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The Bert Show

Our Producer Tried This Hotel Hack And FAILED Big Time!

The Bert Show

Pionaire Podcasting

Comedy, Society & Culture, News, Entertainment News

4.34.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Is this hotel and airport hack legit? Producer Jackson had a conversation with someone who works in the hotel industry who claims if you do this ONE thing you'll get in good with the staff and get free upgrades! 

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0:00.0

Get it. The Bert Show.

0:01.7

All right, Jackson. A question to ask that has everything to do with hotels and travel. I am intrigued.

0:09.0

We've been talking a lot about hotel hacks and travel hacks.

0:12.2

Abby talked about how to get better deals on flights and things like that.

0:15.6

And so a random conversation got sparked up with a friend of mine who works in the hotel industry.

0:21.7

He's like kind of one of those general managers of a nice hotel up in New York.

0:25.8

And he dropped the knowledge bomb that apparently if you tip the person at check-in,

0:34.2

there is a very high likelihood that they will upgrade you.

0:38.1

I would have never even thought of that.

0:42.6

My ex-wife's dad was so good at this.

0:45.3

He was so old school.

0:46.5

It almost feels like a mafia movie.

0:48.2

Like when you walk in to a restaurant and he used to have a 20 in his hand

0:52.6

and he'd slip it to like the hostess. I was

0:55.8

thought, oh, that's a gangster move. I don't have the guts to do it. But you're saying you can

1:00.3

do that with somebody working the front desk, one eight five five bird show. So I have no shame and I

1:05.3

have no problem doing this. So I actually put this to the test this past weekend. I told you that

1:09.8

my girlfriend's parents were coming into town and the room wasn't ready.

1:13.6

And I was telling them about this because we met up with them beforehand.

1:16.3

And I was like, and they were like, there's no way.

1:18.1

And they both also have a little bit of shame.

1:20.2

So we're unwilling.

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