to not know chain hotel ettiquette on takeaways/deliveries?

[PyongyangKipperbang]

This sounds silly but I was brought up by a very snobby lower middle class mother the 70's and 80's so I really dont know the rules now! Yes, I was told off for referring to the loo as the loo....it was "common"!

Going away for the weekend with eldest DD in a couple of months to a chain hotel and she said that we could just order a delivery takeaway for the first night. How does that work? Do you have to meet them in reception? Do the hotel staff think less of you? (Yes I know it shouldnt bother me but, thank you mother, it does).

I would never dream of doing something like that in a B&B or small guest house, but in Premier Inn et al, is that ok?

Laugh away, it really wont worry me, but please explain the rules to me!

ETA....reading back, I feel bad saying she was snobby. I think that she was just really insecure that all the other mothers were better than her. Looking back, they were all in the same boat!

HM the Queen: Lavatory
US: The John
Oz: The Dunny
Someone trying to sound posh: Toilet

Yes. Bring some cutlery. I always pack a few forks and proper mugs for Premier Inn.
Last PI I stayed at I asked for best local delivery places and the friendly woman had a bunch of leaflets. Picked up a lovely Turkish take away outside the lobby.

Most have a stack of plates and trays of cutlery close at hand in reception, or just inside the breakfast room/reception for you to use

I remember when DGS was 5 and we took him to Legoland and stayed in a nearby hotel, in a wonderful family room that had fridge and microwave. We went out to get takeaway pizza ( before deliveroo etc ) and we made a game out of having to sneak the pizza in without being caught , he had so much fun darting from pillar to post thinking he was hiding this huge box from sight :)

I'm sure you're reassured by now OP, but I stay in PI several times a year and it's perfectly common to order takeaway and nobody will give you a second glance. I have a stock of wooden disposable cutlery which I take a few of when we go away.

I’m glad you posted. I wasn’t sure about deliveries although I have no qualms about eating supermarket snacks/drinks in hotels as I travel frequently. Last week was the first time I contemplated getting a delivery and wasn’t sure.

I hate the word snobby
I never use the word loo

Yes you can get food delivered to a premier inn
If you book their one grade up room you even get a fridge for the champagne…Oolala

I’m staying in one in Exeter next week whilst picking up ds from Uni, can’t wait.
Ive been doing this for years now.
When Older ds was at Aberystwyth I tried all the Premier inns from the Welsh border to the Uni over the four years visiting 6 times a year. ( picking up and dropping off )
Now enjoying lots around Exeter and London whilst picking up our other two kids

I love Premier inn. Although the days of a room @£50 seem long gone.

It's not unreasonable not to know something, nor is it anything to be embarrassed about... the right thing is to ask... and tbh I also assumed that hotels would be funny about it, as the potential for mess in the rooms is huge - so I've learned something too - thank you for asking the question 😀🏨🍕🍲🍽️

Well I'm surprised by the thread. I'd have expected MN to be falling over itself to show concern for the cleaners having to deal with armfuls of takeaway packaging.

Also surprising how it's considered perfectly fine to use Deliveroo, Uber Eats etc when they're exploiting both their delivery people and the restaurants and takeaways that supply the food and evade tax.

The bog. In my family anyway. Not sure that's the answer you were looking for 🤣

Oh you missed out! We had a spring sale up until the end of May of a million nights in rooms for £45 or below. I had to get it all approved by the Advertising Standards Authority.

I should probably shut up about Premier Inn now 🤣

Your poor mother. English manners were built around the desire not to inconvenience, offend or impose on others. The working classes would sweep the pavement outside their homes, ensure their children were smartly dressed for school and ban chewing gum for these reasons. Sometimes I wish we were still more like that. There’s been a wave of inconsiderate behaviour on public transport in recent years, with people playing music out loud and eating smelly takeaways. Personally, I’d get a takeaway and eat it outside, so you don’t have to sleep in a room that smells of it.

Lavatory? In the 70s I was a nanny to a child who was not allowed to say toilet or loo or wee. I used to cringe when his mother asked him if he wanted a piddle!

I get takeouts all the time in hotels, from chain to high end. One lovely hotel in London saw me waiting for the driver and brought me a set of crockery/cutlery to help eat it with, and told me to leave it outside my door when I was finished (don’t expect that with a Premier Inn!). Genuinely, no biggie, OP.

We have asked in hotels before, they have offered us plates and cutlery, napkins etc. but you have to collect the delivery from reception as the drivers are not allowed to the rooms. Always worked will for us.

I was taught to say "I need to go and wash my hands" instead of saying I needed the toilet!

OK so now that we all know it's ok to order a takeaway, can I ask what we can do with the leftovers and boxes to avoid stinking up the room all night, if anything? I know with room service you can leave the tray outside your room in the hall but presumably with takeaways this is not OK?

I don't. I stay in Premier Inns a lot and have never got a takeaway. I wouldn't want the room smelling of food all night and most of the time the windows don't open. I'm fond of a hotel room picnic but it never involves hot food or anything too messy.

Hotel staff don’t care 🤷‍♀️ Go for it ✊

Thanks for asking this, I have always wondered. I also had that species of mother.

My DP has to stay out of town a lot with his job, lots of tradesmen will order a takeaway to their hotel as they’re unable to cook/don’t fancy eating alone in a restaurant after a 15 hour shift.
He recently ordered a takeaway to a place he was staying at in Kensington, the staff didn’t bat an eyelid.
(I was never allowed to say loo either and I’m early 30s) x

I regularly have deliveries to premier inns specifically; nobody bats an eye and the drivers are pretty used to it from places near the hotel!

Takeaways in hotels are fine, we do it all the time. Driver usually rings when they are outside, or if there is a takeaway local we walk and pick it up.

We don’t say loo either.

Just temember to ask the takeaway for cutlery if you need it!

Tie them up tight in the bag it came in.

You can even plug your hotel address into Uber Eats now and see what your options will be. I love doing this before going overseas, even if I never end up ordering anything!

The only "etiquette" I've heard of is not putting the containers etc on the bed in case they leak and stain the sheets.