2 key cards for hotel room - normal?

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My husband stays in London a lot for work and stays around the city. I found a key card holder and it has 2 keys. I also found another one with 2 keys and someone else’s name written in pen on the front. Can someone tell me if this is normal practice to give 2keys and can there be any explanation for someone else’s name on the front?

Also just seen your update. I think maybe you're looking for him to be cheating so you have an 'excuse' to end things, or at the very least be angry. he may, or may not, be cheating. Either way, as others have said, you have other problems that are big enough on their own.

I've often been given 2 keys even though I'm the only person staying.

Someone else's name on it.. maybe work booked his room and they booked it under the person who booked it's name?

So the card says Alex on the outside and Tina on the inside? Could one of those names be the receptionist who checked him in and the other the admin person from work who booked the hotel?

So if he's not Alex in Room 216 is he Tina in Room 374?

Two key cards is fairly normal but I'm confused about the two different names. I would assume that the hotel reuses the key card pockets.

Time for some serious conversations - stating what your expectations of a husband and partnership in family life.

But you sound already at the end of your tether - so maybe you have had those conversations?

The Andaz is part of Hyatt group and has a centralised reservations system - generally quite an efficient yet impersonal way of booking. I'd be surprised if Alex is a 3rd party involved in the booking or check-in process

Activating electricity in the room? Which country was that in?

Common in most chain hotels in the U.K., HollowTalk.

OP, my first guess would be that he’s offered to drop a colleague’s room key off for them but then forgotten and brought it back with him.

I request 2 cards as I like to leave one in the power actuator and have a second to enter with.
It means that there is a light on when I go into the room

At better hotels I've often received two key cards. Also I have experienced the name of the booker sometimes being mistaken for the name of the guest.

OP sounds like she has a few relationship issues to sort out. Not sure chasing around for evidence of infidelity is helping.

Doesn't the Tina one say 'your host' for those asking if the husband is Tina?

I agree with PP - just say, 'oh I spoke to Alex about you' and see how he reacts?
That doesn't look like it's from the previous guest either.
Could be that Alex booked the room but surely you'd book the room under the name of the person staying?

Unless he uses a fake name when he's staying in hotels which is the same outcome as Alex being someone he's sharing the room with...

I almost always get 2, especially when you need to leave one in the room to keep the power on.

Why does he still have his key though

Not normal for him to have the cards if he's now home.

I know it’s more difficult to leave for an unspecified reason, with no ‘proof’ but you just need to stop that way if thinking
You’re an adult, not a teenager, you KNOW you are living with a complete shit/possibly a high functioning alcoholic who behaves like a selfish, single, prick You HAVE ‘proof’ he left you alone with your two small children ‘to watch the football ’ THEN stayed out until the morning. He follows teenagers on Instagram, perming over them & god knows what else he’s up to - but it’s irrelevant. He’s treating you badly , you know that - you don’t need further ‘proof’ to leave him

Just do it sensibly and get all the paperwork & stuff sorted first 🌷

You’ll be so much happier just you and your DC, Truly.

The one that says Tina also says 'your host' above the name. Presumably Tina is the receptionist who checked him in.

There are 2 sets of keys cards from 2 hotels. They are different styles of card wallet. One has a flap front, the other doesn't.

The 'Tina' one is innocent. It is the 'Alex' one that OP is suspicious about, as her husband is not called Alex.

I would be casually asking who Alex is, and see what he says. But, a key card wallet with the wrong name is also a bit tenuous for me to jump to infidelity. Leaving aside OP's other issues with her marriage.

You don’t need evidence of him cheating to leave, you can leave for any reason

Activating electricity in the room? Which country was that in?

Most hotel chains in the UK do it these days.

Same with key cards. If you book a double/twin room (often the default or all they have anyway), you get two key cards, even if there's only one of you. Lots of chain hotels don't care (don't even ask) how many people are booked, especially if it's room only or you pay separately for breakfasts.

I've recently done quite a few 1/2 night stays in UK chain hotels on my own and get two key cards - usually the reception staff don't even ask.

Agree with @BackOnceAgainWithABurnerEmail

I stayed in a Jury’s Inn for work a couple of weeks ago - I got two keys, even though I was alone. Per pp, I used one for the lights, and the other in my purse.

Alex might be the person at his work who booked the room.

I often get two keys even when it’s just me so that’s not unusual or suspicious. The name thing is less easily explained.

Two key cards is standard in a lot of hotels

The name on the front is a previous stayer?

Perhaps the receptionist was on automatic and just gave out 2?

Has your OH stayed before and forgotten to give the previous key back?

Did he offer to hand in a colleagues and just forgot both?

I normally wedge a bit of card down the electricity slot to keep it on.

Upon checking in anywhere I've gone whether alone or with family, it seems standard to be given 2 key cards in a folder brochure type thing. That alone wouldn't make me jump to conclusions. I can't understand the name being on it, seems odd that if having some torrid affair that they"d write names on the key cards. But i also feel like the hotel would give out new key cards, not vandalized ones. All things taken into account, if you have no other suspicion, I'd say give him the benefit of the doubt. But could you ask him about the name? Not accusing, just curious? Because I have no skin in this game and even I'm curious. So surely it wouldn't be strange to say "hey DP, who is this?"

I stay in a lot of hotels for work, and I always ask for two keys, for two reasons :

1, I’m very good at losing them.

2, Many hotels require you to put your key into a slot inside the room to activate the electricity inside the room. I always find hotel rooms too hot, so I often leave the spare key in the slot so the aircon keeps the room nice and cool.