“What do you call a cross-dressing bellhop?”/“A trans-porter.”
A "transporter" is not a "trans" porter, but there are jokes. "I really wanted The Transporter to be about a buff bellhop who time travels" was posted on Twitter by…
“What do you call a fancy hotel that is hard to find?”/“The Waldo Astoria.”
A joke combines the Where's Waldo? children's puzzle books with the Waldorf Astoria New York luxury hotel. "Where's Waldo Astoria Hotel #LesserNYLandmarks" was posted on…
“What do you call a ghost at a hotel?”/“An inn spectre.”
An old hotel pun goes: Q:What do you call a ghost at a hotel?A: An inn spectre. "Why is a Hotel Ghost like a policeman? Because it is an Inn-spectre" was told in the humor magazine Punch,…
“What do you call a hotel breakfast that gives you diarrhea?”/“Incontinental.”
A "continental breakfast" is a light breakfast (such as juice, cereal and pastries) that's often served in a hotel. There is no such thing as an "incontinental breakfast"…
“What do you call a hotel that offers a breakfast of Eggs Benedict?”/“A Hollandaise Inn.”
"Hollandaise Inn" is a jocular name for a hotel, seemingly a combination of the names of Holiday Inn and Days Inn. The name "Hollandaise Inn" was print in newspapers in 1977,…
“What do you call a potato in a hotel room?”/“A suite potato.”
"Sweet potato" shouldn't be confused with "suite potato," but there are jokes. "Q. What kind of potato rents more than one room in a hotel? A. A suite potato" was…
“What do you call a yam in a hotel?”/“A suite potato.”
"Sweet potato" shouldn't be confused with "suite potato," but there are jokes. "Q. What kind of potato rents more than one room in a hotel? A. A suite potato" was…
“What hotel do mice stay in?/“The Stilton.”
Stilton cheese (from the UK) is not related to the Hilton hotel change, but there's a cheese joke: Q: What hotel do mice stay in?A: The Stilton. The joke was cited on Twitter on January 11,…
“What job did the frog have at the hotel?”/“Bell hop.”
One popular hotel riddle is: Q: What job did the frog have at the hotel?A: Bellhop. The joke has been cited in print since at least 2004. Google BooksThe Gigantic Book of RiddlesBy Jacqueline…
“What stops someone from just strolling into any hotel in America at breakfast hours…”
Hotels usually don't have much security at continental breakfasts. This was posted on X/Twitter by McRib on May 4, 2025, and received over 290,000 likes: "What stops someone from just…
“What’s an accountant’s idea of trashing a hotel room?”/“Not filling out the comment card.”
A joke about an accountant's supposedly mild personality is: Q: What's an accountant's idea of trashing his/her hotel room? A: Refusing to fill out the guest comment card. The joke…
“When restaurants/hotels have really large sets of gravy boats, I hope the staff refer to it as the Gravy Navy”
Gravy boats (sauce boats) are not boats that sail on water, but there are jokes. "If you had enough gravy boats would you have a gravy navy?" was posted on X/Twitter by John…
“Where do werewolves stay when they’re on vacation?”/“At the Howl-iday Inn.”
"Howliday Inn" (1982), a juvenile novel by James Howe, is a portmanteau of the word "howl" and the hotel chain "Holiday Inn." "Q. What is a werewolf's…
“Where does Santa stay when he is on holiday?”/“In a ho-ho-hotel.”
A Santa Claus riddle for Christmas is: Q: Where does Santa stay when he is on holiday?A: In a ho-ho-hotel. The "ho-ho-tel" joke was printed in Boys' Life magazine in December 1983.…
“Why did the hotel hire a skeleton on Halloween?”/“He had a skeleton key.”
A skeleton key is a master key that opens many doors. "Now I know how ghosts get into haunted houses. They use skeleton keys!" was printed in the Washington (DC) Post on November 28,…
“Why should you enjoy the music at the entrance of a hotel?”/“Because it’s foyer entertainment.”
"For your entertainment" shouldn't be confused with "foyer entertainment," but there are jokes. "What do you call books in the entranceway to a bookstore? Foyer…
“World’s Most Popular Hotel” (Hotel Pennsylvania)
The Hotel Pennsylvania has been right opposite Penn Station since 1919. The phone number (see under "songs" on this website) is still PENnsylvania 6-5000. "World's Most Popular…
“You can’t give away a used mattress but somehow we’ll pay 100/night to sleep on one at a hotel”
"You can’t give away a used mattress but somehow we’ll pay three hundred bucks a night to sleep on one at a hotel" is a saying that has been printed on many images. Earlier versions…
“You can’t give away a used mattress but somehow we’ll pay 300/night to sleep on one at a hotel”
"You can’t give away a used mattress but somehow we’ll pay three hundred bucks a night to sleep on one at a hotel" is a saying that has been printed on many images. Earlier versions…
Algonquin Hotel (“Gonk” & the “Round Table”)
The Algonquin Hotel, at 59 West 44th Street, was the place of the "Algonquin Round Table" or "Vicious Circle" of writers of the 1920s. It is believed that writer and wit Dorothy…