ULPT: Every travel state is your honeymoon.
Posted by bobbylink21@reddit | UnethicalLifeProTips | View on Reddit | 75 comments
I was reheating some leftovers and saw a magnet calendar from our honeymoon up north from over a decade ago. It was given to us for free when they asked what brought us there, and then I remembered booking restaurants ahead of time for that week, and some would always ask “what’s the occasion?” Honeymoon. No one ever second guessed us.
I think in total we got the magnet, 2 glasses of champagne, a shibby ton of lobster rolls during lunch time (love ya, Maine) and the greatest full cheesecake I’ve ever had in my life all because they heard our accent and said “oh, where are yall from?” Down South on our honeymoon. Anyways, ULPT.
Hereforawesomestuff@reddit
My friend group of girls are all married now and we caught on quickly to save our party stuff because bachelorette parties get a lot of free drinks and desserts when we go out dancing!
Loki_ofAsgard@reddit
When we got engaged, my now husband called the fancy hotel he was planning on proposing in to make sure that we had the specific view (why he chose the hotel). They hooked him UP. We got a substantial room upgrade, champagne, and an absolutely spectacular view.
So basically, wherever you go, big life events get you free things!
legaljellybean@reddit
I did this all through my actual honeymoon and got nothing :(
cpureset@reddit
How do I make this work for solo travel?
racerx255@reddit
If you're diamond on Hilton, book.your room for 2 people. You get double food and beverage credits.
yasth@reddit
If you want to go super unethical “this was supposed to be my honeymoon but poor Ethel got taken by the big C.” Don’t do this.
Warren301@reddit
The big C… the Clinton’s?
metalflygon08@reddit
Clitoris, OP couldn't find it and Ethel was taken away by it.
greatwhitequack@reddit
I’m doing my part, I haven’t gave up looking for it yet. Last I heard, it was spotted is Missouri.
Quarter_Shot@reddit
A clitozoologist?
Lofty_Vagary@reddit
Cholera
FeelingKind7644@reddit
Donald Chump
timelydefense@reddit
Cthulu. You mustn't say his name.
texasradioandthebigb@reddit
Now you gone done it
enterfunnynamehere@reddit
Chlamydia.
10before15@reddit
Spicy
JohnHazardWandering@reddit
Clyde. They call him "the big Clyde" because he's hung like a horse.
Clyde and Ethel ran off together just before the wedding.
practical_junket@reddit
Tell them your celebrating one month of being cancer free!
Lofty_Vagary@reddit
That’s how you end up with karma cancer down the line
rynthetyn@reddit
I'm just realizing I could take that route and technically be totally honest, but I don't think I could do it without feeling like way too shitty a person because the stage my case of melanoma was caught at basically never kills anybody.
not_thrilled@reddit
The significant other is parking the car / back in the room / got arrested?
holedingaline@reddit
Celebrating a divorce!
4toTwenty@reddit
“This was supposed to be our honeymoon but they left me at the altar. The tickets were nonrefundable so I’m going on our honeymoon alone” and then you get pity presents, I’m assuming
noveltytie@reddit
Sometimes my friend proposes to me at restaurants. We get a lot of free drinks.
lambsoflettuce@reddit
Damn! My sister and I did this back in the 70s. It was pretty funny.
q_ali_seattle@reddit
Hold up .
Define "this" please.
AbruptMango@reddit
Alabama.
DevilSaintDevil@reddit
You from West virginia? I mean, you propose to a girl and she says yes-- if you don't kiss the ruse ain't going to work. So you were kissing your sister, right? She a hot little ticket?
morange17@reddit
Jesus.
Professional-Leg6583@reddit
I frickin love this. I am a theater kid and want to know why I've never done it.
RogueThneed@reddit
Well? What's the answer?
waxlrose@reddit
What a weird internet lie
Jolly_Ad9677@reddit
When I was on my honeymoon. I mentioned at airport check-in that I was and they upgraded us to first class for free.
uncreativehandle123@reddit
Yes! I used to work at a travel agency so I would have my co worker book my hotels at discount and then he'd add a note that it was our honeymoon. We got hooked up with something every time. Even if it was just a fruit / candy tray.
You should see the look on the lobby staff face when your like, "ahh yes honey we've arrived in beautiful Pittsburgh for our romantic honeymoon!"
noicecockbrah@reddit
this works for any travel as well, including flights, hotels
unlimited free shit
f1ve-Star@reddit
I hear travelling as "Doctor" helps as well.
bigbeans14@reddit
Ok that’s interesting - I can kind of see it, but as an MD I avoid using Dr anywhere outside of work but I figure people are going to try and get more money out of me. For example, you’d never want to tell a car dealership you’re a doctor… maybe I should try this next time I travel but it feels so douchey to put it on my plane ticket
msc430@reddit
Same! I get nothing but overcharged. We call it “doctor pricing” in our house.
accentpreferred@reddit
I nanny for a doctor and they also feel the same way. I did discover when I started working for them a couple years ago that their mom didn’t feel the same way. So, whenever we’d get Amazon packages addressed to Dr. “John Doe, Jr.”, I’d know that those were sent from his mom in Florida. She, I guess, did want the delivery drivers aware he was an MD 😅
ToxDocUSA@reddit
Yeah no, doctor for 14 years now and I have never gotten anything free / extra for it.
Got married before I graduated too, so never got to try it as a pickup line either.
f1ve-Star@reddit
I see. I have been a cis white heterosexual (mostly) my whole life and it has never helped me.
dirkalict@reddit
One time I was having trouble booking a flight online and I was getting extremely frustrated when I realized the problem was that I hadn’t picked a prefix in front of my name- so instead of Mr. I checked Rev(erend). The flight was packed so before boarding I asked at the counter if they wanted to check my bag and when I gave my name they said, “Oh Reverend we were just going to page you- the flight is overbooked so we moved you to first class.” Only time I’ve ever been in first class- I’ve since become a reverend in the Universal Life Church.
Homelessavacadotoast@reddit
I never got free shit when I was a legitimate Reverend!
f1ve-Star@reddit
Well not with that attitude you won't.
BJntheRV@reddit
Have you continued to get perks for being Rev?
dirkalict@reddit
Yes- my wife was going through a very long medical issue and I was basically living at the hospital- running back and forth to my house taking care of our dog and getting anything my wife needed/ wanted and I would waste so much time looking for a parking space. One day I noticed 4 spots marked “Clergy”. I started parking there and carrying my Reverend ID just in case. No one ever called me on it but I was ready.
tinmanshrugged@reddit
Just fyi I’m sure it’s no big deal, but those spots are for clergy who are visiting the hospital to give someone last rites. It’s typically urgent and done when someone’s on their death bed. I’d guess 4 spots would be more than enough though
dirkalict@reddit
Well my wife was on her deathbed so no guilt on my part.
clce1234@reddit
I too chose this guys……parking spot
yoshimeyer@reddit
Huh, I was ordained a Dudeist Priest so I could also use Rev. 🎳
TweezerTheRetriever@reddit
Is dudism still a thing?… I stopped following their website years ago
PhilosophizingPanda@reddit
Yep. I got ordained to officiate a friends marriage and did it via the universal life church and the church of dudeism
TweezerTheRetriever@reddit
Most excellent
chikcaant@reddit
Absolutely zero - I'm a doctor and it's never helped!
cubicApoc@reddit
I'm confused. Where does the piss disc come in?
TheNight_Cheese@reddit
ask for the russian room
TacoCalzone@reddit
You’ve never obviously never met my fiancée.
texasradioandthebigb@reddit
You have to say that it is your honeymoon
philthyphanatic@reddit
Color and shape checks out
metalflygon08@reddit
Save that for the hotel on your Honeymoon.
haymitchharper@reddit
Does this work for anniversaries or is it still better to say honeymoon?
trustme1maDR@reddit
I think it works for anniversaries too. Went on a trip to a resort several months before our anniversary. They ask if it's a special occasion. We say anniversary ...even though we would have gone regardless. They don't need to know that. They gave us champagne and chocolate covered strawberries in our room.
TheWurstOfMe@reddit
I've tried this with my anniversary and it didn't seem to matter to the places I've gone
hikdeen@reddit
My wife and I get a decent amount of free desserts on our anniversary every weekend
cmerksmirk@reddit
Say you got left at the altar or cheated on and decided to take it as a one-ymoon
LJW712@reddit
Yoink! (The sound of me swiping this brilliant ULPT)
QiviutAK@reddit
Also works to say “Anniversary” if you are out to dinner in your own cityNobody ever asks for any proof, just can’t use it at the same restaurant more than once a year
Miserable_Smoke@reddit
I travel alone. I make sure they know its always because its my birthday. Got a lot of 'em.
goingfrank@reddit
Another good one for traveling alone is to say it's your first time in that place. Tends to make people a lot more welcoming.
TweezerTheRetriever@reddit
If there’s a spot for comments I always put we are celebrating an anniversary 20-30-35 now… I need a quiet room on an upper floor with a good view which always seems to be interpreted as code for a weekend of nooky … got a lot of congratulations and upgrades over the years …not lies… just because it’s not the exact date doesn’t mean we aren’t celebrating
Plethorian@reddit
If you're older, 50th anniversary works even better. Champagne, attention from the chef, room upgrades, basically every amenity they can throw at you.
Isonychia@reddit
yup now that we have a child everywhere we go is our "20th Anniversary" and we've actually had people offer to babysit so we could have a nice dinner out lol/
metalflygon08@reddit
If you can survive them singing to you, every day is your birthday if you want a free dessert.
Dawn_of_an_Era@reddit
Places hardly even do free dessert anymore tbh
grewish89@reddit
Every time we go somewhere it is our honeymoon. 😁 our first vacation as husband and wife (honeymoon #1) was not as amazing as we had hoped. We did a do-over (honeymoon #2) and then decided any time we go anywhere it’s our honeymoon.