Just Say No: Free Shampoo – Brandon Muramatsu

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Free Shampoo

So, I travel a lot for work. When most folks hear that I get to travel for work they think, “Hey, that must be really cool and fun!” Truth is, it’s tiring.

Recently, I saw a Citi commercial about how one woman is reducing her spending by taking the free shampoo from the hotels she visits. My response is, “Just say no!” (Obligatory anti-drug reference from the 1980s.)

Actually, for most people, this is probably a good idea. Hey, I’ve done it myself. I started accumulating soap, shampoo and the nifty personal hygiene items from the “nice” hotels that I stayed in. I put them in the guest bathroom of my house. But remember, I travel a lot. Pretty soon I was accumulating too many of them and I had to stop. (Here’s an article on CNN about taking hotel amenities.)

You may be wondering, why don’t I use them myself? Well, there’s a reason.

Have I said that I travel a lot? One of the things I’ve decided to do is to take along my own bar soap and shampoo to try and retain some semblance of normalcy when I travel. It’s a small thing, but being able to use the same items helps all those hotel rooms feel a little more like home. And, while I haven’t done it yet, I have thought about taking a pillow case with me too for the same reason.

So for me, “I say no! to free shampoo.”

(And for Tom, yes this is another one of my travel tips.)[/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]

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