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All’s fair in love and war — and coffee. ~Pam Brady, Trey Parker, and Matt Stone, South Park, “Gnomes,” original airdate 1998 December 16th
When I checked into my room at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, I was thrilled to see a Keurig coffee machine in my room.
I am ambivalent about most hotel room coffee, but I get really excited when a hotel has a Nespresso or Keurig coffee machine. I eagerly rummaged around in search of those cute K cups, but couldn’t find any. I was perplexed. Where’s my coffee? Then I noticed two wrapped paper coffee cups next to the snacks for purchase that were on display on the dresser.
in-room snacks for purchase
cups on display
Upon closer inspection, I saw that the cups had a $4 price tag.
$4 for in-room coffee
I’ve never seen this before – for a hotel that charges in excess of $20 as a resort fee, you would think they could throw in a Keurig K cup or two? Wow.
The following morning, I decided to pass on the Keurig ransom coffee and go find a Starbucks. I’m not a coffee freak, but I enjoy one cup of coffee each morning. There are 24-hour Starbucks all over Las Vegas (obviously, to keep the gamblers awake and gambling 24/7). I got to the front of the line and ordered my grande bold brew. The cashier rang it up: That will be $3.78, please. Really? $3.78?
$3.78 for a cup of coffee in Las Vegas.
Yowza, that’s nearly double the price Starbucks charges anywhere else in the country for a regular cup of coffee!
Starbucks says they are going to start putting religious quotes on cups. The very first one will say, “Jesus! This cup is expensive!“ Conan O’Brien
Oh well, I shrugged and paid. It was expensive, but delicious. C’est la vie.
Of course this wasn’t the end of the story. The next day, when I checked out of the Mandalay Bay, I learned that a $4 charge had been added onto my bill for the Keurig coffee I never had. Apparently, I had activated a sensor when I picked up the cup. Before removing the charge, the hotel had housekeeping go into the room to make sure I had not in fact used the cup. That was odd.
What’s the lesson? Next time you visit Vegas, throw some K cups in your suitcase.
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A New York frequent flyer who elegantly combines her passions for worldwide travel, running a gazillion marathons all over the globe and staying fit ... without sacrificing her fancy for good wine and food.
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