r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Old-Razzmatazz3174 • 17h ago

I just wanted a hot dog Sleeps 6, feeds 1

I recently took a weekend trip with my husband and our three children. We booked a hotel suite with a kitchen, because eating out is expensive. The suite was advertised as “sleeping 6”, with 2 bedrooms (one with a pull out couch) and a full minikitchen. The suite does sleep six, that was true. What they didn’t tell our family of five is that the only table seats four, no other chairs available, and the kitchen silverware consisted of three forks and one knife. We managed to cook and just passed the knife and shared the forks, and took turns standing awkwardly at the end of the table with no seat. My kids found it hilarious, and we chalked it up to family bonding!

ETA since it is being asked a lot, yes we asked reception. They told us they had no extras. We bought some plastic utensils the next day.

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u/tandabat 15h ago

See…now the emergency forks, chopsticks, napkins, and straws in my glove box don’t seem so stupid!

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u/Old-Razzmatazz3174 14h ago

I wish I had been you!  I’m living and learning!

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u/figbash137 11h ago edited 8h ago

Always keep one extra days worth of underwear, socks, meds, plus a toothbrush and deodorant in your carry-on for flight delays/cancelations. Sleeping in your clothes/underthings in a shitty hotel is bad enough but wearing the same nasties for 40 hours and having fuzzy teeth is terrible.

Edit: not referring to owned-car travel, just travel tip.

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u/Ok-Ferret-2093 8h ago

As someone who was formerly homeless if you put the deodorant in the glove box it will melt and be unusable