All those pledges to remember, next time you check into a hotel, whether you like a soft pillow or a hard one: they have an impact.

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One visa agent, who goes by the name of Peter, requires customers to check into a hotel with other expats and hand over their passports and other paperwork.

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We decided to use the last of our gas to drive to Pennsylvania and use some of our emergency fund to check into a hotel with power and Internet.

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You check into a hotel and anything goes.

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What are the first things you check when you walk into a hotel room?

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If your business is government related, or you just want a peaceful location in the heart of town, check into the Capitol Hotel Tokyu in the Akasaka district, a popular holdover from the 1960s (the Beatles stayed here), which was razed and replaced with a 29-storey tower in 2010.

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After the festivities, check into the Fairmont Chateau Laurier, a hotel that resembles a castle.

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If she's currently employed at another nearby hotel, check into the hotel where she now works for a night, run your fingers along the top of the picture frames checking for dust, open every drawer and cupboard in every piece of furniture in the room, and spend several minutes crawling around in the floor in your room looking under things.

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After a six-hour flight from New York I check into the Four Seasons Hotel in Westlake Village near Los Angeles, exhausted.

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Saylor sees the smartphone as the payment device for all things, including the key to hotel rooms that we no longer need a front desk to check into.

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