The quintessential “Me Generation” hotel amenity, the mini-bar, may be fading away like disco music, transistor radios and bell-bottom jeans. Upscale resorts today seem lukewarm, at best, about ...

Is it time to say goodbye to the hotel mini bar? A recent survey by the travel website TripAdvisor.com found that the hotel mini bar was the least important amenity for U.S. travelers. Only 21 percent ...

Could that $10 mini-bar bag of M&Ms soon be a relic? Amid shrinking travel expense accounts and the availability of snacks elsewhere, the mini-bar is quickly becoming an outdated amenity. But hotels ...

Think fast, Hotshot. When's the last time you bought something from the hotel mini-bar? When did you take an overpriced Coke Zero or a bottle of Smartwater that cost almost as much as a bottle of ...

78 B.C.--Hiltonus, an innkeeper weary of being rudely woken in the middle of the night by Roman legionnaires demanding wine and salted nuts, re-creates the concept of the mini-bar by installing in ...

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.

The days of mini bars, room service, turndown service and grabbing something to eat or drink in a restaurant in a hotel may be over. As the coronavirus continues to hammer the hotel industry, ...

One of the worst parts of a vacation or business trip can be indulging on the overpriced amenities found in the mini-bar of many rooms. For many hotels, the now archaic mini-bars are slowing being ...

Amanda Kludt is the former editor-in-chief of Eater. This post originally appeared on April 6, 2019, in Amanda Kludt’s newsletter “From the Editor,” a roundup of the most vital news and stories in the ...

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 drinks and snacks. Men's ...

When you check into your spacious suite or villa at the Regent Phu Quoc, a luxury beach resort on an under-the-radar Vietnamese island in the Gulf of Thailand, you’ll be given a standard room tour to ...