Before the pandemic, I was on the road every week. I’ve stayed in probably thousands of hotels in my life so when the customer service is top-notch it makes traveling much easier.
I was on the road with someone once who called and asked for a fridge in the room and when he checked in, there was a fridge already set up. First of all, I didn’t know you could do that. Second, it only works for practical things. They did not oblige my request for a Rolex.
After staying in so many awful hotels, you learn what’s “normal” or what to expect from a place before you arrive. These creative hotel ideas mixed with excellent customer service take it to a new level.
1. “I Asked The Hotel If I Could Bring My Cat. This Is What We Arrived To”
2. “Blessed Hotel Staff”
3. “This Hotel Gets It”
4. “When Your Hotel Staff Go The Extra Mile”
5. “A Nice Hotel Gesture”
6. “Towel Animal Left By The Hotel Staff”
7. “Instead Of A Bible, My Hotel Room In Philadelphia Has The Constitution And Declaration Of Independence”
8. “This Hotel In Singapore”
9. “Missed Out Camping This Year, So I Asked For A Tent In My Hotel Room”
10. “I Ordered Snacks From Room Service And They Sent A Refrigerated Robot Butler To Deliver Them”
11. “Simplistic Light Switches In A Hotel”
12. “This Checklist From A Hotel”
13. “This Hotel I’m Staying At Provides A Phone That You Can Take Out With You. It Has Unlimited Mobile Data As Well As Free Calls”
14. “The Hotel I’m Staying At Has A Monitor Lizard That Roams The Grounds And Swims In The Pool”
15. “My Hostel Has A Bed For Charging Your Mobile”
16. “Out Hotel Room Is Inside A Giant Aquarium With Sharks, Mantas And Stingrays Swimming About”
17. “The Pillows In My Hotel Are Labeled For Preferences”
18. “The Shower At My Hotel Has A Flow Meter To Know How Much Water You Use, Ice Cap Is Melting And Polar Bear Disappears If You Use Too Much”
19. “My Toilet In The Japanese Hotel I Stayed At. You Wash Your Hands And Reuse The Water For Your Next Flush”
20. “My Hotel Had Exit Signs Near The Floor, Presumably For When You Are Crawling On The Floor To Avoid Smoke Inhalation During A Fire”
21. “My Hotel Room Came With A Rubber Ducky For The Bathtub”
22. “This Hotel I Stayed At Had One Dark Washcloth To Prevent Makeup Stains”
23. “The Alarm Clock In This Hotel Has Three Displays So You Can See The Time Without Moving While Lying In Either Of The Beds”
24. “Old Bank Was Transformed Into A Hotel, They Kept The Vault As A Meeting Room”
25. “My Hotel Has A Marker To Point Towards Mecca”
26. “Hotel Door Signs: Do Not Disturb And Please Clean Room”
27. “This Little Sign Under The Bed In My Hotel Room That Lets You Know They’ve Cleaned Under There Too”
28. “This Hotel I Stayed At Has A Billiards Room Through A Secret Door Behind This Bookshelf”
29. “The Elevator Load Limit Sign In My Hotel”
30. “This Hotel I’m Staying At Has The Shower Shelf Accessible From Both Inside As Well As Outside”
31. “Stayed In A Boeing 747 Converted To Hostel At Arlanda Airport, Sweden”
32. “My Hotel Room Bathroom Leaves A Section Of Mirror That Doesn’t Steam Up”
33. “The Hotel I Stayed In Has A Typewriter For Writing Reviews”
34. “This Mirror At My Hotel Tells Guests The Current Weather Conditions”
35. “My Hotel Safe Has A Plug So You Can Charge Your Electronics While They Are Locked Away”
When he's not doomscrolling Twitter or writing for Pleated-Jeans, Nate Armbruster writes jokes—and then tells them on stage as a stand-up comedian, where he can watch audiences (hopefully) laugh in real-time.