{"id":47658,"date":"2016-09-20T11:49:07","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T16:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/?p=47658"},"modified":"2017-10-14T15:11:53","modified_gmt":"2017-10-14T20:11:53","slug":"7-out-of-this-world-hotel-minibars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/7-out-of-this-world-hotel-minibars\/","title":{"rendered":"7 out-of-this-world hotel minibars"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hotels are infamous for overpricing their minibar vittles and potables. But some are rethinking their in-room grub hubs, adding inedible products and even\u2014get this\u2014lowering prices. Here are 7 out-of-this world\u00a0hotel minibars:<\/p>\n

ALSO: Stay sudsy at these beer-focused hotels<\/a><\/p>\n

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Tie Bar | Photo courtesy of the Gray Hotel<\/p><\/div>\n

The Gray Hotel<\/a> in Chicago has ties with\u00a0the Tie Bar, a local fashion outfitter. A \u201cTie Bar Mini Bar\u201d in each guest room includes a tie, a lapel pin, and\/or a pocket square\u2026.because why wouldn\u2019t you buy your haberdashery from a minibar? Meanwhile, Hotel Skeppsholmen<\/a> in Stockholm, Sweden has a bedside pop-up Bread & Boxers Shop, which contains premium Swedish-designed underwear.<\/p>\n

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Photo courtesy of the Kimpton Hotel<\/p><\/div>\n

Open the minibar at Kimpton Rouge Hotel<\/a> in Washington, DC and you\u2019ll be in for a lip-smacking surprise. In a hotel where bright red is the signature color, it\u2019s somehow fitting that vintage Wack-O-Wax red lips are sold in the minibar for only $5.<\/p>\n

The minibar at the Royalton New York<\/a> provides several Big Apple-centric products\u00a0including\u00a0everything from HARRY’S custom razors to a Hangover Collection, which contains a 5-Hour Energy Shot, an Alka-Seltzer sachet and Drinkwel capsules. There\u2019s also a Sexy Kit, but we\u2019ll leave the contents of that to your imagination.<\/p>\n

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Speaking of the sexy, Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas<\/a>, Chicago and other cities offers a MileHigh “mobile intimacy kit,” complete with condoms, lubricant, a blindfold and other sultry accessories.<\/p>\n

Several high-priced, high-altitude hotels offer a shot of oxygen in their minibar offerings. For example, the Little Nell<\/a> in Aspen provides oxygen tanks for people and jet lag kits for dogs (designed to help your pooch overcome the thin air).<\/p>\n

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Photo courtesy of Simon Watson, Ace Hotel New Orleans<\/p><\/div>\n

At times, it\u2019s the fridge itself that makes the waves. Rooms in the Ace Hotel<\/a> New Orleans have full-sized Smeg refrigerators in retro green, complemented with custom-curated bar kits.<\/p>\n

At the Virgin Hotel<\/a> in Chicago, the minibar is housed in a pint-sized\u00a0Smeg\u00a0fridge painted bright red. But the real surprise isn\u2019t so much what\u2019s inside as it is the product pricing. Peanut M & M\u2019s\u00a0and a\u00a0can of Coke\u00a0are both $1. It\u2019s called street pricing and we love it.<\/p>\n

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