One of the little luxuries of staying in a hotel--the late-night snack from the hotel mini-bar--has proven to be a major point of contention between hotels and their guests, with 25% of travelers ...

The hotel minibar is becoming a stale concept. So substituting beer and chips for self-care alternatives has a promising trajectory. The soaring number of hotel facelifts aren’t the only cosmetic ...

SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - Hotel minibars catering for a discerning type of guest are becoming more inventive with luxurious items such as Champagne cocktails and designer clothing found alongside the ...

Nowadays, traveling is not cheap by any stretch, whether you're doing it for business or pleasure. As of July 2025, airline ticket prices were up 0.7% compared to July 2024, according to NerdWallet.

Chalk it up to being naive, but I always thought that the price of a product ought to bear at least some relationship to its actual cost. But that was before my baptism by hotel mini-bar. Of course, I ...

In “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York,” Kevin was in the Plaza Hotel and ran up a hotel mini bar bill in excess of $700.00 for snacks, water and soda. If you think that’s a far-fetched amount, think ...

When I went on vacation as a kid, the mini bar was always off limits. At the time, many offerings were “You touch it, you buy it,” and I didn’t want to be blamed for the extra $10 M&Ms and pretzels on ...