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Are you guilty of topping up hotel mini bar drinks with water?

Hotel guests have some bottle when it comes to the hotel mini bars it seems.  A new survey r...
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08.37 14 Mar 2013


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Are you guilty of topping up hotel mini bar drinks with water?

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08.37 14 Mar 2013


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Hotel guests have some bottle when it comes to the hotel mini bars it seems. 

A new survey reveals 80% of people have admitted refilling used mini-bar bottles with water - in an effort to dodge paying the bill. 

The poll of 500 hotel guests by the website lastminute.com also found that Dublin mini bar prices are average - with the exception of wine. 

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The capital is second only to New York when it comes to paying top dollar for a bottle of plonk from the mini bar.

It's €31 in the Big Apple - while punters in Dublin can expect to shell out just under €30.

But what else can you find in that mini bar? These days you don't just find expensive drinks and snacks, you can find lots of exotic fare to purchase at a highly inflated price as well. 

Here are some of the more 'unusual' mini-bar contents we've come across:

  • The Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago has an in-room water library with a $25 bottle of bling H2O, decorated with genuine Swarovski crystals.
  • The Delamar Greenwich Harbor in Connecticut, have Honeydrop drinks, locally made juices and teas sweetened with wildflower honey instead of refined sugars. The mini-bar also includes a "make your own" martini option.
  • The Chatwal in New York has such non-edible items as a signed copy of American Eve, a story about the love affair between architect Stanford White, who designed the building, and Evelyn Nesbit. There's also a copy of The Great Gatsby, a box of candy cigarettes, a set of custom-designed playing cards and chocolates from Paris’ oldest chocolatier.
  • At the flashy Thompson Beverly Hills, designer Alexander Wang created special packaging for PROPER ATTIRE condoms, which are for sale at all Thomspon hotels, as well as on the brand’s website. 
  • You can find a pair of 3D glasses in the Ace Hotel mini bar in Portland. We guess they're for all the 3D movies you're planning to pay for during your stay there.
  • Minibars at London's Levin hotel are champagne-stocked minibars. Guests can choose from a selection of bruts, roses, and cuvees, as well as a wide variety of mixers to make the perfect champagne cocktail. 
  • One of New York’s sexiest boutiques. it should come as no surprise that the Bryant Park Hotel also offers a sex toy menu of items from it's Pleasure Chest. So maybe this doesn't quite fit under our 'mini-bar' list but it's still worth a mention...

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