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The Cost of Convenience: Mini Bar Pricing

Written by Mint.com
Published Jul 28, 2010
1 min read
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We’ve all been there: you enter your hotel room after a long, gruesome trip, drop your bags, kick off your shoes and have an irresistible craving for a cold soda or maybe even something stronger. The temptation to open that mini bar is high, even though you know too well that anything you find there has been seriously marked up. Convenience comes at a price, and no place proves this better than the snacks and drinks you’ll find in your hotel room. In our latest infographic, we take a look at just how much of a mark-up you can expect to pay — and could easily avoid by heading to the nearest supermarket.