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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Signage Outside The Toilets At The Hotel I'm Staying At
The Rag - Clever Use For Old Rags In This Hotel
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......
Hotels can sometimes seem like wonderful places that let us forget about our daily worries. When hoteliers and the staff set out on a mission to make their guest's visits as memorable as possible, they come up with the most amazing and innovative ideas. This list proves that some of them really found the secret to success, and their results don't lie.
Whether they give out personalized freebies, remember to congratulate guests on their birthday, or simply offer a dose of refreshing light humor, such customer care goes a long way. Usually, all it takes to make people happy is coming across the simplest gestures and acts of kindness that make them smile. For many of us, these are the experiences that encourage us to take out our phones, capture all these pleasant surprises, and share our feedback with everyone online.
This Hotel In Kyiv
My Hotel Phone In Iceland Has A Special Button That Will Wake You Up If There Are Northern Lights In The Sky
I Noticed Something While Checking Into My Hotel Today
420 is hipster code for meeting up and smoking in pot in public to protest it being illegal
However, while we enjoy our lovely stay, people in the field know how tough this industry can be. Hoteliers want to be proud of what they do and want to make their guests return to their place over and over again, and that means spending time and effort to go the extra mile and continuously looking for new ways to stand out from their competitors.
Moreover, there’s an abundance of demands and etiquette rules hotel staff need to follow to make their visitors feel special. For example, prioritizing their requests is definitely at the top of the list. Workers are also often encouraged to offer friendly and welcoming touches to the customers’ experience, like offering luxurious crisp sheets or asking about their preferences around the in-room experience. Plus, guests often wish that the staff would anticipate their needs before they even voice them aloud — and these are just a few of the things people in the industry need to consider daily.
My Hotel’s Coconut Meteorologist
On Arrival At The Hotel Room We Were Quite Surprised By The Imagination Of The Room Service
we went on a cruise where room service made a different towel animal every day
My Hotel Pool Has An Entrance Ramp For The Handicapped
But while we’re used to seeing hotel employees looking all professional, the rules of hospitality are changing. Today, personalization seems to be the thing everyone in the travel industry is talking about. It can be anything from knowing the guest’s name when they approach the staff to specifically tailored offers that speak directly to the visitor.
"Clearly, personalization is where things should be going," Robert Cole, founder of RockCheetah, a hospitality and travel technology consulting firm, told PhocusWire. "The bottom line is to make it all about the guest and the guest experience, what they want to accomplish on their trip to their destination, and how the hotel can make that a better experience," he added.
This Was On A Lotion They Provide At My Hotel
This Hotel Room Knows Me So Well
okay but is the formatting of the checklist bothering anyone else?
My Girlfriend Took Me On A Surprise Birthday Trip
"There are so many opportunities for hotels to facilitate everything that guests could do, which should mean a greater share of wallet for the hotel and higher satisfaction levels, and surprise and delight, for the guests. That’s the great opportunity and that’s what drives customer lifetime value," Cole noted the possibilities that personalization can add to both hotels and their visitors.
"The best relationship to have with your guests is to make sure you can nurture the experience for them. Just asking those questions—why are you staying and how can we help you—is everything," he said.
The Hotel I’m Staying At Has A LEGO Model Of Itself
The Pet Hotel We Used Makes A Journal Of Your Pet's Stay To Give To You When You Pick Them Up
Found This Sign In My Hotel
Dr. Gabor Forgacs, an associate professor at Ted Rogers School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at Ryerson University, Canada, earlier told Bored Panda that if hoteliers want to make their business truly unique, they have to think about many different factors to achieve this distinction. "On top of the physical parts (e.g. location, size, architecture, design and furniture), the intangibles need to fall into place seamlessly and that is a tall order."
The professor highlighted the details that need to be considered: "The colors, sounds, scents plus the ambiance are all perfectly lined up: what background music is playing, what designer aroma is in the air and have toiletries scented with; the choice of fabric for carpet, curtains and upholstery; the tone and level of voice of staff as they greet guests and communicate without judging requests or behaviors, etc."
Underground Hotel In Tunisia, Known For Being The Set Of Luke Skywalker’s Home
My Airbnb Was An Entire House Built Inside A Barn
For someone who likes "nesting" in enclosed spaces, this is perfect! It's a good and different idea either way.
The Banisters At My Hotel Were Held Up By Little Metal Men
While these things could make the guests want to grace the hotel’s doorstep again, the main reason a person would return to the place is if they left with good memories, Dr. Forgacs argued.
"Not necessarily a gold plated doorknob or the extra skirt hangers in the closet; best memories are created through interaction with people. If service excellence exceeds expectations, guests always remember that."
"Following up is a secret weapon," he explained. "Comping, offering a discount or an upgrade for a mishap is what a typical hotel would do. The better ones will always follow up with the guest and on top of a remedy, tell their plan how the mistake will be prevented from happening again."
Giraffe Manor. My Favorite Place On Earth. Had Lots Of Fun
Outside My Hotel
This Hotel Gives You A Rubber Duck To Play With In The Bathtub
This Zipper Check Sign On The Backside Of The Door Of A Hotel’s Lobby Bathroom
Bro if I had a dollar for every time i wished for this I wouldn’t have any dollars but now I will
A Bar Of Soap In My Hotel Bathroom With A Message To People Being Trafficked And Probably Prostituted/Sexually Exploited
I highly doubt, a kidnapped person is allowed anywhere close to a phone.....
Some trafficked girls are forced into prostitution where they use phones daily for contacting clients. So yes, they are using phones. This isn't just for "kidnapping".
Load More Replies...I worked for them back when it was NHTRC, and leaving things like this absolutely work. Especially in women's public bathrooms in places like rest areas, fast food, bars, and gas/truck stops.
Did they provide the telephone extension in the bathroom like some hotels do?
No one believes me. No one is listening. He says I'm crazy and making things up. They stole my baby. And because I was unsuccessful at escaping, the courts make sure that my baby will never escape. No one helps. And that's the truth.
I once went to a hospital and was asked questions by the nurses that were clearly meant to help women who are being trafficked. Sad that they must get a lot of that in the area.
You never know. Those....(I'm sorry I can't call them people as people have feelings) things always think they're above the law, smarter and untouchable....I love it when they are proven wrong!!!!
This is really cool but as other commenters have mentioned, I doubt they'd have access to a phone. They should, like, write instructions on the wrapper (in ink that could wash away, maybe?) "if you're in danger and need help, please carve an X into this soap and leave it for housekeeping to see/place this wrapper under the door/break this soap in half" or something clever but innocuous like that. The biggest problem (on the hotel's end) would be ensuring you COULD see any sign if they have a Do Not Disturb sign up (which I'm sure most pimps would do) and training staff to recognize these signals and act on them. My mom works for Hilton on the weekends (nurse during the week) as front desk and she would do whatever she could to help or protect one of her guests.
Great Idea, however I doubt they’d have phones to get in touch with anyone or they would’ve called someone by now -maybe more of a code word with the staff that work there? I’m not sure how they would manage this without the kidnapper also seeing it in the hotel room though?
Many girls (who grow into women) who have been trafficked have nobody to call: no family. Or they have been lured to the US with a promise of a job and then forced into prostitution. Human sex trafficking may include kidnapping but it’s not just holding someone prisoner and watching them 24/7.
Load More Replies...What is this hotel mainly used for, I‘m asking myself now. Probably not a place I would prefer to stay in.
If you think there are not high end escorts working your favorite, expensive luxury hotels EVERY DAY...you need to think again and will run out of places to stay. They may not be street walkers or Backpage hookups, but they ARE there.
Load More Replies...You don’t think that sex workers shower? These women are trafficked, sold, and exploited for years and sometimes decades. So yeah, they shower.
Load More Replies...9 Laps Around My Hotel Floor = 1 Mile
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These Door Cards In My Hotel
My Hotel Shower Had A Water Thermometer
My Hotel’s Sun Canopy Is Connected To A Wind Meter, Which Automatically Causes It To Retract When The Wind Speed Becomes Too High
The Hotel I'm Staying At Has A Tiny Door That Says "John Malkovich"
This Bathroom Door In The Holiday Inn Can Close In Two Positions
My Hotel Used To Be A Prison
I'm Proud To Be In A Hotel That Doesn't Discriminate Against Little People
That is for a handicap accessible room, so that someone in a wheelchair can also have a peephole at the proper height.
The Drawer In My Hotel Room Has A Sticker Pointing To "Prayer Directions"
I Stole This Pen From A Hotel
This Hotel Room Has A Digital Peephole
My Hotel In Manhattan Has Beehives
My Hotel's Pool
Looks like some Greek or Roman goddesses and their nymphs should be lounging around it.
This Hotel Clock Has Displays On Three Sides
This Doorframe Is A Miniature Castle. It’s At A Hostel In Edinburgh, Castle Rock
Hotel Hallway Corridor
This immediately made me think of the laser hallway scene in the first resident evil movie.
This Hotel Sanitizes Their Remotes
Telephone Sheep
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
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.)
The Hotel I’m Staying At Allows You To Choose Your Selected Holy Text
The Hotel Reception Is Below The Swimming Pool
At My Hotel's Breakfast You Could Choose How Long You Wanted Your Eggs Boiled
The Phone In My Hotel Room Has, Both, Pizza Hut And Domino's On Speed Dial
There Is A Tree In My Airbnb
Need more info, it looks dead, if it is dead then it's just an ornament.
The Way My Hotel Displays Room Numbers
Hotel Graffiti Artists Leaves Hidden Funny Messages For Guests To Discover
Hotel Tunnel
Note: this post originally had 124 images. It’s been shortened to the top 50 images based on user votes.
This article did a great job of reminding me how badly I need a holiday.
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/
This article did a great job of reminding me how badly I need a holiday.
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/