What should I bring to a motel?

For both savvy travelers and those who wish to bring as much as possible, you'll need to focus on the following travel necessities:
  • Clothes.
  • Toiletries.
  • Entertainment.
  • Purse or day bag.
  • Cash and credit cards.
  • Passport or country identification.
  • Snacks and packaged foods.




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Broadly, you'll want to pack items from these seven categories:
  • Clothes/shoes.
  • Toiletries/essentials.
  • Entertainment.
  • Day bag/purse.
  • Cash, checks, credit cards.
  • Personal identification.
  • Snacks and shelf-stable foods.


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Here are ten common ones—and advice from Banas on how to keep these fees off your bill.
  • Resort fees. Resorts often charge extra for the plethora of activities and services they offer. ...
  • Early check-in fee. ...
  • Additional person fee. ...
  • Wi-Fi fee. ...
  • Mini-bar and snack fee. ...
  • Parking fee. ...
  • Gym fee. ...
  • Housekeeping gratuity.


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12 Things to Ask for When You Check Into Your Hotel Room
  • Ask for Late Hotel Check Out. ...
  • Ask for a Hotel Room With a View. ...
  • Ask About a List of Hidden Hotel Fees. ...
  • Ask About Hotel Rentals. ...
  • Ask About Extra Hotel Amenities. ...
  • Ask for Unbiased Hotel Recommendations. ...
  • About About Complimentary Hotel Toiletries.


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Cost: Motels are often less expensive than hotels due to high guest turnover, minimal staffing requirements, and lack of amenities. Room door location: In hotels, guest room doors usually open to interior hallways. Many motels do not have shared interior hallways and guest room doors open directly to the parking lot.

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The most important expectation has and always will be cleanliness. Lack of cleanliness is among the top complaints about hotel stays. Good cleanliness often goes unnoticed, but poor hotel hygiene will always be something guests remember about their hotel stay.

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When a guest comes within ten (10) feet of a team member(s), the team member(s) should cease their conversation to acknowledge the approaching guest. At approximately five (5) feet our team members should acknowledge the guest(s) with a nod or greeting, whenever appropriate.

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What You Cannot Take From a Hotel Room. Guests often take towels, irons, hairdryers, pillows, and blankets, according to the housekeeping department at Hilton Kingston. Cable boxes, clock radios, paintings, ashtrays, light bulbs, TV remote controls—even the Bible—are commonly stolen as well.

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Nobody is going to steal your clothes or shoes or toiletries. If you have valuable jewelry, or electronics, or your passport, or lots of cash, put that stuff in the room safe, or the hotel safe if there's no room safe.

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You should behave in the same manner as if you were [a] guest in someone's house, she explained. Be delicate. Flush your toilet, clean up after yourself and don't leave broken glass all over the floor. But showing basic courtesy doesn't necessarily mean that you should remake your bed and scrub the bathroom floor.

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A general rule of thumb is $3 to $5 per night for budget and midrange hotels, and up to $10 a night for luxury hotels and resorts (or more if the service is really high end). Families don't automatically need to tip more than single travelers or couples.

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  1. Don't answer the door to your guestroom without.
  2. Keep your room key with you at all times and don't.
  3. Close the door securely whenever you are in your.
  4. Check to see that any sliding glass doors or windows.
  5. Don't invite strangers to your room. ...
  6. Place all valuables in the hotel or motel's safe.


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Motels usually offer a basic level of accommodation and simple amenities, as they are designed to meet the needs of people who might only be staying one or two nights. They are often located just off highways and freeways and their room doors typically face the parking lot and are accessed from outside the building.

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The term motel originated with the Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo, originally called the Milestone Mo-Tel, which was constructed in 1925 by Arthur Heineman. In conceiving of a name for his hotel, Heineman abbreviated motor hotel to mo-tel after he could not fit the words Milestone Motor Hotel on his rooftop.

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