After staying in four budget hotels in 6 days a couple of weeks ago, I had the jarring experience of staying in a 5 star hotel this week. Fear not investors and Board Members, it was at very mates rates (think Super 8) thanks to a friend from way back when who works there.
Some Observations :
- One staff member for every guest - they just swarm all over you
- They didn't just make the bed, I think they ironed it
- Not a USA Today sprawled over the floor outside the door, rather a choice of any paper ever printed, in a branded bag hanging on the door handle
- A mini bar that was actually fully stocked (I didn't drink a thing I promise)
- A waiter that said if they didn't have the tea Kim was after, he would personally go down the road and buy it for her
- The valet doesn't need your ticket - they know your face
- You don't actually need a car. They have a "house car" (a 2006 Roller no less...) that is on hand, ready to take you anywhere
- A plethora of shi shi bottled water - Fiji in the rooms, Voss offered as the valet gets your car
- A separate elevator for celebs...never noticed that at Super 8
- Because the hotel is in celeb land, everyone wears sunnies inside, giving the impression that everyone is a celeb. In fact no one is a celeb, they are all just working hard at looking like one. One weird result of this is that everyone looks very closely at everyone else, just to make sure they are or are not a celeb...it's a tough gig
Checking back in to a Super 8 next week is going to be really, really hard.
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