Seven things you should do after check-in to save your hotel stay.
It’s late after a flight or a day of travel, and you’ve just arrived in your hotel. You stow your stuff, get into PJs, and pour a glass of wine, after which nature calls, and only then do you discover the sad truth about your toilet—it doesn’t flush. You check the tank. Nothing. Jiggle the handle. Zip. Next comes the call to the front desk, followed by the promise to send someone up. Now, instead of curling up with a burger and the Real Housewives, you’re spending the evening making chit-chat with the nice tech from engineering or worse, getting dressed, packing up, and changing rooms.
This is why you should always flush the toilet when you first walk into your hotel room. Plumbing problems happen, and while much has been written about security and bed bugs (and lately coffee makers), broken toilets and other technical fails present their own forms of distress. Better to know about broken parts before you need them, lest you’re caught with your pants down.
But checking the toilet is just the beginning. Here are seven other things to check on as soon as you walk into your hotel room.
