How to Choose Check Presenters for a Hotel: Why We Made a Custom Sample Set

Tip #1: Have Two Weeks? Let Us Create Custom Samples for Your Business — Free of Charge

Choosing check presenters and menu covers for a hotel or restaurant involves more than finding a design you like. When you're ordering dozens or hundreds of pieces, details such as leather texture, pocket construction, ease of cleaning, and everyday handling can make a real difference for both staff and guests.

We recently worked with a hotel that wanted to compare several check presenter designs before placing a large order. We created a custom sample set for their team, and that experience inspired us to share six practical tips on testing materials, planning purchases, saving money, and choosing a manufacturer who can adapt to your needs.

If you have approximately two weeks before making your decision, we recommend starting with a custom sample set developed specifically for your restaurant or hotel — completely free of charge.

This is a custom sample set we created for one of our hotel clients. Different check presenter and menu cover designs allow their team to compare materials, craftsmanship, and branding options in person before committing to a large production order.

During these two weeks, you'll work directly with our designer and get to know the Mureli Workshop team. You'll see how we suggest leather colors, stitching threads, hardware, and construction options, and how quickly your approved ideas turn into real products.

It's also an opportunity to experience how we communicate, organize production, and handle international shipping, including fast FedEx delivery to the United States.

Once your samples arrive, you can personally evaluate the materials, craftsmanship, and functionality before committing to a bulk order.

We cover sample development, production, and shipping costs. The only requirement is that delivery must be arranged to a legitimate business address, such as a restaurant, hotel, or marketing agency. We confirm each project individually to keep this offer focused on genuine hospitality and corporate orders rather than personal purchases.

This way, you're not just testing our products. You're getting to know the people who may manufacture hundreds or thousands of them for your business.

Need It Faster? Review Your Custom Samples in Just One Week

Here's a little shortcut. If two weeks feels too long, we can speed things up by replacing express sample delivery with a detailed remote review.

We'll take professional photographs, record close-up videos, and even perform specific product tests on camera based on what matters most to your restaurant or hotel.

This way, you may be able to review and approve your custom designs in approximately one week instead of two, depending on the project's complexity.

Of course, we can still ship the physical samples afterward if you'd like to examine the leather and craftsmanship in person.

Tip #2: Short on Time? Start with a Ready-to-Ship Sample Kit

If you have even a little time before placing a bulk order, we strongly recommend seeing and handling the leather and finished products yourself. Photos can show colors and designs, but physical samples let you evaluate the texture, flexibility, construction, and overall quality before making a decision.

To make this easier, Mureli Workshop keeps ready-to-ship sample kits in stock, so you don't have to wait for samples to be manufactured. For customers in the United States, we offer expedited FedEx shipping, including FedEx Overnight (as soon as the next business day) and FedEx 2Day (typically two business days), depending on the destination and service availability. International FedEx shipping is also available, although delivery may take longer.

And here's an important detail: when you proceed with a wholesale order, we fully credit the cost of your purchased sample kits toward that order.

Below are our ready-to-ship sample kits to help you compare materials and designs before committing to a larger production run.

Tip #3: Think Ahead — Ordering More at Once Can Save You Money

If your restaurant or hotel is already established, consider ordering more check presenters than you currently need.

Check presenters are handled every day. Some get misplaced, others are accidentally damaged, and occasionally a guest may even take one home as a souvenir. Having a few extras in storage means you won't need to place an urgent replacement order.

There's also a financial advantage. At Mureli Workshop, we offer volume discounts: 15% off orders of 25 pieces and 20% off orders of 50 or more. This means ordering 50 check presenters at once is more economical than placing two separate orders of 25.

Of course, there's no reason to overstock if you're still testing a new design or planning a rebrand. But for an established restaurant with predictable needs, it's worth thinking several months ahead.

Our advice: Calculate how many check presenters you need for daily service, add a reasonable reserve for replacements, and compare the total cost before splitting your purchase into smaller orders.

Tip #4: How to Get Your Check Presenters or Menu Covers for Free

Here's another option worth considering, especially if your restaurant or hotel has its own website.

Mureli Workshop offers up to $500 in custom leather products in exchange for a published story about our collaboration on your business website, including a link to our workshop.

You can choose check presenters, menu covers, or other products from our collection.

If $500 covers the cost of the products you need, you could receive your entire order free of charge.

This opportunity may be especially valuable for people opening their first restaurant, café, or bar using their own savings. We understand that every dollar matters when you're building a business from the ground up, and we'd be genuinely happy to support independent owners at this early stage. Who knows? A small project today might become the beginning of a long-term partnership as your business grows.

Planning a larger order? Even better. The $500 partnership credit can be combined with our volume discounts of up to 20%, giving you additional savings on your wholesale purchase.

We're not asking for a positive review. We'd simply love for you to share your genuine experience working with our team, explain what we created together, and include a link to Mureli Workshop. The publication should clearly disclose that the products were provided as part of our partnership.

This offer is available for approved restaurant, hotel, and hospitality business collaborations. We discuss the details individually before starting each project.

Tip #5: Know Other Restaurant Owners? Your Connections Could Save You Money

The hospitality industry is built on relationships. Restaurant owners, hotel managers, and hospitality professionals often share recommendations about suppliers they trust.

If you know colleagues who might be interested in our check presenters, menu covers, or other custom leather products, why not suggest a referral partnership with us?

We'd be happy to discuss an additional discount on your order or create a set of personalized leather coasters for your restaurant as a thank-you for introducing us to other hospitality businesses.

There are no complicated referral programs or fixed arrangements. Just tell us about your idea, and we'll find a way to make the cooperation worthwhile for both sides.

Sometimes a simple introduction can help another business find a reliable manufacturer — while bringing you a little extra value on your own order.

Tip #6: Opening Tomorrow? Forgot to Order Your Check Presenters? We Have a Plan!

Opening day is almost here, but your check presenters or menu covers haven't arrived — or maybe you forgot to order them altogether?

Don't rush into an expensive last-minute solution. We may have a better option for you.

For example, if you order 100 custom-branded leather check presenters from Mureli Workshop, we can offer you 30 additional unbranded check presenters completely free of charge and arrange express shipping so you can start using them as soon as possible.

Meanwhile, our team can produce your full branded order on the agreed schedule, without rushing the design or manufacturing process.

And here's the best part: those 30 unbranded check presenters are yours to keep forever. Once your personalized order arrives, you can continue using them as backup stock or for future events.

We can discuss similar solutions for menu covers, depending on available stock.

Of course, express delivery depends on your location, courier availability, and shipping cutoffs. Contact us as early as possible so we can confirm what can realistically arrive before your opening.

Sometimes the smartest way to solve an urgent problem is not to rush the entire order, but to take care of what you need right now.

One Last Tip: Choose a Supplier Who Can Adapt

All the advice we've shared in this article comes from our own experience at Mureli Workshop. Naturally, we've used our services and solutions as examples. But here's the important part: you can use these same ideas when working with other suppliers, too.

Ask whether they can prepare custom samples, adjust a design, offer better pricing for larger quantities, or help when you're running out of time. Even if they can't offer exactly what we've described, their response will tell you a lot about how they approach their customers.

A reliable supplier delivers what was promised. A flexible supplier also helps you find solutions when things don't go according to plan.

Of course, flexibility doesn't mean promising the impossible. It means listening to your needs, being honest about what's achievable, and being willing to explore alternatives.

And that's our final piece of advice: when choosing a manufacturer for your restaurant or hotel, look for both reliability and flexibility.

Because sometimes the best supplier isn't simply the one who makes a great product. It's the one who makes your job easier when you need it most.