Surprised to Learn Any Card Can Power a Hotel Room – Was I the Only One Who Didn’t Know?

[lruff1989]

Tell me I’m not the only one that didn’t realise any old card will work in a slot to turn on the electrics in a hotel room?! I have spent 45 years assuming it had to be the actual room key card. (Accidentally put my Nectar card in, hence how I know!)
EDIT - just to be clear I didn’t want to encourage blasé use of electricity and be solely responsible for pushing hotel prices up

. I just like the fact if you only get one room key and fancy a bath etc, the other person can leave and return as they wish without you sitting there in the dark!

 

[astral]

You can also use a folded up bit of paper it's just something to trigger the sensor.

 

[eddow]

Yep it’s just you!

 

[lruff1989]

@eddow it would appear not

 

[jesusfo11ower]

What you can also do is put your debit card there, forget it, and then realise a mile from your hotel that you are trying to pay with your room key card.... not that I've done that...

 

[christianlife08]

You are the only one Its not even a slot really, its just a cover over a normal switch & any old card will do

 

[dfan8803]

You probably are the only one...

 

[systemofanup]

Did ya get ya points

 

[anp865]

I didn’t know that

 

[tapselbor]

Heck I didn’t know this either

 

[actionj]

I didn't know this

 

[mrbingie]

Piece of paper card does it too.

 

[eternalredeemed]

All you need is something in there that breaks the circuit (in most hotels anyway!). We stayed at one hotel where you had to use a genuine key but that’s the only one I’ve stayed at that was like that

 

[jesusisthree]

Bet ude be mesmerised to know u can use a door key in a shopping trolley if no £1

 

[oneiric1975]

@jesusisthree I use Yale key for shopping as well lol

 

[jesusisthree]

@oneiric1975 gotta watch ure clothing though for pulling haha caught out once or twice walking into the bloody thing

 

[marsu]

@oneiric1975 2 20p works xx

 

[jehoshuah]

@marsu that's what I do

 

[circe]

@oneiric1975 corned beef key

 

[dzheremi]

@jesusisthree also a corn beef to. Key works also tricks if the trade used to be a trolly porter for Morrisons