The Peninsula Hotel in Shanghai has nail dryers
1. AFTER-SUN
The sun has a habit of showing that it is big and strong. And us, the same bravado of not protecting ourselves and burning ourselves. The after-sun occupies the same a folded t-shirt and we already know what wins. It costs nothing to leave, at the edge of the pool, as it does Mukul , in Nicaragua a series of small bottles of sunscreen. I have done calculations and It does not cost more than two euros a day.
* Gentlemen hoteliers, you can assume it. And they don't know how our skin appreciates it.
two. HAIR STRAIGHTENERS
We don't need them. In fact, we mishandle them, but seeing them in a drawer calms us down. We know that, with them, we can tame badly conditioned hair with two flicks of the wrist. The Mandarin Oriental of Paris offers them in the bathrooms. We like to know that they are Even if we don't use them. And more in Paris, where nobody combs. The problem is that we are never sure if we are going to find them or not and we usually take them from home.
* Gentlemen hoteliers, it is not necessary that they are in all the rooms. They may have several to lend. If you have them, tell me. Take nothing for granted.
In the Mandarin Oriental of Paris you will enjoy luxuries and movie views
3. TELEPHONE NUMBERS TO CALL THE RECEPTION IN LARGE RESORTS
It has happened to us. We walked ten minutes between trees and flowers until we reached our villa. Oh, when we arrive, we realize that we have kept the key next to the mobile and it has been deactivated. You have to go back to the reception or whatever you want to call it, now that the term is so maligned. You have to retrace those ten minutes. That annoys us because the traveler is an easily irritable being.
* Gentlemen hoteliers: how about telephones or some solution on the roads to avoid this wear?
Four. SPACE TO PUT TOILETRY BAGS
This is not an irrelevant detail, it has to do with something very important called design. Form follows function and all those things. Designing is not making the rooms pretty, it is making living in them nice and good and easy . That happens by projecting bathrooms in which there is space to support toiletry bags. We don't want to leave them balancing on the cistern. We don't travel for that.
* Gentlemen hoteliers: hire real designers, not the sister of the friend who has very good taste. Unless the friend's sister is a real designer.
5. FREE WATER
We can drink from the tap, but not in all countries it is recommended. We understand that it is an expense. Or not: it is almost an investment. If I have paid more than 60 euros I will hate going down to the street to buy water when I have removed my contact lenses . it will annoy me too pay 4 euros for a bottle of water . Give me a bottle of water (it can be plastic and I don't need it to have the hotel's logo on it) and I'll remind you, which is the goal of every hotel.
* Gentlemen hoteliers. Let me clearly see the water and the sign that says that it is a gift.
Grab your hat... at Costa Rica's Andaz Peninsula Papagayo
6. ICE
It's a rarity to find ice in a room, but that's why we almost clap when we see it. In Mukul there are small fridges in the rooms to cool down the Cane flower that they offer as a gift to all guests. We don't need rum, but Coca-Cola chilling cubes or water would be appreciated. Normally we will have to call room service . And the one we don't use will melt and the next morning everything will be a mess.
* Gentlemen hoteliers. This is an expensive whim, but there we leave it.
7. HATS AND STRAW BASKETS
In warm countries and/or with beaches they are recommended. And they look good in photos. Carrying a hat in a suitcase is difficult. Wearing it at the airport is a little tacky. The solution is to find it at the destination. In the Andaz Peninsula Papagayo of Costa Rica and in the Belmond Jimbaran of Bali They leave them as men and women in each room. It's so nice to find them...
* Gentlemen hoteliers: contact a local craftsman and buy many hats and baskets.
Lie back in the sun at the Belmond Jimbaran Hotel in Bali
8. POOL BAGS
By allusions we have to talk about one of the rarest and most appreciated amenities. We are staying in a hotel. We feel like taking a dip in the pool. We need to lower the key, the cell phone and the suntan lotion; the aftersun not because we decided to bring the t-shirt. Where do we keep all that? In the same leather bag with which we went out? the lords of Mandarin Oriental from Singapore (again we must mention them to anticipate thoughts) they offer some nice plastic bags to store all those belongings and go down to the pool as the carefree beings we can become.
* Gentlemen hoteliers. If they add the name of the hotel to these bags, we will continue to make a brand when we return home. Because we are going to take them.
Forget the pool bag. The Mandarin Oriental hotel in Singapore has it all in mind!
9. SOUND SOOTHER
That is, a little machine that simulates noises. It offers us the possibility of sleeping listening the sound of yosemite falls , the crackling of the fireplace, the beating of a heart or a storm. There each one with their sound tastes. The hotel Vital of San Francisco place one in each room.
* Gentlemen hoteliers. Isolate the spaces well and then place the gadgets you want. This one is not bad.
10. NAIL DRYER
Of all the details this is the most irrelevant . also the most shocking . The hotel Shanghai Peninsula It has nail dryers. That is to say: I do my manicure (because I felt like doing my manicure right in the middle of a trip) and I can't wait half an hour for my nails to dry. Solution, install a gadget that speeds up the process.
* Gentlemen hoteliers. This is snobbery. We can get by without him. But isn't life much more pleasant with a nail dryer nearby?
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At the Vitale hotel in San Francisco, choose what music lulls you to sleep