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?

I can't remember the last time I didn't get 2 keys.

I stay in hotels pretty much every other week, on business.

They might well have stuck the keycards in a previously used holder.

I've had a holder with someone else's name on it once because I was upgraded to a room which was supposed to be for someone else but they cancelled.

I don't think you can categorically say it's dodgy or, likewise, that it's not, given the 'evidence' you have.

I wouldn't think anything of it if you don't have any other reason to question it.

I stayed in a hotel recently and was given two keycards . One for the electric power slot and one for the door.

Why does he still have his key though

I often bring them home by mistake.
e.g. My phone has a card slot in the back where I stick my key card and forget to return it. Other places, you have to keep the card after check out if you are going to be accessing meeting rooms on other floors. Or, if you do an automatic early checkout, where they stick the invoice under your door, you bypass reception so it is easy to forget.

Stay in hotels for business A LOT. Either I get 2 key cards automatically or they ask me how many I want. I usually ask for 2 in case there's the key card slot. This is in high end hotels like the Andaz. Quite normal.

Two keys normal and names probably the person who made the booking but why does he still have them? You're supposed to hand them back when you check out

Not suspicious but bizarre behaviour. If he's a dick then you're better off without him though.

I stayed in a hotel on a work trip earlier this year, on my own, and was given two cards - it was a Hilton hotel if that helps.

I have stayed in a lot of hotels for work, and sometimes get two keys sometimes not.
But I don't think I've every had my name on the card.
But it clearly says "name" on that one, so...

Two is normal. Sometimes they don't work. Sometimes you end up with all 4 by the end of your stay. I wouldn't be suspicious of that. Name change is strange as they do register your full name.

I quite often book rooms for my colleagues when I'm travelling as we need to stay in the same hotel and they are more disorganised than me, so maybe the name was a colleague or admin person? Sometimes they give me one key, sometimes two. Doesn't seem to be much of a pattern.

Do you think he is cheating??

He could have been given 2 cards but the name thing is weird.. I would call the hotel and see what you can subtly find out.

2 keys is common. I spend 200 nights a year in hotels. I often gave random key card folders as either
Staff pre do then and then give you the wrong one. Particularly if you are at a high level in reward scheme. I got a full folder in another name last week
They have been left in room and not picked up
I pick them up by accident in the bar or lounge

Two keys is very normal.

However the name on the card is whose room it is. It's not the receptionists, that's a bonkers idea.

So whomevers room that was, if it's not your husbands name, it's either not his room keys or he stayed with someone else.

I often get another name on mine.... My PA''s , who does the booking.

Some hotels do 2 cards, other just one.

I thought the key yo power electricity thing was to save energy when you're not in the room. Bit pointless if you get two keys when you're travelling alone!

You don't need a reason, you don't need proof.

Trust your instincts. They are telling you that he's not a good husband. He prioritises himself and his enjoyment over you and your children

For what it's worth, the names on the card would make me hugely suspicious.

We live 1hr from London. My DH works hard, long hours, socialises. He never stays overnight, even when I encourage him as it would be easier for him.

You need to have a conversation about your happiness, his priorities, what you want from life...is this you for the next 20yrs, always worried, suspicious, sad?

Oh and sometimes we check each other out and will give 1 person all the key card wallets so they know the room numbers.

I stay in hotels frequently, booked by my assistant. Her name is never on the card booklet (which always has two cards despite it being just me), because they have to check my ID against the booking details. This includes hotels in the UK. So either they reuse cardboard holders, which doesn’t seem a likely practice given they write on them, or someone called Alex was present at check in. Worth thinking that it might be a man though. If the hotel doesn’t ordinarily issue two keycards, he doesn’t need one for electricity because where they need a card, it’s a weighted system, any card eg a gift card will work in the slot. If he stays in hotels so often, I’d imagine he would know that.

It’s odd that he still has the keycards, suggesting he currently has a room there.

It doesn't soud that far fetched that he would get two keys but what's the thing about a name written on one of them?

Wonder if he uses escorts..So many agencies in London and his saving pics to his phone but grim. Staying when it's only hour home. Plus Its easy to watch porn and discreetly without saving pics to your phone bit gross.

In the end, all you need is to say, "I don't want to live like this. I want a divorce."

Am I the only one who uses a Tesco clubcard/RAC card etc to keep the electricity on in the room?

I don't think I've ever been given two key cards when I've been alone.

I had worked in the City for a long time, in the environment you have described. I would very much doubt he is completely faithful. If he is staying in hotels mid week, out drinking, with an expense account - something will go on at some point.

He does not sound a great catch to be honest and the take home pay is probably not worth it.

Even if you don't have proof there are a few things you need to think about.

Who is Tina? One card has Tina written on the inside - but I can't see the photo that clearly so maybe it isn't Tina.
And who is Alex.

This is all a bit suspicious - that together with the "going out to watch football" on the family holiday and turning up again at 7 am.

When I've checked in at a hotel on my own I haven't had two cards. I have stayed in places where the card goes into a slot to turn the electricity on and when you leave the room you remove the card from the slot. Think it's to stop people leaving lights on all day when they are out.
When I've checked in as a couple we've always been given two cards.

Sorry, but it looks to me like he has checked in with someone else.

Are you secretly hoping he is cheating so you have a ‘good enough’ reason to leave him?

It was a revelation to me when I realised that I could leave my DH because I wanted to, and that I didn’t need his agreement!