| When you pay for your hotel room, it covers most of | | | | sensitive medications. These need to be maintained at |
| the charges of using the facilities that come with the | | | | precise temperature levels. For these, a medical |
| hotel room. These charges include those that you pay | | | | refrigerator is necessary. |
| for your water and electricity usage as well as for the | | | | It would definitely be a plus if the hotel could provide |
| electrical appliances installed in the room. These include | | | | the guest the additional facility free of charge. |
| the television, the air conditioner, the heater, etc. | | | | However, this completely depends on the |
| Hotel rooms may or may not come with a refrigerator. | | | | management and their rules and regulations around the |
| They may also be required to charge an additional | | | | cost of services provided. There is nothing wrong in |
| amount for it. This is because the operational costs of | | | | charging a guest an additional amount for a special |
| using the existing electrical appliances are already | | | | requirement. The hotel industry functions within a |
| covered by the per day room charges. There is | | | | budget. Therefore, any special request from the guest, |
| nothing illegal about a hotel charging its guests for a | | | | if provided free of cost, overshoots the overhead |
| refrigerator for medical reasons. It is quite reasonable | | | | costs of the hotel room. Most of the expensive hotels |
| for a guest with a certain medical condition to ask for | | | | have rooms that come with refrigerators already |
| a refrigerator to store their medicines when on | | | | installed. Some hotels offer their guests the option of |
| vacation. In the same way, it would not be | | | | using the 'office refrigerator.' Guests can store their |
| blasphemous if the hotel respects the needs of the | | | | medical supplies in this refrigerator at no additional cost. |
| guests, gets them a refrigerator and then charges | | | | Usually, the consumer variety not medical refrigerators. |
| them a little extra for it. | | | | Antibiotics, insulin, etc have to be stored at low |
| A consumer refrigerator, the kind usually found at most | | | | temperatures to retain their biological activity. |
| up-market hotels, is different from a medical | | | | Therefore, it would be a good idea to call the hotel you |
| refrigerator. A medical refrigerator, even a small one, is | | | | plan to stay in beforehand regarding the availability of a |
| much more expensive than a similar sized consumer | | | | refrigerator. If your medication requires precise |
| model. Whether you need medical grade refrigeration | | | | temperature levels then don't hesitate to request |
| depends entirely on the type of medication you are | | | | specifically for a medical refrigerator. Usually if you |
| carrying. Some medicines need to be kept cool and | | | | insist upon it, the hotel, in the interests of a happy guest, |
| may even be stored safely in a cooler or icebox. | | | | will make the arrangements even if you have to pay a |
| Others needs to stay below a certain temperature to | | | | little extra for the convenience. The most important |
| retain their potency and can be stored safely in a | | | | thing is to be prepared and have a tension-free holiday. |
| consumer grade refrigerator. Then there are the | | | | |