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50 Times People Spotted Simple Yet Genius Solutions In Their Hotels And Shared Them Online (New Pics)
Booking a hotel can be both exciting and a bit nerve-wracking. Every time you step foot in the lobby, you curiously look around to reassure yourself that you made the right choice. But when you’re bathed in smiles after being showered with kind and cheerful words, you know your stay just went from great to excellent.
The customer is king in the hospitality industry, and that’s why so many hotels go out of their way to give their visitors a sense of a never-ending adventure. Whether it’s genius yet simple solutions, hilarious pop culture references, or genuine acts of kindness, these gestures make people feel special and let them leave the place with the best memories ever. And fortunately, these efforts do not go unnoticed.
Today’s post is all about celebrating creative hotels and their staff who surprised their guests and took their experience to a whole other level. We at Bored Panda scoured far and wide across the web to bring you a collection of pictures that show how some hotels really deserve to be in the spotlight. So sit back, relax, and tell us what you think about them in the comments! Then, if you’re in the mood for some more hotel goodness, check out our earlier pieces right here, here, and here.
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#1
Signage Outside The Toilets At The Hotel I'm Staying At
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#2
The Rag - Clever Use For Old Rags In This Hotel
Fitz_N_Fartz 4 years ago
Great recycling idea. All my old t-shirts find their way into my cleaning basket, the grumpy old gits t-shirt is the best one for cleaning the car......
#3
This Hotel In Kyiv
#4
My Hotel Phone In Iceland Has A Special Button That Will Wake You Up If There Are Northern Lights In The Sky
#5
I Noticed Something While Checking Into My Hotel Today
phil bishop 4 years ago
420 is hipster code for meeting up and smoking in pot in public to protest it being illegal
#6
My Hotel’s Coconut Meteorologist
#7
On Arrival At The Hotel Room We Were Quite Surprised By The Imagination Of The Room Service
athornedrose 4 years ago
we went on a cruise where room service made a different towel animal every day
#8
My Hotel Pool Has An Entrance Ramp For The Handicapped
#9
This Was On A Lotion They Provide At My Hotel
#10
This Hotel Room Knows Me So Well
Arden Leali-Broberg 4 years ago
okay but is the formatting of the checklist bothering anyone else?
#11
My Girlfriend Took Me On A Surprise Birthday Trip
#12
The Hotel I’m Staying At Has A LEGO Model Of Itself
#13
The Pet Hotel We Used Makes A Journal Of Your Pet's Stay To Give To You When You Pick Them Up
#14
Found This Sign In My Hotel
#15
Underground Hotel In Tunisia, Known For Being The Set Of Luke Skywalker’s Home
#16
My Airbnb Was An Entire House Built Inside A Barn
Sergy Yeltsen 4 years ago
For someone who likes "nesting" in enclosed spaces, this is perfect! It's a good and different idea either way.
#17
The Banisters At My Hotel Were Held Up By Little Metal Men
#18
Giraffe Manor. My Favorite Place On Earth. Had Lots Of Fun
#19
Outside My Hotel
#20
This Hotel Gives You A Rubber Duck To Play With In The Bathtub
#21
This Zipper Check Sign On The Backside Of The Door Of A Hotel’s Lobby Bathroom
Katie Nelson 4 years ago
Bro if I had a dollar for every time i wished for this I wouldn’t have any dollars but now I will
#22
A Bar Of Soap In My Hotel Bathroom With A Message To People Being Trafficked And Probably Prostituted/Sexually Exploited
#23
9 Laps Around My Hotel Floor = 1 Mile
#24
New Photo From Our Project
#25
These Door Cards In My Hotel
#26
My Hotel Shower Had A Water Thermometer
#27
My Hotel’s Sun Canopy Is Connected To A Wind Meter, Which Automatically Causes It To Retract When The Wind Speed Becomes Too High
#28
The Hotel I'm Staying At Has A Tiny Door That Says "John Malkovich"
#29
This Bathroom Door In The Holiday Inn Can Close In Two Positions
#30
My Hotel Used To Be A Prison
#31
I'm Proud To Be In A Hotel That Doesn't Discriminate Against Little People
Sue Wade-Walters 4 years ago
That is for a handicap accessible room, so that someone in a wheelchair can also have a peephole at the proper height.
#32
The Drawer In My Hotel Room Has A Sticker Pointing To "Prayer Directions"
#33
I Stole This Pen From A Hotel
#34
This Hotel Room Has A Digital Peephole
#35
My Hotel In Manhattan Has Beehives
#36
My Hotel's Pool
Sergy Yeltsen 4 years ago
Looks like some Greek or Roman goddesses and their nymphs should be lounging around it.
#37
This Hotel Clock Has Displays On Three Sides
#38
This Doorframe Is A Miniature Castle. It’s At A Hostel In Edinburgh, Castle Rock
#39
Hotel Hallway Corridor
Colette Connor 4 years ago
This immediately made me think of the laser hallway scene in the first resident evil movie.
#40
This Hotel Sanitizes Their Remotes
#41
Telephone Sheep
#42
This Postcard I Took From A NY Hotel Has Wildflower Seeds Embedded In It So You Can Plant It After You Receive It In The Mail
grotesqueer 4 years ago (edited)
This doesn't seem like a good idea for a postcard. You should only ever sow local species, and I'm not convinced people would go through the trouble of checking which species the card has and if they're all native to the area they want to sent the card to. (As well as informing the recipient that they shouldn't sow them in some other place.)
#43
The Hotel I’m Staying At Allows You To Choose Your Selected Holy Text
#44
The Hotel Reception Is Below The Swimming Pool
#45
At My Hotel's Breakfast You Could Choose How Long You Wanted Your Eggs Boiled
#46
The Phone In My Hotel Room Has, Both, Pizza Hut And Domino's On Speed Dial
#47
There Is A Tree In My Airbnb
Giles McArdell 4 years ago
Need more info, it looks dead, if it is dead then it's just an ornament.
#48
The Way My Hotel Displays Room Numbers
#49
Hotel Graffiti Artists Leaves Hidden Funny Messages For Guests To Discover
#50
Hotel Tunnel
#51
The Mirror In The Elevator Lobby Of This Hotel Tells You The Weather Outside
#52
In This Unique Way, A Hotel Chose To Block A Urinal To Enforce Social Distancing In The Men's Room In The Lobby
#53
When I Booked My Hotel A Few Months Ago, I Put In A Few Special Requests As A Joke. Champagne, Roses And A Plastic Dinosaur
#54
The Hotel I’m Staying At Has A Pancake Machine
Daniel Marsh 4 years ago
Kinda standard in the States. Either that or a waffle machine. And I stay at cheapish hotels.
#55
The Hotel I'm Staying At Has A Record Player And A Small Vinyl Selection In The Room
#56
Each Day During My Quarantine The Staff Of The Hotel Give Me A Post-It Like This
#57
St. Patrick’s Day Has Me Reminiscing About This Gorgeous Green Indoor Garden
#58
The Cartoon Network Hotel Located In Lancaster, PA
#59
This Elephant Shape Towel Folding In Thailand Hotel Room
#60
The Do Not Disturb Sign At My Hotel
"Not now... Stay out. I might be... sleeping, streaming, in too good company, having a moment, procrastinating, naked, talking, too drunk, googling stuff, a unicorn, trying on my outfit for tonight, dreaming..."
#61
This Other Stained Glass Ceiling In A Different Hotel
#62
Monday Morning, And I Don’t Want To Get Out Of Bed. Would Be Even Harder If It Was This Bed Of Flowers And Ice
BAWK BAWK BAKAW 4 years ago
"a bed of flowers and ice" sounds like every single contemporary YA fantasy book
#63
The TV Remote In My Hotel Room Has A Qwerty Keyboard On The Back
#64
My Hotel Room Has A Projector
#65
Shower At This Hotel Has A Flow Meter To Show How Much Water You Use, The Polar Disappears If You Use Too Much Of It
#66
The Ceiling Fan/Light At My Hotel Has Cool Pulls To Indicate Which Is Which
#67
The Hotel Where I Stayed For The Night Had A Red Light In The Bathroom So You Won't Be Bothered By A Bright White Light When You Need To Go During The Night
#68
A Hotel Room With A Swinging Bed Suspended From The Ceiling
#69
Our Hotel Has Face Towels Specifically For Make Up Removal
#70
I Wish More Hotels Did This
#71
Stayed At A Hard Rock Hotel And The Comforter Had Little Guitars Barely Visible
#72
My Hotel Has A Massive Climbing Wall In The Lobby
#73
Hotel In San Juan, With Black Lights In The Hallways And Neon Room Numbers On The Doors
#74
This Champagne Vending Machine In My Hotel Lobby In Paris
#75
I Booked A Hotel Room A While Back And Requested A Picture Of Kevin Costner
#76
The Hotel I’m Staying At Has “Hearing Impaired Door Bells” Installed For Several Rooms
Adrienne Mcginley 4 years ago
Chances are it will make a certain light flash in the room. Points for being inclusive.
#77
These Butter Balls In A Hotel’s Breakfast Buffet. They Were Stretchy And Didn’t Melt
#78
This Hotel's Bench Has A Very Honest Dedication Plaque
#79
The Hotel At Six In Stockholm Uses Wooden Keycards
#80
My Hotel Jacuzzi Tub Fills Up From The Ceiling
#81
The Minibar In This Hotel Has Canned Kit Kats And Reeces Pieces
Toby Hawthorne 4 years ago (edited)
If you don't finish them take them with you and where can I buy these
#82
This Hotel Corridor That Looks Suspiciously Like In The Shining
Mega Gay 🇺🇦 4 years ago
Get a baseball bat and protect yourself. Don't go down the elevator, though. It vomits blood
#83
This Hotel Serves Fresh Honey Straight From The Hive
LeighAnne Brown-Pedersen 4 years ago
This feels too much like I’m eating a bees home. I know that’s where all honey comes from…but still
#84
Gift From Hotel Maintenance. A Couple Of Chocolate Treats In The Shape Of Tools. How Appropriate
#85
My Hotel Room Shower Has A Foot Rest
#86
The Hotel I’m Staying At Has A Hatchet Above The Toilet
#87
My Hotel Room Mirror Is On Hinges So Paranoid People Can Check For Cameras
#88
My Hotel Room Has A Do Not Disturb Button Instead Of A Hangtag
#89
Stayed In Woking Recently And This Beauty Was In The Hotel Lobby
#90
The Airbnb I’m Staying In Has A Microwave From June 1984
#91
None Of The Floors In The Hotel I Am Staying At Have The Number 4 In Them
Raven Sheridan 4 years ago
The Chinese consider the number 4 unlucky, (like Westerners do with the number 13.) This is because in Chinese the words 'four' and 'death', sound the same.
#92
This Hotel Pool My Girlfriend And I Just Swam In
#93
The Hotel I'm Staying At Specifies Which Pillows Are Soft Or Firm
#94
This Mirror In The Front Of My Hotel Looks Like You Can Walk Through It
#95
This “Waste-Reducing” Hotel Bar Soap That’s “Designed To Eliminate The Unused Center Of Traditional Soap Bars”
Roe Rainrunner 4 years ago (edited)
When the soap goes into a small ring, the ring will break - soap leftovers... Better take your small soap-remains and simply place it on a new soap - it will stick on it.
#96
This Hotel Mirror Doesn’t Allow Condensation To Form In The Middle Of The Mirror After A Shower, Allowing You To See Yourself
#97
The Hotel I'm Staying At Puts Down The Sunrise And Sunset Times
#98
All The Light Switches In My Hotel Room Are These Chrome Toggles
Connie Martin 4 years ago
Especially nice 'cause you can tell if they've been cleaned recently
#99
My Hotel Mirror Has An Touch Sensitive Antifog Button
#100
My Hotel In Columbus Ohio Has No 4th Or 13th Floors Due To Korean And American Superstitions
Nikki Sevven 4 years ago
I always thought this was silly. Obviously, the building has both a 4th and a 13th floor; they're just labeled differently.
#101
These Little Salt And Pepper Shakers That Are Supplied With My Hotel Room
#102
This Fire Extinguisher Is Flat Instead Of Round To Fit Into The Wall Better At My Hotel
#103
Mirror At Hotel Compares Your Height To Famous Celebrities
Aria Whitaker 4 years ago (edited)
I am the same as Beyonce and Alicia Keyes. Nice. I will have to let my hubby know he is the same height as Snoop Dogg!
#104
R2-D2 Shower Head In My Airbnb
#105
The Hotel I’m Staying At Still Has Heat Lamps In The Bathroom From When They Opened In The 1960s
#106
At This Hotel I’m Staying At, You Can Rent Umbrellas
Rose Mcterry 4 years ago
A hotel I stayed at in Washington State had one of these. Western Washington does rain a lot, so it makes sense.
#107
The Hotel I Am Staying At Has A Wall Mounted Electric Toothbrush Charging Point
#108
Our Hotel’s Valet Tag, Has All The Local Radio Stations For People From Out Of Town
#109
My Hotel Room Has A Swing
#110
The Back Of My Hotel Key Card
#111
Found In A Hotel I Stayed At (Easter Egg Begins On Third Line)
#112
The Hotel I'm Staying At Describes The Indicators Of Their Fire Alarms
#113
Staycation Mode On
#114
The Mini Fridge In My Hostel Room Was In The Wall
#115
My Hotel Bathroom Has 12 Towel Hooks
#116
This Completely Black Building I Saw In Milan Today
🥔SaltyPotato🥔 4 years ago
Y? wouldn't that absorb light making it hard to air condition the building?
#117
The Door Hanger From My Hotel Room Looks Like My Hotel
#118
Gas Station-Themed Love Hotel Room In Manila
#119
The Hotel I'm Staying In Has A Mail Chute That Goes All The Way To The Basement. I'm On The 14th Floor
Dawn-Marie Keilman 4 years ago
The mail cutes were my favorite part of going into tall buildings when I was younger. I put way too many non-mail items into them tho.
#120
The World's First Gold-Plated Hotel Tower In Hanoi Has A Golden Shower On Its Rooftop Terrace
#121
All Of The Art In My Hotel Room Is Painted Directly On The Wall
#122
My Airbnb Gym Has Chandeliers
#123
The Hotel I Stayed At Had This Marble Floor
#124
My Breakfast Sandwich Has The Hotel Logo Embossed On It
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Katie Lutesinger 4 years ago
This article did a great job of reminding me how badly I need a holiday.
Marco Hub-Dub 4 years ago
Just to be clear: this list wasn’t amalgamated by BP from the usual sources, but was copied from a blog post and translated then given a few flourishes. Not judging. I appreciate the work BP does appropriating content and giving us readers digest versions of entertainment. Just always know that there is an original source. - https://chirashi.twittospia.com/穿孔パンダ/50回、人々はホテルでシンプルでありながら天才的/2022-05-12/
Katie Lutesinger 4 years ago
This article did a great job of reminding me how badly I need a holiday.
Marco Hub-Dub 4 years ago
Just to be clear: this list wasn’t amalgamated by BP from the usual sources, but was copied from a blog post and translated then given a few flourishes. Not judging. I appreciate the work BP does appropriating content and giving us readers digest versions of entertainment. Just always know that there is an original source. - https://chirashi.twittospia.com/穿孔パンダ/50回、人々はホテルでシンプルでありながら天才的/2022-05-12/
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