Simply 11 brilliant hotel hacks that you’ll want to take away with you

John Plunkett. Updated November 24th, 2019

It’s always a pleasure staying in a hotel and getting away from it all. Except the hotels we stay in aren’t always as nice (or expensive) as we’d like.

So these rather brilliant hotel hacks will definitely come in handy, clever little things you can do to make your stay SO much better.

It started when Rick Klau posted this on Twitter, a quick and easy remedy for hotel curtains that don’t quite close properly.

I don’t remember who posted this on Twitter a few years ago, but whoever you are: you have improved every night I’ve spent in a hotel since. pic.twitter.com/NpuuumqHV8

— Rick Klau (@rklau) 4 October 2019

And not only did people like it …

This may be the greatest hotel hack ever. https://t.co/U0xiXlc38O

— Dustin Fox (@DustinFox37) October 4, 2019

This. Is. Genius. https://t.co/co834u6ZaI

— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) October 4, 2019

It prompted people to share their own favourite hotel hacks. Here are our favourites.

Brilliant.

My favorite hotel hack: Your ironing board is an adjustable height desk. Since the chairs are never the right height, use the ironing board for long hotel work.

— Alistair Croll (@acroll) 4 October 2019

My hotel hack is hang your shirt up on a coat hanger on the back of the shower door. The steam will help the creases fall out from it being in your case.

— Chris Spencer (@DrCSpencer) 4 October 2019

Best hotel hack: instead of touching the disgusting tv remote, wrap it in the shower cap!

— la espooky 👻🎃 (@melmor86) 4 October 2019

I wrap my hotel pillow with a hotel towel. Cause I sleep on my stomach and the thought of breathing in previous hotel visitor’s breath or dribble from the pillow frightens me to the core.

— Terrii (@Terrii0206) 4 October 2019

Use the dry cleaning bag in the closet as a dirty clothes bag to make packing it up and keeping it separated easier!

— Mercedes Lynn (@ohmercy_me) 4 October 2019

I always bring a 10′ LAN cable and plug my laptop directly into the wireless router.

— MapleOne (@IndignantBacon) 4 October 2019

If we’re posting hotel tricks, not many people realise you can use any card to keep the power on pic.twitter.com/u4TNsAyOcO

— Jay Harris (@JayHarris_Sec) 4 October 2019

Total travel cheat code along with grabbing free waters at the hotel gym. Gotta follow @thepointsguy

— Nate Williams (@naywilliams) 4 October 2019

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— Alan Cruickshank (@Crooked50) 4 October 2019

Soak a towel. Wring it a little tight so it’s not pouring off the towel. Hang it over the ironing board in front of the vent/heater. No more dry hotel room.

— Aaron B 🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@steamin) 4 October 2019

And then there were all these.

Some even cooler hotel hacks you’d find useful ! (Part 1) pic.twitter.com/XbnTnCLK3F

— Aloke Bajpai (@alokebajpai) 4 October 2019

Part deux pic.twitter.com/keKcqVOCuS

— Aloke Bajpai (@alokebajpai) 4 October 2019

H/T Indy100