A simple hotel desk checklist for short stays

Most hotel desks are fine once a few obvious annoyances are removed. The main trick is to make the room legible quickly instead of slowly adapting to it over several days.

• Move the lamp before opening the laptop.
• Plug chargers into one side of the desk only.
• Keep documents in a single folder, not spread across the room.
• Test the chair and backup seat before the first call starts.

Small order buys back more concentration than a second monitor ever will on a short stay.