Kimpton hotels recently enstated a rule allowing pets of any species and any size to stay in its hotel rooms for no additional fee. If you aren’t able to bring your pet with you, the Kimpton will lend you a goldfish, and the cleaning staff will feed it for you. Kimpton is an American hotel and restaurant company founded in 1981 by William Kimpton. It is the largest chain of boutique hotels in the U.S.
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Many hotels now have Kindles preloaded with hundreds of popular books that guests can borrow for the duration of their stay, or for a night. But The Hilton Conrad has gone so far as to lend their guests iPads.
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The Holiday Inn Northampton West M1 keeps a stock of cufflinks, ties and other small elegant items for guests to borrow when an unexpected gala or red carpet event comes up. Many hotels offer this so don’t be afraid to ask your concierge to help finish your outfit!
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Forgot diapers for you baby? A crib? Formula? Tiny pajamas? Many hotels have these in stock for traveling families. The Hyatt has partnered with Babies Travel Lite so guests can pre-order everything from baby food to toys before they arrive, so they don’t need to pack those bulky items.
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You’ve done it: intentionally left behind your exercise clothes because “you don’t work out on vacation,” only to get the workout bug once you hit the hotel. Not to worry! Westin Hotels will lend you a full workout get up from New Balance for just $5. The set includes sneakers, workout tops, socks, shorts and pants. The sneakers even come with disposable insoles for the germaphobes.
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In bicycle friendly cities, many hotels lend bicycles to their guests. The Four Seasons in Mumbai and Guangzhou are two examples, but the Four Seasons Hotel Firenze in Italy even lends its guests Vespas!
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Xbox consoles can be found in hotels all over the world. The Hotel Sax in Chicago has a studio completely powered by Microsoft, complete with preloaded popular games like Madden ’08, Halo 3 and Guitar Hero.
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Admit it: you’ve taken two hours out of your precious agenda to find and visit a store that sells the phone charger you forgot at home. Don’t ever do that again! Almost every hotel has all of the most popular phone chargers on hand for you to borrow. Even if they don’t keep them exclusively for guests, keep in mind there is a staff of anywhere from 12 to 60 people working there. Somebody must have your charger.
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You expect a blow dryer when you enter your hotel room, but it’s probably happened more times than you’d like to admit that you wore your hair curly, wavy, frizzy or just pinned back because you forgot your hair straightener. But most hotels carry flattening irons, too. Hyatt’s new Hyatt Has It program offers curling irons and flat irons to guests.
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You either have to pack this incredibly bulky item that doesn’t fit into any regular suitcase or you have to buy one at your destination, and throw it away when you leave. Most hotels on or near a beach lend their guests beach chairs for free! The Daddy O Hotel in Brant Beach, New Jersey does, and it offers you passes to get on beaches that charge for entrance.
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