If you stay at hotels often, you know that most of them seem to offer the same old thing - a mildly friendly reception, a decent bed, and a warm shower. Today, however, we'd like to focus on a few of the best hotels that decided to up their game and take customer service to the next level.
Whether they offer awesome freebies for guests, above-the-curve interior design, or just a refreshing sense of humor, this kind of customer care will have you clamoring to make a reservation for a hotel room, and are sure to be remembered when you leave. Check Bored Panda's list of amazingly innovative hotel designs and services below, and if you've stayed in one just as filled with creative ideas recently, add your photos at the end!
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This Hotels Pet Policy
"we never had a dog that had noisy fight with his traveling companion" You only saw lonely dogs then.
Is that mean something like - we could all learn from it, because it's smart? :)
Load More Replies...Hahaha! Sensacional! Vou levar o Thor lá! Ele é um lord em comparação aos humanos!
This must be a Pet Hotel that allows the pet to bring along its human.
Instead Of A Bible, This German Hotel Leaves A Copy Of The Un's Declaration Of Human Rights
As ppl get offended over everything and especially religion, this is actually a great idea because this is universal for everyone
Well said! Lighter note, if we're ever visited by aliens who stay in this hotel, it might thwart world domination! Or, they'll be offended..
Load More Replies...great, the bible can't be an example of moral code. This though can!
I think this is a wonderful idea! Non-partisan, non-religious, simple rights applicable to any and everyone. Fabulous!
Oh for pity's... no hotel ever provides Bibles to people. A ministry called the Gideon's provide them to the hotels, free of charge (as well as to prisons, police, nurses, anyone who wants one) so that people can read it or even take it home with them if they want (or not, meh). The hotel aren't providing this instead of the Bible, they are just providing this and not accepting Bibles (or books of Mormon, or the Koran) to put in the rooms. No skin off their nose since none of it cost them anything to begin with.
But either way the hotel is making a statement, so the hotel definitely always has something to do with what's in the drawers.
Load More Replies...What? The Bible and the UN Declaration of Human Rights? Well, if the Bible were anything like the Human Rights Declaration, we'd be living in a much better world.
Load More Replies...Absolutely amazing! Truth speaking religion was never some moral representative for me. This is much more inspiring and right in my opinion ..
Looked Underneath My Bed At The Hilton Hotel
"Let's put a funny sign underneath a bed!" "Why the hell would we do that?" "I dunno, maybe someone would take a picture and send it to social media..." "okay, then let's put our hotel name on it too!"
I do part-time cleaning in a bed and breakfast and vacation houses. Cleaning under the beds and furniture is a must-vacuum clean and mop.
It's always a good idea to check for dead bodies under your hotel bed first thing when you get to your room!
This Hotel Checklist Reminds You To Steal The Toiletries
Home alone in a hotel would be a movie I'd like to see
Load More Replies...Steal the toiletries? they throw them away if you use them and leave them.
My Hotel Gives You A Rubber Ducky
But I don't want to share the tub! I want some space!
Load More Replies...A hotel I stayed at in Belfast did this. When my colleagues knew I was going, they all wanted one and were super excited when I bought them back (they're all over the age of 25)
I went to a hotel in Rainbow beach, QLD, Australia, and you get a little dolphin that you can squirt water out of. Best. Thing. Ever.
This is so cute! Usually they just send the guy from The front desk to bathe with me.
This Hotel Has A Pillow Menu... With Pillow Samples
Imagine if everyone used memory foam it wouldnt be memory foam anymore
i stayed in a hotel in san francisco back in 2010 which had a pillow menu and you were entitled to a free choice, they only charged for 2+ pillow choices... i got myself a specific back ache treatment pillow! :)
My husband is one of those. S**t, I have slept on floors (fortunately with carpet) and done fairly well...I slept at an overly- air conditioned airport on the tile floor with nothing but shorts and a T-shirt...alright could not sleep at all, but I eventually found my way to the inner sanctum where everything was alright.....😊
My Hotel Encourages Theft Of Its Stationary
that sentence is the only reason I'd steal a pencil from the hotel....
My Hotel Phone Has A Number For Bedtime Stories
I would LOVE to see the listing ad for that job! Extensive knowledge of stories, fables and tales essential!
Is it just for kids? Id live to try it haha. Genius idea for keeping the kids happy
Well yeah, but do the bedtime stories have the same cat twist my mommy cat tells me in her stories?
I like it. That's a great idea for the kids, but is it free or are you going to find a charge for it on your hotel bill?
This Hotel In Singapore Incorporates Landscaping Into Its Facade
i've seen these living skyscrapers before in a couple different places... not in real life, but in pictures. There's an architect that pioneered these living terraces that showcase dense foliage and will grow to hang off the building. Great idea, absolutely love it and needs to be everywhere!
This Bedside Lamp At My Hotel In Japan Can Be Half Lit
More like convenient. If one party wants to read, the other doesn't need to be blinded by the lamp.
Load More Replies...日本らしいよね。Meaning "Yeah, this is so Japanese." btw I'm Japanese and Swiss
Hotel's Laundry Bag Has A Quote From Nietzsche On It
Good quote, but it doesn't belong to Nietzsche. That's the exact opposite to what he thought. To quote from "Morgenröte – Gedanken über die moralischen Vorurteile": "Crossed races always mean at the same time crossed cultures, crossed moralities: they are usually more evil, crueller, more restless.". So yeah, guy was preeetty racist.
I am sorry, guys. But this is never ever a citation of Friedrich Nietzsche.
Love the quote. There's virtually no chance this is from Nietzsche though.
The Mirror In My Hotel In Japan Has A Heated Part That Won't Steam Up After A Shower
There are actually a lot of solutions for this and one of them i remember seeing is shaving cream.
Load More Replies...Curious... It's something that has been around for a very long time actually. I installed it in my house 14 years ago when I moved. Look for heated mirror defogger on the web and pick the one that suits you :-)
Mirrors like this have been available in NZ for a long time.
Load More Replies...well, at least we are not going to demist the mirror afraid of seeing a ghost behind us
That is so useful omg. I have to use my clothes to clean the window.
Greeted By This Little Guy In My Hotel Bathroom
At hotels in Fiji, they make the most amazing towel animals! You don't want to disassemble them!
The Room Numbers At My Hotel Are Shadows
There's a blind person still searching for his or her room in this hotel . . .
When there is a blackout, it's too dark to see anyways.
Load More Replies...Hotel I'm Staying At Has A Separate Towel To Take Off Makeup
That's so handy, as i always feel bad when my makeup ends up (somehow) on the white towels. Even though i take my makeup off with tissues or cotton wool pads, something always lands on the sparkly white towel.
Even if u use wet wipes or makeup remover somehow theres still enuf left to stain the towels.what a great idea!
But how will u ever know whether the towel was washed well enough to be clean?!!
I stayed in an AirBNB that had this same towel! It was so helpful because I always get makeup on the towels (no matter how much I wash).
Oooh I would totally use that to dry my hair! I dye it vibrant red, and I always leave streaks of pink on hotel towels after washing my hair. I'm pretty sure it can be washed out... I hope. My towels at home are dark purple, so I'm not completely sure...
This Hotel Where You Kayak To Your Room
Watching guests row to their room after a few too many drinks = best staff entertainment ever.
Load More Replies...I can't Kayak at all so I had better stay away so that I don't get sued for somehow setting the Kayak on fire or something
My Hotel In Norway Has A Bag In The Room Where You Can Leave Behind Any Unwanted Items As Donations To The Needy
Also note that it says.. We re currently proud to work with: (no name). So they just take the items for themselves
Load More Replies...Did anyone else read 'donate' as Do Nate and think why the hell would I do that?
Great! I always end up trashing clothes because they dont fit in the bags
The Tv In Our Hotel Room Has Easily Accessible Hdmi And Usb Sockets
BLOODY GENIUS! Especially with some of the lower budget hotels! Pros: Dirt cheap meaning more money for alcohol. Cons: last redecorated in 1971, still provides items such as, a mysterious trouser press, a TV with a bigger backside than your mother-in-law, a hair dryer that's power barely matches your own breath blowing room temp air and a kettle that holds approx half of a child's tea party sized tea cup of water.
Wake up call :... When you Want to rise and shine instead of morning wake up is awesome!
This Hotel Continues To Amuse Me
The Corridors In My Hotel Look Like A Retro Fps Game
I'm sorry, but the princess is in another hotel.
Load More Replies...This Is Legoland Hotel At California, Each Level Has 3 Different Styles. ( I Dont Remember The Styles Tho :/)
Durham Hotel's Response To The "Bathroom Bill"
me too -- but no harm in having some of these in addition to separated ones.
Load More Replies...You know that gender separated bathrooms was actually a great achievments for civil right movements?
But the point is that with the bathroom debate and some of the bathroom laws, some people can't use the bathroom that corresponds to their gender. Instead a transman would be forced to use the women's toilet; a transwoman would be forced to use the men's toilet.
Load More Replies...At This Lake Tahoe Hotel Pool, You Can Literally Swim All The Way To Nevada From California
That's the Cal-Neva Hotel and Casino. It used to be owned by Frank Sinatra.
Checking on Google Maps, there does not seem to be a pool anywhere near Lake Tahoe that straddles the Nevada/California border.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Cal+Neva+Casino/@39.224955,-120.0074299,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x80997ae9b73a0ed3:0x3ab41577b2eb98d7!8m2!3d39.224955!4d-120.0052412
Load More Replies...My Hotel Has Spiral Escalators
The Sewing Kit At My Hotel Came With The Needles Prethreaded
Remember that girl, who had that fellow's butt sticking in her face, on the Subway thread? This is the perfect solution to eliminating that happening again. ;D
Hotel Has Their Own Bee Farm And Gives Out Free Honey Fresh From Their Roof To Their Customers
I love that hotel already and I was not even yet there. Brilliant idea. (I like homemade honey)
This Hotel Asks Guests To Not Kill Their Stink Bugs
Harmless my rear. Wait until they blow out electrical systems because they pack themselves into the components so tightly, causing damage or electrical fires. Not to mention the vegetation they consume. They have been in our home in the thousands. Killed an entire $600 motor on our punch press. Bastards!
Load More Replies...Those bugs have travelled far and where I live our Environmental groups are asking us to bottle the bugs up as we find and turn them in so they can research them to find out how they got here! Harmless, but dang stinky for sure! Do not disturb these guys, just let them be.
Well, I'm not sure whether or not it's true, but I heard that they were native to China and traveled around on cargo ships.
Load More Replies...I love the note on the bottom. "My resume is on the other side of this card"
Stink bugs aren't a big deal. Wouldn't bother me. Don't want to squish it though....ewwww.
Reminds me of when I was 7... 😂 I hate a pet stink if that lasted a few minutes. I named him billy(I think) and let him crawl over me. He went into my armpit once and my sister was disgusted. Then he went down my pants and my mom made me shake him off. He was never seen again... #LostButNeverForgotten #StayStrong #WhoUsesHashtagsOnThis
They should just install nets for insects at windows and everything would be fine
The Clock At The Hotel I'm Staying At
It's a shame this is a German designer clock and costs 2000$. I sure can't afford that...
Load More Replies...lol how is that complicated when it lights up the words you have to read in order.
Load More Replies...You Can Rent A Fish For The Night To Keep You Company In This Hotel
Nice idea in the beginning, but it's animal cruelty to stick a fish in a tiny bowl and "rent" it out to people.
Agreed. This is really, really close to being awesome. They need to take that creativity and aim in a slightly different direction.
Load More Replies...I feel that in irresponsible, drunken hands that could end up badly or cruel/stressful to the fish. Either that or it's a robot fish and it has spy eyes so the creepy manager can watch whilst you "sleep"
You're not wrong. But it's prbably a hotel for professionals travelling and could use some company that doesn't shout or demand the numbers of this semester's progress.
Load More Replies...The Mirror By The Elevator At My Hotel Tells You What The Weather Outside Is
I was thinking why is this good for, you can simply look out the window. Bt in these times of skyscrapers you can sometimes hardly see the sky.
Apparently, no one uses a smart phone that visits this hotel.
Load More Replies...Ha now i can see that, not knowing it was a mirror
Load More Replies...This Hotel In Quebec Refunds You $6.00 Each Day You Waive Room Cleaning, In Order To Reduce Chemical Load On The Environment (Auberge Place d'Armes, Quebec City)
All respect to being "green" but many hotels in EU does the same think these days, and honestly i do believe it is more about cost saving - coz cleaning of 1 room cost them more, then voucher for free beer or vine or 6$ out from your bill... but lets call it WIN WIN
I think people get paid by the hour not by how many rooms they clean
Load More Replies...Yes, it's a great idea but it's for hotels to save on labor. The cost of cleaning a room with products and workers hours, cost way more than 6$. The hotels ive worked at would see a drop of about 20% in labor and product from these programs.
There are natural cleaners. Plus I wouldn't trust the average person to clean a room fully.
I actually prefer them NOT to enter my room at all during my stay when it's just a short stay. I am all about privacy!
The Westgate Hotel in Las Vegas gives meal vouchers each day you waive room cleaning. A great idea!
I've already seen this kind of offer in many hotels, but all for free, no rebate. However, this is a too small rebate.
Feel free to do it yourself, I have for many years. Just leave out the 'do not disturb' sign.
Load More Replies...My Hotel Room's Bookshelf Was Built For These Specific Books
They need to dump fountainhead. It's pure rubbish and out of place with the others.
I see a lot of people say that about her, but no one ever says why. So, why?
Load More Replies...I dont know if i ever read during travel but that shelf would drive me insane lol.putting a book back to the correct slot
This Robot Delivered A Roll Of Toilet Paper To My Hotel Room In Cupertino
It's a good proving ground for sensing technology and machine vision.
Load More Replies...Definitely wouldn't have to be embarrassed about ordering an extra roll of toilet paper or ladies toiletries with this butler on wheels
It's WES!!! I LOVE him! i had him deliver candy to our room when I stayed at the West End boutique hotel... He's AWESOME! has a personality & everything.
I see here, this one has a different name.... Mine was named Wes.
Load More Replies...Made so that if you end up in toilets with...hm dirty stuff, you can call in emergency to get toilet paper and have it given by a robot that won't see you in such an humiliating posture instead of what it'd be with a guy...
The Tracks For The Curtains In My Hotel Room Overlap So No Light Can Come Through At The Middle
You can tell the people who haven't frequented dives by the "this isn't standard?" No, standard is sunlight streaming through cigarette burns and moth holes in the drapes
My Hotel Shower Has A Light To Let You Know If It's Too Hot/Cold
I don't understand. Can't you feel the water and discern for yourself? Does it turn purple if the water is equally hot and cold? This is too much for my simple human mind
I have this one at home but after a few months is only blue light ;) even with warm water :)
Very useful! I been using baby shampoo bottles, the label shows me if its too hot
I've been using my hand. Few decades now & still works perfectly
Load More Replies...We live in Germany, and my wife bought one with 7 Euro. I liked it firstly because it was medium-high quality, and the pressure and water spread was better than the old one. As the pressure was higher, I can safely say that it was free energy :)) (using a dynamo to generate the power, no batteries needed)
After Housekeeping, They Left A Chocolate Shaped Like A Vacuum Cleaner In The Hotel Room
After house keeping, they left you chocolate, which you took out of the wrapper and set down on some surface in guessing they cleaned. And it's not even hard wood, it's fabric. Makes total sense.
This Bar At My Hotel Used To Be A Bank Vault
The Vault! It is a martini bar in the Sheraton located in Columbia, SC. It's a really awesome bar.
http://metro.co.uk/2017/03/17/theres-now-a-spy-themed-bar-in-london-where-you-have-to-crack-codes-to-get-cocktails-6515507/
Load More Replies...This Hotel Will Comp Your Night If You Can Solve A Rubik's Cube While They Check You In
My friend is the best at rubic cubes she solved one in 57.1 seconds and behind her back!
The best would be to keep pouring drinks to measure how many you can solve under the influence.
I see three colors: White, blue and black. And maybe they'll give you an original cube.
Load More Replies...I'm not good at the runic cube. But you can't just be able to do it. You have to be able to do it in 3 minutes. Definitely not possible for me. Lol.
This Hotel Has Fresh Honey In Their Breakfast Buffet
Seriously if you don't know something google it instead of being ridiculously mean with a person who know. http://www.benefits-of-honey.com/raw-honey.html You're welcome.I'm french by the way.
Load More Replies...The same people who wash eggs to allow bacteria to come in and then refrigerate them to create humidity that allow more bacteria, thinking that this is very "hygienic". Honey is sugar, sugar is non-perishable, but a lot of people want to eat processed food who seem to be better because clear/white/always the same looking.
Load More Replies...Raw honey is straight off the comb or simply separated by a centrifugal strainer. Pasteurized honey is heated to a certain temperature to kill any bacteria etc. after straining and before bottling. Most commercial honey is pasteurized (cooked!).
Only in the good old usa. Our honey is never pasteurized.
Load More Replies...I like the display very much. But still I am quite concerned about hygene!
This Hotel Lets Me Choose What My Room Should Smell Like
Exactly. Fresh air is the best, hate air "fresheners" full of toxins.
This Hotel Bathroom Door Has 2 Positions
In the first one, if you look to right of the door (it's left) you can see the shower stall. So the door is closed in front of the toilet like a stall. In the second one the door is closed at the entrance to the whole bathroom. The door just swings from the entrance to the toilet.
Load More Replies...but the shower wall is still semi-transparent so it would still be awkward when you want to use the toilet when someone showers or the other way round xD
I think the idea is more for using the sink while someone's is using the toilet. Good for that but for showering unless it's just a couple in the room, I'd use the close off the whole bathroom option.
Load More Replies...The Keep Out/ Come In Sign At My Hotel. Just Turn It Upside Down
Cool... but they ARE prone to pranksters turning them the other way around.
The Hotel I'm Staying At Offers A Complimentary Smartphone To Use On The Go For The Duration Of My Stay
Yep we had one of those in London. It was so helpful! We didn't have data on our own phones, so this was really nice to have.
I wonder how many times they have to replace it for being stolen, since it might not be locked into the holder
I would think they would have a way to track it. Even still, most hotels will bill you for anything (beyond the typical toiletries) that were found to be missing from your room after checkout. Since practically every hotel requires a credit card, they just easily charge you for it.
Load More Replies...I once stayed at a beach holiday house and they gave you a flip phone with free calls to use for your stay. One thing is, the numbers, photos, messages, etc that you make/send while you're there aren't deleted (unless you do it automatically) so anyone can basically see the numbers on the phone.
Do Not Disturb Card At Our Hotel This Weekend
A meeting about the rise and supremacy of the ultimate new hotel that the guests are plotting to put the other hotel out of business.
The Hotel I Stayed At Had A Pancake Printer
We had one of those at a hotel I worked at, worked great for about 3 months, then no amount of adjusting etc would fix it
This Hotel Shampoo Said "Shampoo" In Braille On The Cap
with all natural European ingredients (...) Made in China That describes the problem very well.
love the irony on it... "Made in China" distributed and used in "American Hotel"
Not to forget the "European ingredients". Now only missing something from Africa, Australia and South America...
Load More Replies...This Hotel Clock Has Displays On Three Sides
Nooooo then the light shines in three directions. I would have to throw it in a drawer.
I stayed at a hotel that had a 1-sided clock that looks like it was made by the same manufacturer, it was not casting any light at all, just an extremely subtle glow. Nothing to worry about.
Load More Replies...The Bath In My Hotel Room Fills From The Ceiling
No, its double purpose for showers and baths. My parents have the same.
Load More Replies...I came across a shower like this in London. I thought the thing in the ceiling was a fan or vent...then I learned the hard way that it was the shower as I stood in the tub and fidgeted with handles/knobs.
I've seen a couple of houses with the tub in the bedroom . It's a European, Dutch style open architecture concept...
Load More Replies...This Hotel's Taps Are Shaped Like Rockets And Wings
This Hotel Converted One Of Their Men's Restrooms To Women's, And This Was Their Solution To The Urinals
At first I thought this was a men's room and the men peed into the plants, I don think know what other explanation you, could have for urinal ferns without reading the description
My Hotel's Room Service Menu Has A Whole Page Of Dog Food
There is a catnip toy clearly displayed. And I'm pretty sure the organic salmon would be dandy for a feline.
Load More Replies...Well since I'm going to be forever single, I think I need to find out where this is and treat my dog to a fancy vacation. He's the best and pretty much deserves all that is good and happy in the world
Someone should inform that hotel that dogs aren't supposed to have onions.
Well, funny enough there's a debate for cats going on here. Of course, anybody could have done the research, but I took the work out for you. They do allow cats and they have a Feline Fun menu, offering things like 'fresh salmon, mackerel and sweet potato blend', 'pumpkin and apple fruitables treats', 'tripett - all natural tripe stew', the 'Rocky Mountain Feline formula in gravy'. Also ' chicken, homemade biscuits, a burger, and a purr-fect bowl of milk.' So yeah. They haven't been left out.
You've never stayed in a room with a complimentary kangaroo?
Load More Replies...Overall I think it shows good hotels are making a great effort to make your stay better. Sometimes it's worth the $$$
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are we just gonna ignore the fact that someone has a Kangaroo in a Chilly bin???
Can't find the post with the kangaroo. Did BP remove it?
Load More Replies...You've never stayed in a room with a complimentary kangaroo?
Load More Replies...Overall I think it shows good hotels are making a great effort to make your stay better. Sometimes it's worth the $$$
please visit this website for the best hotel in kathmandu at affordable price. http://www.hoteltrulyasia.com/
are we just gonna ignore the fact that someone has a Kangaroo in a Chilly bin???
Can't find the post with the kangaroo. Did BP remove it?
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