Traveling through the USA, Russian travel blogger Marina Yershova described local hotels with the phrase ‘a short circuit begins for a Russian.’ She shared her observations in her personal blog on the platform.
The author of the publication mentioned that large coffee machines are placed in the lobbies of American hotels, from which guests can get a hot drink for free. Sometimes these machines are used by homeless people.
“Next to you, it’s calm, as if you’re at home, and… homeless people walk in. Real ones. With little backpacks, in jackets, sometimes with carts. They come in, pour themselves coffee, sit down, and warm up. Someone goes to the restroom. And — pay attention — no one kicks them out. At all. Neither the security guard, nor the administrator, nor the lady at the reception with a face saying ‘what are you doing here’,” the traveler was surprised.
Yershova explained that in the USA, the system is set up so that one coffee is “not a tragedy, not a loss, and not the end of business.” At the same time, the hotels themselves, according to her, look simple but decent.
“They are not palaces, but they are not dormitories either. Everything is clean, neat, without golden toilets. Motels often stand right by the road: you pull up, park at the door of your room, go in — and sleep peacefully. No one peeks in, no one asks where you’re going or where you’re from,” she added.
The Russian woman also admitted that the free coffee in the mornings is more memorable than the room itself. In her opinion, this indicates that American hotels do not view tourists as potential fraudsters, thieves, or unnecessary people.
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