After last week's travels, I am reminded of the experience with hotels stay over the years. I've found the following hacks very useful.
Total Blackout
If you find that the city lights shining outside of your room are making it hard to sleep, you can easily change that situation.
Most likely, you’re struggling to deal with the gap in your curtains. Whether or not you came prepared for that, you already have everything you need. Just take one of the pants hangers from the closet and use the clips to hold the curtain shut. It’s vacation after all, we should sleep well.
Making A Phone Pocket
Every now and again we see hotels that inexplicably have no nightstand.
Rather than surrendering and leaving your things on the floor, you can make a little pocket for your phone in the fold of the sheets. Since I generally use fitted sheets at home, this is one of the best hotel only tricks, unless you happen to be an expert at folding sheet corners yourself.
Either way, it’s a convenient and easy trick to take advantage of.
Wash And Roll
Especially if you’re traveling and have things like me where you seem to always miss your mouth like kids do, it becomes necessary to do some laundry while on vacation.
Hotel laundry charges can be astronomical, but going to an outside laundromat isn’t always an option.
You can easily use your bathroom to effectively clean your clothes.
For just a few small items, use the sink, which can be easily plugged if there is no plug... with a piece of plastic and some coins set on top of it in the drain to hold the water in.
Or... The bathtub is an option too. I've have washed a few things as I have showered. Rinsed them, rung them out, rolled them dryer with a hotel towel before hanging them in front of the air conditioner.
If all else fails I use the blow dryer to finish drying the clothing.
Microwave works great for the socks! 😂
Amplify Your Life
When you’re luggage space is limited, it’s worthwhile to consider which items are truly necessary, and which are just nice. You might feel like a trip devoid of audible music is worthless, but there’s a great hack to help you enjoy your music without having to carry along a speaker. No matter how small they may be, there’s no need to bring the extra gadget along, because you can make your own speakers by playing music from your phone within one of the mugs.
Conditioner Hacks
The conditioner they give you for free at the hotel is likely just as good as whatever you buy in the supermarket, so use it to your advantage.
It will certainly make your hair silky-smooth, but that’s not all it’s good for.
It can double as many other things, such as shaving cream, make-up remover, or cuticle cream. Sounds crazy but it’s true! You can also use it to wash delicate clothing by hand, not to mention protect your leather accessories, like your shoes.
Hope you enjoyed these ideas and have a great next vacation...
Nana
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