"excerpt":"Most people go to hotels for the pleasure of sleeping in a giant bed with clean white sheets and waking up to fresh towels in the morning. But those towels and sheets might not be as clean as they look, according to the hotel bosses that responded to an online thread about the things hotel owners don’t want you to know.",
<p>But even luxury hotels aren’t always cleaned as often as they should be.</p>
<p>Here are some of the secrets that the receptionist will never tell you when you check in, according to answers posted on <ahref="https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-things-we-dont-know-about-hotel-rooms"target="_blank">Quora</a>.</p>
<p>Forrest Jones advised stuffing the peep hole with a strip of rolled up notepaper when not in use. </p>
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<p>2. Check the peep hole has not been tampered with</p>
<p>This is not common, but can happen, Forrest Jones said. He advised stuffing the peep hole with a strip of rolled up notepaper when not in use. When someone knocks on the door, the paper can be removed to check who is there. If no one is visible, he recommends calling the front desk immediately. “I look forward to the day when I can tell you to choose only hotels where every employee who has access to guestroom keys is subjected to a complete public records background check, prior to hire, and every year or two thereafter. But for now, I can't,” he said.</p>
<p>Bedbugs love wood. Even though a wooden luggage rack might look nicer and more expensive than a metal one, it’s a breeding ground for bugs. Forrest Jones says guests should put the items they plan to take from bags on other pieces of furniture and leave the bag on the floor.</p>
<p>The old rule of thumb is that for every 00 invested in a room, the hotel should charge in average daily rate </p>
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<p>4. Hotel rooms are priced according to how expensive they were to build</p>
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<h3>6. Mini bars almost always lose money</h3>
<p>Despite the snacks in the minibar seeming like the most overpriced food you have ever seen, hotel owners are still struggling to make a profit from those snacks. "Minibars almost always lose money, even when they charge $10 for a Diet Coke,” Sharon said.</p>
"excerpt":"It’s easier than ever to personalize Firefox and make it work the way\n you do.\n No other browser gives you so much choice and flexibility.",
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<h2>Designed to <br/>be redesigned</h2>
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<p>Get fast and easy access to the features you use most in the new menu. Open the “Customize” panel to add, move or remove any button you want. Keep your favorite features — add-ons, private browsing, Sync and more — one quick click away.</p>
<p>Make Firefox match your style. Choose from thousands of themes and dress up your browser with a single click.</p>
<p><arel="external"href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/themes/">Try it now</a><br/><arel="external"href="https://support.mozilla.org/kb/use-themes-change-look-of-firefox">Learn more</a></p>
<p><arel="external"href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/themes/">Try it now</a>
<p><imgid="theme-demo"src="http://mozorg.cdn.mozilla.net/media/img/firefox/desktop/customize/theme-red.61611c5734ab.png"alt="Preview of the currently selected theme"/></p>
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<p>Add-ons are like apps that you install to add features to Firefox. They let you compare prices, check the weather, listen to music, send a tweet and more.</p>
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<li>Read the latest news & blogs</li>
<li>Manage your downloads</li>
<li>Watch videos & view photos</li>
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<p><arel="external"href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/extensions/?sort=featured">Here are a few of our favorites</a><br/><arel="external"href="https://support.mozilla.org/kb/find-and-install-add-ons-add-features-to-firefox">Learn more</a></p>
<p><arel="external"href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/extensions/?sort=featured">Here are a few of our favorites</a>
<p>The Awesome Bar learns as you browse to make your version of Firefox unique. Find and return to your favorite sites without having to remember a URL.</p>
<p><arel="external"href="https://support.mozilla.org/kb/awesome-bar-find-your-bookmarks-history-and-tabs">See what it can do for you</a></p>
<p><arel="external"href="https://support.mozilla.org/kb/awesome-bar-find-your-bookmarks-history-and-tabs">See what it can do for you</a>
<p> As it tries to convince people it has lower prices, Whole Foods has been very careful to maintain the reputation built on products like MSC-certified halibut. </p>
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<imgdata-ratio="1.5"data-caption="Amazon-owned Whole Foods touted a price cut on halibut as part of an announcement recently about lower prices on hundreds of items. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)"alt="Amazon-owned Whole Foods touted a price cut on halibut as part of an announcement recently about lower prices on hundreds of items. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)"src="https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/120109-1020x680.jpg" srcset="https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/120109-300x200.jpg 300w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/120109-768x512.jpg 768w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/120109-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/120109-780x520.jpg 780w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/120109-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/120109-1560x1040.jpg 1560w, https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/120109-375x250.jpg 375w" sizes="(max-width: 767px) calc(100vw - 20px), (max-width: 1019px) calc(100vw - 30px), (max-width: 1044px) calc(100vw - 60px), 970px"data-sizes="(max-width: 767px) calc(100vw - 20px), (max-width: 1019px) calc(100vw - 30px), (max-width: 1044px) calc(100vw - 60px), 970px" />
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<spanclass="caption">Amazon-owned Whole Foods touted a price cut on halibut as part of an announcement recently about lower prices on hundreds of items. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)</span>
"excerpt":"To help you decide what’s what, I’ve put together this list of the 8 PSVR games worth considering. Beloved cult hit “Rez” gets the VR treatment to help launch the PSVR, and the results are terrific. Chaos, for sure, and also “Thumper.” Called a “violent rhythm game” by its creators, “Thumper” is, well",
<p><imgalt="The PlayStation VR"src="http://l1.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/589noY9BZNdmsUUQf6L1AQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjtzbT0xO3c9NzQ0O2g9NjY5/http://media.zenfs.com/en/homerun/feed_manager_auto_publish_494/4406ef57dcb40376c513903b03bef048"data-reactid="411"/></p>
<p><imgalt="The PlayStation VR"src="http://l1.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/589noY9BZNdmsUUQf6L1AQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjtzbT0xO3c9NzQ0O2g9NjY5/http://media.zenfs.com/en/homerun/feed_manager_auto_publish_494/4406ef57dcb40376c513903b03bef048"/></p>
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<p>Sony’s PlayStation VR.</p>
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<lidata-reactid="458"><ahref="https://www.yahoo.com/tech/sonys-playstation-4-pro-shows-promise-potential-161304037.html">Sony’s PlayStation 4 Pro shows promise, potential and plenty of pretty lighting</a></li>
<lidata-reactid="459"><ahref="https://www.yahoo.com/tech/review-madden-nfl-17-runs-000000394.html">Review: ‘Madden NFL 17’ runs hard, plays it safe</a></li>
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<pdata-type="text"data-reactid="460"><i>Ben Silverman is on Twitter at</i><ahref="https://twitter.com/ben_silverman"target="_blank"rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><i>ben_silverman</i></a><i>.</i></p>
<pdata-type="text"data-reactid="460"><i>Ben Silverman is on Twitter at</i>
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