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 ...

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 Amid shrinking travel expense accounts and the availability of snacks elsewhere, the mini-bar is quickly becoming an outdated amenity.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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

— -- Forget the M&M's and potato chips. Reach for some aloe vera pulp juice or a crystal-studded bottle from a "library" of designer water. The hotel mini-bar is getting an upgrade as hotels seek ...

In the realm of hotel stays, perhaps the least important item in the room, from my perspective, is the mini-bar. But for many travelers, the mini-bar is a lifesaver, providing instant access to a ...

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