Hotel Hacks That Will Impress Even the Savviest of Travelers

Email Upgrade

“According to financial advice website Wise Bread, traveler Elizabeth Houck is now consistently upgraded to the king suite at a particular hotel, all thanks to a simple e-mail to the GM regarding her first hotel stay that led to many future advantages and upgrades,” explains Travel Awaits. Try shooting the GM an email ahead of your stay–it might just land you an upgrade!

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The More You Know

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  • Coca-Cola once bought all the website URLs that can be read as ahh, all the way up to 62 h’s.
  • At the Wife Carrying World Championships in Finland, first prize is the wife's weight in beer.
  • Bill Gates plans to donate 95% of his $81.1 billion dollar wealth to charity. That's about $77 billion dollars!
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