Rick posted an image of the curtains being held closed with the pants clips on the clothes hanger found in pretty much every hotel room.
"I don't remember who posted this on Twitter a few years ago, but whoever you are: you have improved every night I've spent in a hotel since," he wrote.
As his tweet went viral, others shared their own genuinely clever hotel room hacks, reports news.com.au.
Among them: using the TV to charge devices if there aren't enough power points, using the ironing board as an adjustable desk, and using a shower cap to cover the TV remote, which we all know probably isn't cleaned as often as we'd like to hope.