The earliest keys and locks appeared in ancient Assyria in Mesopotamia, and later spread to Egypt and developed into wooden spring locks.
The so-called a key to open a lock, ordinary people do not have a key to open the lock, even if the locksmith, not familiar with the secret book will not open the Qiankun lock core.
The former hotel key is the key, and now most of them have changed the hotel room card, leaving the hotel that still continues to use the key, if not for the old hotel with heritage, or the new hotel with lofty style, only the guest house that is not willing to buy the room card is left.
The first time I saw a hotel with front desk keys hanging all over the wall was many years ago in Munich. I can’t remember the name of the hotel.
Because walking and walking, so by the patience did not book a hotel, arrived in Munich late at night, found a few hotels are full of rooms did not get.
When asked about the hotel, I saw a key still hanging in a small cubicle on the wall behind the front desk.
With joy in my heart, I quickly asked the front desk for a room. When I got up to check out the next morning, most of the keys in the small lattice on the wall were back, full and interesting to look at.
I remember taking pictures of this key wall, but I can’t find this photo anywhere. That’s why I’ve always had a soft spot for traditional hotels that keep their keys.
A traditional, characteristic hotel differentiates itself on the key is the hanging ornament. You can usually get a sense of the style of the hotel just by holding a key.
In fact, although the hotel room card is not as obvious and strong as the style of the key, good design can also make people feel the characteristics of the hotel.
Most chain hotel room cards are the same except for the address. But some hotels are very cute, their room card set design, the overall style is unified, but each branch will have different characteristics, for example, Westin is very interesting.
Many hotels require room cards to be returned, so there is no way to collect them. My own experience is that most hotels don’t mind if you return your room card or not, and some will require it to be recycled.
For economic and environmental reasons, I return it most of the time whether the hotel asks for it or not. Some really like the room card, will be asked to leave a front desk at the time of check-out, almost no disagree.
