25+ Little-Known Hotel Tricks That Can Upgrade Your Trip
Tips & tricks
11/06/2019

A hotel room is like a new house, you have to adjust everything to suit yourself. And when there`s no nightstand or no microwave to warm up your food, you have to turn on your ingenuity. Luckily today there are people who share their traveling tricks on social media, so we can just sit back and take notes.
1. When you’re at a hotel, and you need a place to stash your toothbrush:
2. When your side of the bed in the hotel room does not have a night stand:
3. Tired of hotel curtains not closing all the way?
4. Hide your emergency money in a Chapstick container.
5. To keep your charging cables from falling in hotels, just use a fork!
6. Now you don`t have to keep pressing the button for the dryer to work!
7. DIY humidifier
8. Don`t have a phone stand? Use a can!
9. If your hotel room requires you to insert your key in order to turn on the power, you can put anything into the slot.
10. Use the coffee maker to warm up food when there`s no microwave.
11. If you forget your adapter, most TVs in hotels have a USB plug in port.
12. If you forgot makeup remover, you can use hair conditioner.
13. Use a hotel shower cap to pack your shoes.
14. A contact lens case is a great travel container for moisturizer and cream.
15. If the counter is too small, unfold the ironing board so you can have some extra space!
16. Use a daily pill box to keep your accessories separate.
17. How to heat up a burrito in a hotel room that doesn’t have a microwave:
18. If it’s too noisy, cold, or the light bothers you, roll up a towel and wedge it under the door.
19. If you need speakers, just use a cup!
20. Use the hotel sink to keep your drinks cold with ice and water if you don’t have a mini-fridge.
21. No desk in your hotel room? No problem!
22. Attach your car keys to your phone charger so you don’t forget them.
23. No soap dish in your hotel room? Use a small towel!
24. Pack “pop top” bottles with plastic wrap so they won’t spill.
25. This is a quick solution for when you don’t have a toothbrush container.
26. Use sugar packets as a body scrub!
Have you ever used any of these tricks? Do you have something to add to this list? We`d be happy to see your pics and stories in the comment section below!
Please note: This article was updated in January 2023 to correct source material and factual inaccuracies.
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