smart: Last week me and my family was staying in a hotel and my son (natural curiosity) automatically touched and picked up everything in the mini bar. Then after reading a note by the fridge i saw that there was a weight system or something and we would be charged even if we just picked it up. That true? Also, my teenage daughter will be staying in a hotel room with her friends next week for a hockey tournament, there will be parents in the room next to them, but would she be able to get the alcohol from the mini bar? ThanksHow does the mini bar in hotel rooms work?they only charge if the bottles are opened. not all hotels have a mini bar, and not all mini bars include alcohol. some contain snacks. ask the hotel to remove all items from any "convenience" bar in the room prior to your daughter staying in it.|||Charging even if just picked it up = Up to managerial discretion. Teen daughter and tournament = If she's in the US she's underaged and therefore shouldn't be drinking any alcohol. Hotel rooms ARE public property, NOT one's house - if neither you or her father is there she can't legally be given any. As for snacks in a hotel mini bar, prices tend to be inflated. Yall are better off stocking up on power bars and such at a supermarket and keeping them by the players bench, but they ideally should not be consumed during the game.How does the mini bar in hotel rooms work?I've stayed in all inclusive resorts and they re-stock your beers daily with no charge. In just overnight hotels in the city kind of thing, they charge it to your room once you open them. If you check out of your room with the same bottles that were there when you got there, no charge. If you check out of your room and some are missing, they charge how ever much those bottles cost to your room.|||They only charge if you took the alcohol. Also, they usually keep it locked and ask for an ID to get the key. Plus, a mini bar is usually only found in a ritzy hotel. For a torney it'll probably be cheap.How does the mini bar in hotel rooms work?like the sign said have to ask no bar be in room with underage people.