Details make life happier
These are some superfluous and unexpected details that some hotels offer. Although, if we remember them, they were not so superfluous.
1.On my last trip to Tokyo the suitcase was delayed. Upon entering my hotel room I found a large black box on the bed. I knew then, overwhelmed by emotion, that the Mandarin Oriental in Tokyo has a survival kit for these cases. The box contained a toiletry bag, a more than correct white t-shirt, some socks and even underwear (quite drinkable, by the way) .
2. The ** Soho House ** hotels give away small cloth bags that say: Condoms. They keep a couple of condoms. ** Babington House **, owned by the same label, offers Hunter wellies for customers to venture out into the surrounding area and not use the rain as an alibi.
3. At night, in the ** Lewa Safari Camp (Kenya) ** if it cools down, absolutely nothing happens. A compassionate soul has slipped a hot water bottle into the bed at the exact time and anticipating when we are going to go to bed. An efficient natural heating system.
4.** La Mamounia (Marrakech) ** offers all its clients a pair of Havaianas to go down to the pool. Or for what everyone wants: walk through the gardens or go buy porcelain bowls in the souk.
La Mamounia offers all its customers a pair of Havaianas to go down to the pool
5.On another occasion I found that the stationery in the room had my name engraved on it . It was in the Royal Mansour , also from Marrakesh. It said, in golden calligraphy, as appropriate: Ana Isabel Vázquez Casco. Almost cry.
6.In the bathrooms of the The Dolder Grand (Zurich) , there is a very nice bathtub. Nothing extraordinary. But next to that bathtub there is a book and a candle. Oh exciting.
The Dolder Grand bathtub
7.When reserving a suite at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel , we will have access to the Fred Segal Lending Library . This means that we will be able to borrow and use up to 50 products that come from the legendary department store Fred Segal. Among them there is sunglasses, belts or bags. Strange idea but surprising to say the least.
8.In the ** Mandarin Oriental in Singapore **, when entering the shower, one realizes that the little bottles of the toiletries are already open. Someone unscrews them so that the client, with wet hands, does not have to fight with them. Startling.
9.The rooms of the Rough Luxe (London) have books. All quite desirable. If we start reading one and we like it, we can take it with us . And not clandestinely.
10.If we sleep in the Gramercy Park Hotel , if we are that lucky, they will give us some keys. They are from Gramercy Park, a private park that only neighbors have access to . Humphrey Bogart, for example, lived in the little square where it is located, one of the most charming in New York. How not to sit on a bench and imagine that Bogie did the same thing at some point?
The eclectic decor of the Rough Luxe