Motel

[Sabie]

Having stayed in a motel over the weekend got me thinking does anybody take or leave the complementary supplies when staying in a Motel.

[alans1100]

We rarely stay in motels and when we do the soap that we use gets tossed in the bin. A roll of loo paper might walk out the door with us if the one we have with us is nearly used up.

[West Aussie Glen]

I generlly take the soap that I have opened otherwise it just gets thrown out. Having said that I did come across a motel that said it somehow recycled the partially used soap for the homeless/poor

[StinkyPete]

I only take what I have used, although I may occasionally take an extra coffee.

[Marcus]

I only take what I have used

Is that so they can't get any DNA later to prosecute?

My wife takes Pens, for some strange reason

[StinkyPete]

My wife takes Pens, for some strange reason

I suspect your wife has been to my place.   

[Pocket STocker]

I only take what I have used, although I may occasionally take an extra coffee.

Us too, mmm International Roast or Pablo    never needed a coffee that badly 


Pockey 

[Biggles]

Looks like we're all out of the same mould.  I'll take the soap I've used just once or twice and use it on the basin in our ensuite.  As Pockey says, the coffee is usually eminently forgettable.
For some strange reason, I have no use for hair conditioner.
I did bring home the shampoo from a French hotel.  Just too fancy to leave for the Frog housemaid/ cleaner.   

[Streak]

I tend to take the shampoo and conditioner, as it is a great size for on the bike 

We owned a Hotel/Motel for 8 years, people used to take everything....

Towels (of all types), bed lamps, pillows, bedding, had one customer who took the table and chairs....

then we had the ones who would mash all the soap together and plug the sink up with it, there are other storys, but none of them are particualarly nice....

and for reference, we used to stock the Mocona coffee/Bushells Tea in our rooms 

[Biggles]

Did you ever try to retrieve anything, Streak?

There are some pretty poor examples of humanity out there.  I don't know if youy can rely on Karma.  But I sure believe in "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you".

And no- not "Do unto others before they undo you!"   

[Streak]

Did you ever try to retrieve anything, Streak?

There are some pretty poor examples of humanity out there.  I don't know if youy can rely on Karma.  But I sure believe in "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you".

And no- not "Do unto others before they undo you!"   

for what it was all worth, we never worried about it, we figured that Karma would get them eventually, Dad was always believed in "unnecessary stress" worrying about a couple of towels or a $5 bed lamp fell into that category....

next time you see me ask me about some of the deconstruction that we did bill people for, we best not be eating when i tell you though 

[saaz]

It depends on the quality of the consumables.  If they are any good I would use them rather than my own.  If they are not very good, I have no need for them.  Places that have those twin packs of biscuits are the exception, as they are handy snacks for on the road, and I rarely eat them in the motel or at home.

[Sabie]

I usually take the unused soap and the tiny bottles of conditioner and shampoo and don't worry about the tea coffee and biscuits ..... My wife hates the Motel coffee so she takes her own.

So in my last job there was a fair bit of travel, so along the way a lot of soap was collected of all shapes and sizes. So after a few years there was quite a pile of soap in a box in the vanity unit in the bathroom.  My enterprising wife placed a large open bowl in the bathroom and unwrapped the soap and filled the bowl with all of of the soap I had collected which still gives a pleasant aroma in the bathroom today.

[Marcus]

What the hell guys????? Gross

Why do you take used soup...you bunch of freaks

You know what... I'll send you all soup if you promise to just leave that pube ridden thing in the room

[Pocket STocker]

What the hell guys????? Gross

Why do you take used soup...you bunch of freaks

You know what... I'll send you all soup if you promise to just leave that pube ridden thing in the room

ewwwww !!! Now that is some nasty shiznic !!!

Pockey 

[Sabie]

Waiter, could we have one order of glasses for table Marcus.....

[Cerebral Knievel]

What the hell guys????? Gross

Why do you take used soup...you bunch of freaks

You know what... I'll send you all soup if you promise to just leave that pube ridden thing in the room

Those kinky germans yah 

[Wild Rose]

Only if I'm travelling and need it, if tea or coffee are good brands or shampoo if they are good size
For me to take to work on overnight or day camp jobs. 

 

[Down Under]

I always take the biscuits!  One of my pet hates is staying in a motel where they're too tight to supply biscuits! 

Without getting off topic,  I think a lot of motels are pricing themselves out of existence.  I don't mind paying for a clean and tidy motel room with modern decor etc but increasingly I seem to be paying top money for tired looking rooms, hard beds with little detail to cleaning.  I reckon the standard is dropping.

Where practical, I prefer to camp nowadays.

Cheers,

Tony

[Sabie]

I tend to agree with you down under, when I attended the Middleton rally this year I stayed in Motels down and back. My first motel was Barcaldine, it was clean and comfortable at $95 a night for a single

Cunamulla the next night which was a new "Demountable" motel, the rom any shower was very small but because it was new it was clean and comfortable at $90

The 3rd night was at Goolgowi NSW, brand new Motel right next to the pub at $85.

4th night was a Cabin at Mildura and then a few nights in a rental house at Middleton

Next Motel was at Mt Gambia and a little over rated at $95

Port Campbell was a shared room

Seymour Vic was a Bessar block construction very aged motel at $120 a night and a rip off.

[johnnyYTED]

  I'll take the soap and shampoo/conditioner to use when I camp, and the bikkies to munch along the way aswell. the price ppl pay for a bed thses days is tooo much, so these little things helps justify the costs. 

[Biggles]

the price ppl pay for a bed thses days is tooo much, so these little things helps justify the costs.

Nope.  Not $120 vs $90.
The consumables couldn't exceed $5 max.
A lot of it comes down to competition.
Riding along the Newell Hwy in Gilgandra, I saw three motels within a few hundred metres, all advertising $65 rooms, each trying to outdo the other with offers of free breakfast, free Wi-fi, late check-out etc.

[Shane]

I stay in motels every week and sometimes i might take the coffee depends on were i am going next and what their  coffee is like there. A lot of times i take nothing.

[Couch]

No, I don't take anything.  I usually make a cup of tea and eat the biscuits while I'm there, but their coffee........yuk, no way!! I'm a little spoiled with coffee I guess, I've had a pretty good expresso machine for the past 6 years and can't bring myself to drink Instant coffee. I don't bother to take the soap cause I don't wash all that often..........I've heard it said, and it's true I'm sure, that too much water'll weaken ya!! ha ha!

[Biggles]

I don't bother to take the soap cause I don't wash all that often..........I've heard it said, and it's true I'm sure, that too much water'll weaken ya!! ha ha!

Ah those Taswegians.  Fulfilling the stereotype right on cue!