In accession to being a forum for arguments sent across the world , Twitter can sometimes be a seed of helpful info . For travelers , this wasillustratedrecently by Twitter user Rick Klau , who passed along a helpful hotel hack earn over 400,000 likes . The john ? To shut refractory hotel room curtain let in Inner Light and disrupting your cute sleep - in time , use one of the industrial - speciality clothes hangers from the closet . Their clips will force the fabric together and keep it keep out .
This does n’t process in rooms with hangers permanently append to the coating stand , but that ’s OK . Users who catch Klau ’s berth provide a number of other tips that can be deployed by hotel resident to make their next book more comfy , according toThe Washington Post . Among them :
1. Use the USB port on the television.
If you ca n’t find a devoid outlet or one within easy reach , there might be a USB port on the hotel way set to employ for bear down electronic equipment . ( @MichaelHeide )
2. Isolate remote germs with a shower cap or ice bucket baggie.
If you ’re apprehensive about touch the TV remote — long considered one of the most germ - infest surfaces in any hotel room — enclose it in the shower cap or plastic wrap for the ice bucketful might ease your business . ( @mshilary )
3. Use your ironing board as a desk.
Hotel desk or chair too low ? you’re able to break out the iron circuit board and adjust its height to make a irregular workspace . Keep it eminent enough and it ’ll do as a standing desk . ( @acroll )
4. Use the shower steam to press out clothes.
Take advantage of the steam from your shower by hanging your suit , shirt , or other wrinkled clothes from your suitcase on the back of the exhibitor doorway . The steam will loosen the seam . ( @DrCSpencer )
5. Put the dry cleaning bag to good use.
get dirty clothes ? Grab the dry cleaning bag from the W.C. — apparently an endless MacGyver resource for hotels — and stuff your used garb inside so you do it what to rinse when you get home . ( @ohmercy_me )
[ h / tThe Washington Post ]
