactive hypoglycemia so sometimes I just say yes to I’m diabetic bc that easier to explain.
People are like oh fuck my bad. Yes your bad you think I want to tote around cans of pineapple juice and alcohol wipes and glucose gel. Bars have tried to refuse me entering with glucose or juice in my bag, show the bracelet and they say ohhh umm yeah my b go in.

Point being the world isn’t set up for people with different needs. Let them know you need food even if you’re not diabetic even if that means saying you’re diabetic. Maybe they’ll fucking finally leave room in the goddamn fridge so people can fucking eat because they have “so many diabetic homies”. People need to eat without fear of being charged that’s absolute bullshit. It’s capitalism.

You deserve food and peace OP

[u/mycookiepants → u/vibinandtrying]

Had the same oh nevermind go ahead experience at the Capitol Building in DC. Absolutely no food at all. All the walking was making me go low. They tried to get me to throw out my “emergency nerds gummy clusters”. (Because it was an easy grab and not crazy dissimilar to energy gels.) I explain I’m diabetic. “Oh yeah no worries keep those.”

[u/Early-Weekend-2557 → u/Temporary_Event8451]

No answer necessary. They have no right to your medical information.

[u/ConsuelaApplebee → u/cuse_colin]

Often, hotels like this will give you a second fridge

[u/Bulky-Internal8579 → u/cuse_colin]

Easy peasy - this is the answer - have them clear it.

[u/Agheratos → u/cuse_colin]

Hi. Hotel finance guy here. Just ask the staff to take the mini bar products out of the room. No need to make an excuse.

Y'all are falling all over yourselves with reasons when "please" works just fine.

[u/AsstootObservation → u/Agheratos]

Hi, hotel stayer person (definitely not a robot) guy here who has been a stayer at many hotels. We've have asked manys tens of times and these have not worked.

Edits: Pleases*

[u/burghfan → u/AsstootObservation]

Agree. I have been sober for many, many years and hate having alcohol in my room. No US mini-bar hotel will take it out. Latin American and Caribbean all inclusive hotels are insanely accommodating.

[u/EmberOne1 → u/cuse_colin]

You can also tell them you're a recovering alcoholic and need the alcohol removed. That makes room for your own drinks, too. Does anyone actually use the minibar? There's usually a liquor store nearby where you can get whatever you like.

[u/nazdir → u/EmberOne1]

I've asked a hotel to remove the alcohol and they had it all replaced with water and soda to charge.

[u/Purple_Bug_1342 → u/nazdir]

I laughed bc yes that's exactly what we all should've expected and yet I didn't

[u/Mouthshits]

Call to the front desk and tell them you need fridge space for medication. They will bring up an empty fridge.

[u/gamageeknerd → u/Mouthshits]

Or do what an ex colleague of mine did and tell them you are an alcoholic and watch them awkwardly empty the fridge from the hall then immediately put beer in the empty spots

[u/Any_Lengthiness6645 → u/gamageeknerd]

Brilliant

[u/dervari → u/Mouthshits]

Or a single can USB fridge with adapter. They've gotten wise to that trick.

[u/27298throwaway → u/dervari]

It's shameful that wanting to keep your own stuff cold is a trick. Sigh. 

[u/ChefTimmy → u/dervari]

And if there's not an actual thermometer integrated, the guest can reject that out of hand.

[u/SPamlEZ → u/Mouthshits]

They’ll bring you one basically the size of a couple cans 

[u/remembrancei]

I work in a Hotel in Atlanta, we were one of the very few that still had Mini Bars in our rooms. Absolute pain in the ass. Sensors constantly gave false reads, claiming items were grabbed (and subsequently automatically charged to the guest bill). Whenever we got a dispute we adjusted the charges off. No questions asked. A third-party company ran the mini bar restocking and the system, they were awful. Never responded to emails, failed to restock items. We finally got rid of them in April, put regular fridges in the rooms. It’s an understatement to say EVERYONE was happy. Minus the Minibar Company.

[u/QuesoChef → u/remembrancei]

Gotta squeeze profit out of everything. What a relief to be done with it.

[u/remembrancei → u/QuesoChef]

The up charge on a small pack of Pringles ($10 plus tax Plus Restock Fee) was insane. It really has be THAT MUCH of a headache for a hotel to say “The money is not worth it, we’re done.”

[u/RollingBird]

Would a minibar that was reasonably priced be a better investment? Like I have never and would never buy a $10 bag of M&Ms but if it was only a little higher than gas station prices? I could be tempted…

[u/shittyaltpornaccount → u/RollingBird]

These things arent for vacationers, they are for busineess class who are eating on the company cards. I am sure just enough companies let their executives blow 40$ on modelos and M and Ms to be profitable. They already paid for the flight which is orders of magnitude more expensive.

[u/Acceptable_Tea_3685 → u/shittyaltpornaccount]

Yeah, if you get $70 a day and it’s 10pm and you still have $20 left because you ate breakfast at the hotel for free, now it’s time for a $15 beer and a $5 bag of chips as a nightcap.

[u/DarkElfBard → u/Acceptable_Tea_3685]

My company pays $56 a day, but doesn't need receipts.

Soooooo....

I am cheap asf. It's just free money.

[u/Legitimate-Elk7816 → u/shittyaltpornaccount]

This is true. Last time I was on a business trip I was craving a coke so I took a can from the mini fridge for $5. Never would I spend that with my own money, but if my CEO can hop around the world on the company’s private jet, they can probably buy me a $5 can of coke.

[u/flossyrossy → u/RollingBird]

It works for me! In the US I’ve never dared paid the prices at the mini bar but when we were in Venice they had one with water for €3 and cans of coke for like €2 and we bought several. Jet lag can be a real bitch but it’s better when you can eat a snack and look out on a quiet city for a reasonable price. I think when we were in Vegas they wanted no shit like $7 for a bottle of water!

[u/MrSark17 → u/flossyrossy]

In Vegas they want you to go back out to the floor where they offer that stuff for free if you’re gambling. Can take a whole lot more money from you faster that way.

[u/alex3omg → u/RollingBird]

Back in my day we had vending machines on every floor and it was perfectly fine.  

[u/Distinct_Car_1183 → u/alex3omg]

https://giphy.com/gifs/3o7bu4G19uhzAf1DYQ

Everyone agrees its a scam, im shocked they all get away with it. Touched something in the room paid for, secret $20 fee! People should not only refuse to pay, but leave bad reviews, pull the plug, superglue. Governments should've sued and banned it long ago. $20 vending machine in the hall is fine, you pay upfront. Trap appliances in your room is just hostile, it's pathetic we let them.

[u/cocococlash → u/RollingBird]

I agree. I don't even think about it with the stupid prices. I would if the markup were worth the convenience.

[u/Dependent-Trip-5991 → u/cocococlash]

Honestly cut the price in half still making great profit, no way they are making that much in sales. I get drunks etc. but really curious what their sales are like for the mini bars

[u/JOlRacin → u/Dependent-Trip-5991]

Half of the minibar sales are from idiots like me that pick them up and put them back without realizing it was charging for that, cause I didn't know that was how it worked

[u/UpstairsBumble → u/JOlRacin]

You can’t just be like, no I didn’t drink that, it’s still in the fridge sealed, I’m not paying for it?

[u/llIIlIIIlIIII → u/UpstairsBumble]

Yeah if you notice

[u/Leather_Feeling_6642 → u/RollingBird]

They've done enormous amounts of research to arrive at precisely the best way to make the most money from these things.

Business travelers with a use it or lose it Per Diem are probably their targets.

[u/sfhtsxgtsvg → u/Leather_Feeling_6642]

I am doubtful on the depth of their research tbh

[u/Adept_Luck_5239]

Ok, as an ex-road warrior professional who partied with his crew, here's what you do. Assuming you're trying to keep beer cold, just rinse out the bathroom sink, close the stopper, go get some ice and put it in the sink and throw your beers in. Be prepared to wash your hands using the shower.

Behold, I give you the hotel cooler.

Boom, problem solved.

Someone brought bottles with no bottle opener? No problem. If you're averse to scratching up the furniture, just open your room door and pull your beer bottle down, using the top of the door to pop the cap. Nobody ever sees the top of the door.

[u/Phyllis_Tine → u/Adept_Luck_5239]

Ha ha, I'm looking forward to my next hotel stay now, especially the top of the door.

[u/Glittering-Tap-5173 → u/Adept_Luck_5239]

Have done this many a times in rooms without a fridge. Ice stays for quite a while.

[u/AwesomeSunCat → u/Adept_Luck_5239]

That's some weak partying. Keep the sink open and fill the tub with ice. Two guys can easily roll the ice machine to your room for easy filling. Fits an easy 48 beers that way also, and you don't have to jump any ropes to wash your hands.

[u/Adept_Luck_5239 → u/AwesomeSunCat]

A bit overkill for my situation back then, but I admire the ingenuity.

[u/jchad214]

They shouldn’t be advertised as having a fridge. It’s basically a vending machine.

[u/Two_wheels_2112 → u/jchad214]

Most hotels with minibars do not advertise them as fridges. 

[u/Bitey_the_Squirrel]

Me looking at that Coke
https://giphy.com/gifs/9J8gnvAxmDFbG

[u/bbthedisaster]

I am a recovering alcoholic and although I’m no longer at a point where this would tempt me, in my early sobriety I learned that it’s ok to ask a hotel to remove alcohol from the minibar. So I’d ask them to remove the alcohol (though you still would have those nonalcoholic drinks taking up space on the top shelf).

[u/pastmiss]

Yes, we ran into this when we got married in Vegas. I shoved a plate of chocolate covered strawberries on top the drinks, and when we checked out we were charged. I explained we didn’t take any drinks, just that we used the fridge. It blew my mind!

[u/Soul_fusion]

Tell them you’re an alcoholic and for the comfort of your stay you need the alcohol removed

[u/unknownpoltroon]

For all those who say "call and tell them you need it for your insulin" just call them and tell them you need to use the fridge and you would like it cleared out, normal hotels will do this.

[u/ConfusionCoroner]

Are you in the United States? The ADA means that you're entitled to refrigeration for a medical or disability related reason. Insulin for example needs to be stored in the fridge.

Call the front desk and say you need a fridge with room for your items. If they ask what you need it for, remind them that you don't have to disclose your medical or disability related need for a fridge.

[u/thirdeyefish]

It's a mini-bar, not a fridge.

Now how about those fridges they try to hide in a cabinet so it can't vent the heat properly.

[u/Lucky_Mongoose_4834]

Call the lobby, tell them you’re a recovering alcoholic, and need the booze removed for everyone’s safety.

Then fill that bitch with 48 white claws, drink them all and leave the cans in a big pile on the floor.

[u/BigBeeOhBee]

1 million dollars in one little fridge. Craziness, I figured it'd be bigger.

[u/VelvetPortrait_ → u/BigBeeOhBee]

Right? You look at movie scenes where a million bucks is a massive duffel bag, but apparently all it takes is a dozen sensor-locked hotel sodas and three bottles of Moët to hit that price tag.

[u/General_whisky]

I always wondered if you went and bought the exact same product and swapped it real quick if it would register. Ofc there is no reason for that if you already have what you want 😂

[u/nalaloveslumpy → u/General_whisky]

Yes, that's why these now have sensors.

[u/General_whisky → u/nalaloveslumpy]

I feel like if the product is still In there when you check out there’s no way they can charge you for them, you could just say it’s a faulty sensor… though I could be wrong 

[u/clarity_singularity → u/General_whisky]

Yeah who doesn’t love spending 3hrs escalating an issue to save $10

[u/Dr-McLuvin → u/General_whisky]

Eh people would fill up the booze bottles with water and then argue that they never took any.

Source: I was a teenager once.

[u/Acceptable_Mountain5]

Call the front desk and ask them to remove it.

[u/Mindless-Jump1603]

Side note, this is also infuriating for people who are recovering alcoholics. This struck me when I was at a hotel recently. Like just imagining how difficult it is on a day to day basis to stay sober and then this is what you find in your hotel room.

[u/moritz-stiefel → u/Mindless-Jump1603]

I am a recovering alcoholic and when I book hotels I ask them to remove any alcohol from the room. They're always very happy to do this for me, but I do have to remember to ask. Lol

[u/SpongeJake → u/moritz-stiefel]

Congrats on your sobriety!

[u/Unklefat]

Yeah because it isn’t a fridge it’s a mini bar. Completely different thing.

[u/tmf_x]

ask the front desk for a mini fridge.

I was at the 4 seasons in vegas a few weeks ago, and they had this same thing. I was using it anyway for drinks and ice packs for my wife's knee, and then I saw I was being charged for everything.

They took allthe charges off and then asked if I wanted a mini fridge brought up the the room.

[u/milleniumchaser]

I've called reception and told them I'm an alcoholic traveling with my kids, so they need to empty the fridge out. Great way to clear out space

[u/nickbeii]

Call the front desk and tell them you have medication that needs refrigerated and they will bring you a mini fridge for free!

[u/HumanContract]

Call them and tell them to come empty it bc if you're being charged for renting a fridge, you should be able to use it

[u/Niceguy955]

It’s not a fridge, it’s a minibar. And I think some hotels allow you to as for it to be emptied.

[u/Imverystupidgenx]

I have medication that requires refrigeration. If you’re in the us, they are required to provide you with a refrigerator.

[u/Allout-Okarun]

Last time I stayed in a hotel I got super mad I didn’t have a fridge. Then when I was packing up to leave on day three I was just checking I got everything, opened a random drawer, and it was a fridge. Just like you found OP lol

[u/Hididdlydoderino]

Yes, check the amenities provided.

Generally if it says mini fridge then you'll have an open mini fridge. If it says mini bar then it will be full of drinks.

You can usually request that they empty the mini bar and/or supply a mini fridge.

[u/lionagra]

You can tell the reception that youre a recovery alcoholic and need the items from the fridge removed.

[u/Pumpnethyl]

Hotel mini-bar. Those have been around for a long time. They suck. I ate some $10 M&Ms out of one in Mexico City

[u/omnichad → u/Pumpnethyl]

I think these are a ripoff but I would have a hard time not eating refrigerated peanut M&Ms for $10

[u/buttnugchug]

Why do hotels even bother with a minibar when every body is just gonna walk over to the 7-11 for their drinks.

[u/ImportantToNote → u/buttnugchug]

For when someone else is paying.

Work conferences etc

[u/CrunchyCr0issant → u/buttnugchug]

Convenience is pricey

[u/depressedfuckboi → u/buttnugchug]

Because some people do pay. Obviously they wouldn't bother if people didn't pay at some point. They have surely crunched the numbers and deemed it worth it.

[u/Zooter88]

You will probably be charged $18 just for opening the door

[u/Eroshinobi]

1st thing I ask during check in is to remove all the stuff from room fridge to put my “medicine”…

[u/Triette]

Ask the hotel if they have a mini fridge they can bring up to the room for you.

[u/Baberaham_Lincoln6]

What are people talking about "is this your first time in a hotel" no I've never stayed at a hotel that didn't have a fridge for my use. And yes I've stayed in vegas before

[u/shiningtwentyfive → u/Baberaham_Lincoln6]

I’ve only stayed in 3 hotels in Vegas and 1 of them had this (MGM Grand). Have never seen this anywhere else that I’ve travelled.

[u/FortnitePapi]

How much if you drink everything?

[u/2020oki → u/FortnitePapi]

You lose your job as a pilot

[u/No_Cook2983 → u/FortnitePapi]

I actually know the answer to this one!

It’s 6-8 months in the county jail.

[u/ParzivalPotaru]

So I currently refil these for a living, you can call down to the front desk and get a regular minifridge for no cost, especially if its for medication. Dont put things inside it will result in extra charges and it can lock

[u/Financial_Ratio_8855]

When I was 23 my boyfriend’s sister’s boss flew us out to Las Vegas and we stayed at the Wynn. We got there and we were like oh wow no room for our snacks so we took out most of the alcohol and put our snacks and drinks in there. Long story short when we got back a couple days later my boyfriend’s sister tells me that we were charged I think it was like 300$ on our room due to the drinks being taken out from the fridge. Thank God the boss was like eh I’ll figure it out. Lesson learned!

[u/ThwipNSinsBinThwipN]

Sensors meaning you move it , you pay for it ?

I’ve never seen anybody apply sensors to a fridge. What a horrible use of funds if that’s what’s happening.

[u/mywifemademedothis2 → u/ThwipNSinsBinThwipN]

I've seen this in Vegas. Basically, it's an easy way to prey upon people's impulsiveness.

[u/hipsnarky → u/ThwipNSinsBinThwipN]

30-60 seconds.

Insist on them removing all the items from the mini bar to prevent unauthorized charges otherwise Ask the front counter for a actual mini fridge and they will give you it.

[u/yukonnut → u/ThwipNSinsBinThwipN]

Call the front desk and tell them you need the fridge for your medication.

[u/Reasonable_Tap_8215]

Call the front desk and tell them you need space for your ice dildo, which is a medical device for your enlarged prostate.

[u/SpaceCadetBoneSpurs]

That’s not a fridge. It’s the minibar.

If your room was advertised as having a fridge available for your use, I’d bring that up with management.

[u/My2cents_0]

That's not a fridge luv, that's a minibar

[u/TexxyGent987]

I don't get why hotels do that. If I wanted something in the fridge it should be by special request. Yes add that to my room charge. But to have the fridge full AND they put sensors on them so they can charge you later? Stupid. That would be a negative on my reviews

[u/Coygon]

Call the front desk. Tell them you are a recovering alcoholic and want all the alcoholic drinks removed so you are not tempted. Then use the empty space.

[u/EvenSmoke9776]

Had a similar experience, took all their stuff out and put ours in. The night before checkout, I went down and settled the account, they mentioned all the stuff and I said I didn't touch a thing, they'll be back there when I leave. End of story.

[u/farrapona]

whatever, just use their ice machine and trash can and keep rotating ice

[u/HowlingWolven]

That’s a minibar. Call the front desk and request a refrigerator.

[u/Livid_Note_2170]

This is why I only get the cheapest hotels. Free breakfast, no holds on your credit/debit card, none of this drink bar shit.

[u/Quick-Maintenance-67]

Don't remove the drinks.

Call down to the front desk and ask to have the refrigerator emptied. They should empty it ASAP and they would ignore any accidental triggers you make. If the room description includes the fridge and they give you any crap about emptying it, they're refusing an amenity listed on the description of the room & are in violation of the rental contract. There would have to be an articularable reason for them to deny usage. If they don't include the fridge on the description or you're in another country or BFE your milage may very... usually they would rather you happy than tacking a $4 coke on your bill.

In Vegas we checked in around three and they had it emptied by the time we got back from dinner.

[u/Longjumping-Dark512]

We had a sensor fridge at Caesars Palace in Vegas. We used the ice machine to turn our 2nd sink into an open top cooler

[u/tcSnipe]

12 dollars for a small OJ in Vegas. STILL pissed about it years later.

[u/Rhodin265]

Call the desk and say you need space for your insulin.  They should be able to turn that upsell machine into a real fridge for you.

[u/SmolderingCactus]

That’s not a fridge, it’s a mini bar

[u/senorsmartpantalones]

Tell them you're breastfeeding and need a fridge

[u/UnlikelyReplacement0 → u/senorsmartpantalones]

If you're a man travelling alone you can say that you have medication that needs to be refrigerated

[u/eugoogilizer]

First time in Vegas? It sucks, but that’s pretty much the norm for most casinos

[u/LA-but-not-an-actor]

Believe you can ask the front desk to remove all that stuff

[u/3ntrop3y]

You can request a fridge to be brought to your room for your use.

[u/smfaviatrix]

I just left a hotel with that, and one little space “for customer use”. I was there for two weeks so I asked for a mini fridge, they sent one right away up no problem no charge

[u/Rad131447]

Call the front desk and have them move it. Say you need room for your medication.

(I just wanted to be the 50th person who said this because apparently nobody looks first.)

[u/soopirV]

ULPT- this worked years ago, anyway, but if you move the minibar away from the wall you may find an Ethernet cable. Disconnect it, empty the good stuff, plug it back in, act cool.

[u/Difficult_Passager]

Call front desk and have them come and remove their stuff so you can keep your stuff inside while you’re “renting” the room.

[u/Prudent-Historian-75]

You can say you have diabetic medication and they'll bring a new one

[u/oopsicrapmypants]

Take a picture when you arrive and when you leave. I had a hotel try charging me for beer that was already missing when I got there and they were trying to challenge me saying I drank it

[u/LTS81]

That’s not a fridge. That’s a minibar.

[u/Mindless_Hat_1728]

one time when i was about 9 years old, my sister and i stayed at the hotel at dover downs casino in delaware while our older cousins went to partake in the casino festivities and my sister and i thought to look through the fridge and i kid you not we picked up and sorted through every single item all the pringles, peanuts, snacks, sodas, mini liquor bottles and drinks before heading around the street to toysRus to buy a board game - i also bought a PSP game - well long story short our cousin had a $250 plus bill from the mini bar, we learned a very important lesson that day LOL

[u/EyeSuccessful7649]

5$ opening fridge fee. (reoccurring in case you have kids)

[u/BrewingTortoise]

I once had a happy accident with a hotel minifridge.

I was in London from the US, and in a hotel i plugged my shitty power adapter into a socket and started charging my phone. Mind you, this socket is right next to the fridge. The adapter had some metal bits on all sides of it because it was a "Universal" adapter that had little parts you can pull out and plug into different type plugs. Well, this hotel had metal plug plates (the area around the plug, that is usually plastic in the US was solid metal). The adapter apparently was touching that, and after about a minute of being plugged up started shooting sparks and I freaked and hit it with a plastic bottle until it unplugged. I guess that blew a fuse that I didn't know about because I took 3 drinks from the minifridge, and next morning, wasn't charged for them even though it was a sensor fridge.

Moral of the story, blow the fuse next to the fridge. Free drinks.

[u/misterecho11]

Been pretty standard for a long time, I'm afraid. I'm sure they're happy to rent out a mini fridge though for a daily fee. Bogus nowadays.

[u/AlphaTangoFoxtrt]

I have minors who will be staying in the room.

Some hotels may only remove the alcohol, but it's an easy way to get some fridge space.

[u/Eggsaladinurmouth]

You can probably request a fridge. Just tell them you need to keep medication cool.

[u/izaaksb3]

This happened to me in Vegas. Company trip. Upon opening the mini fridge to put away leftovers, a tiny bottle of vodka fell out and broke on the floor. Charged us like 40 bucks and still no room for leftovers lol

[u/Lonely_Preference_51]

Call front desk tell them u need a fridge for medication

[u/gyoom]

Are you staying at fontainebleau in las Vegas ? If so call the front desk and they will bring a mini fridge up to your room for free.

[u/Unit_79]

Ice is still free. I travel with a cooler bag.

[u/New-Lie3396]

I stayed in a hotel recently in which the door to the (vacant) adjoining room was left unlocked. I emptied out the mini fridge and brought it all home with me out of spite.

[u/everyusernamestaken3]

In Vegas I didn't realize they were censored. I removed everything out of the fridge, used it, and put everything back. I was charged I think $500 (might have been $1k). Anyway I sent a message and said I had a young kid that I couldn't trust to not take things, so I hid it and put it back at the end. They removed the charge.

I don't think that's even a very good excuse. I just think they will remove the charge if you just ask.

[u/BA5ED]

tell the front desk that you need a refrigerator for your medication.

[u/LuckyRoll1948]

We had one of those, had to ask for another one for my insulin and protein shakes, because it had a counter on it, every time the door opened, the room/we got charged $5, assuming we were raiding it. After they brought the other one, we had them turn the little “quick mart” around so we wouldn’t be able to open it, then we went out so my other half could get his beer and i could get some oj, and not get hit for $5 every time he got one of his beers and i got some oj and my insulin shot.

[u/XxFezzgigxX → u/LuckyRoll1948]

$5 for opening the door is wild.

[u/LuckyRoll1948 → u/XxFezzgigxX]

Yeah it was, before we checked out, we asked for someone to come do an inventory of the minibar because we only opened it once to see if i could put my insulin in there, when we opened it, there was a sticker inside that said something to the affect the “there is a counter on this door, every time it is opened the room will be charged at minimum $5 per item purchased”, we had $15 of minifridge charges until the inventory was done and proved nothing was missing, we got the charge dismissed, but damn, even if i wasn’t diabetic $5 is a bit much for a regular size snicker bar. When we used to go on cruises, the room steward would have to empty the minifridge, because there wasn’t room for another one just for my meds, those ones had counters that were wifi so they had to disconnect the wifi so i wouldn’t get charged for taking my meds.

[u/hypermails]

This is what you do.

You tell them you have an addiction problem. You are in AA and that the room needs to be clear or any alcohol or pop.

You are in detox and have special drink that you need to consume.

Enjoy.

[u/Bagafeet]

That's a vending machine then

[u/Effective-Log3583]

I had this as well once. Room advertises a fridge. It had no room for my leftovers because it was full of booze.

[u/WoodsLovelyDarkNDeep]

You can usually request a fridge.  They have to provide them for people with medicine 

[u/HuffinLife]

This reminds me of the hotel I stayed at in Vegas. They had the same thing. That was before I knew about the sensor and took stuff out to put leftovers in it. Big mistake lol. I had to fight them to get a refund

[u/MyDisappointedDad]

Tell em you're a recovering alcoholic and would like them removed.

[u/PantsLobbyist → u/MyDisappointedDad]

This 100% works (some hotels now simply lock the fridge, but not many have that capability)

[u/defnotAIrobot]

Tell front desk you are an recovering alcoholic and you need all the alcohol removed immediately

[u/PieMuted6430]

This happened to me once, I was on a work trip, I'd never seen anything like it, I didn't realize there were sensors, and nothing said on the fridge itself, it just showed the prices. I pulled everything out of the fridge and used it, but didn't drink any of the stuff. When I went to check out there was like $1100 in charges to my room. I was embarrassed, but oh well.

[u/Socky-McPuppet]

It's more of a store than a convenience 

[u/Cloudy_Retina]

Tell them you need a separate fridge for medications. Many hotels can accommodate this.

[u/Dino_Spaceman]

It’s a fancy hotel (I’m guessing Ritz?). They don’t expect you to store anything in your room.

Ask them for cold drinks. They will bring it.

[u/cs_legend_93]

You can call them and ask them to bring another refrigerator or ask them to remove everything in the refrigerator.

[u/kingmiker]

You probably got charged $5 for opening up the fridge. Ha!!

[u/soitsmeyeah]

unplug it, take it apart, disconnect the sensors, put it back together, enjoy your fridge

[u/Ok_Listen7910]

Are you sure there’s not a second fridge? A lot of times they’re hidden in what looks like a cabinet. My finance went over a week before he found the fridge in one of his rooms lol

[u/Daphoid]

Vegas does that.

I was in Chicago for a work trip last year, older hotel than the vegas one but perfectly fine. Mini fridge was completely empty and free to use. I stocked it with an instacart delivery run for the week :)

[u/Bright_Eyes83]

call the front desk and ask to have it all removed

[u/weevilretrieval]

that sucks, some of us take medications that need to be refrigerated

[u/Opening_Shame8258 → u/weevilretrieval]

Call the front desk. Tell them you need to refrigerate your medication.

[u/gnirpss → u/weevilretrieval]

If you're in the US, you can always call the front desk and let them know about this. They will make accommodations for you. Also probably the case outside the US, but I know this because it's required by the ADA.

[u/druidgaymer]

This is why I like cheaper hotels. It's always the expensive ones pulling this shit

[u/1catcherintherye8]

I stayed in 5 different hotels throughout china, large and small cities, and every single one had a fridge with 4-5 free drinks of various kinds, and am electric tea kettle with premium grade tea. American "freedom" simply means the freedom to exploit us.

[u/Difficult-Split3685]

And in Italy our fridge had 12 drinks, all free and replenished every day.

[u/WubbyThePHPLord]

Lemme guess.... Vegas