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Now You Actually Have A Reason To Check In Early At the Plaza Athenee

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  Site Where: 37 E 64th St [map], New York, NY, United States, 10065
May 16, 2013 at 9:16 AM | by | Comments (0)

Nothing is worse than showing up bleary-eyed to your hotel and being told your room isn't ready yet. Worse still if your bones ache from sitting on a plane all day and you've been dragging around your suitcase for so many hours that your hand has become permanently locked in claw grip position.

Thankfully, the Plaza Athenee in New York has come up with a solution to the whole early check-in conundrum: the "Rest and Refresh" package. By reserving ahead of time, guests can kill time in their own private Spa Suite, which comes with a marble bathroom and private steam shower. In addition, they can request a facial or massage, and even sneak in a quick breakfast or lunch at the hotel's Arabelle Restaurant.

With pampering like this, who needs the guest room?

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Check In Via Skype At The Four Seasons Beverly Wilshire

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  Site Where: 9500 Wilshire Boulevard [map], Beverly Hills, CA, United States, 90212
October 9, 2012 at 9:00 AM | by | Comment (1)

What's your least favorite part about staying in a hotel? If you're anything like us, check-in is a particularly tedious process—that awful time when we're worn out and cranky, and don't feel like answering to anyone or making small talk: we just want to get straight to our room and close the door.

Luckily, some hotels are willing to speed guests right along and close the gap between first arrival and bed-flopping. Here's a new program being launched by the Four Seasons Beverly Wilshire that ought to satisfy the digital nomad contingent who've got little time to spare, but plenty of devices at the ready: guests that are en route to the hotel, can now Skype the Front Desk and check in with them face to face.

(Sure, you still have to actually interact with a person, but hey, you're just sitting in a car, so what else have you got to do?

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