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Cookies and a Lullaby: Is This The Perfect Turndown?
Chocolates at turndown are all well and good. Port, even better. But, if we lay aside our greedy tendencies for a moment, we’d say that this sincere wish for us to have a good sleep is probably better than both of them.
We found this on our pillow at bedtime during our stay at the Golden Tower Hotel in Florence: a copy of the Brahms Lullaby, which sounds like this and reads like this:
Lullaby and good night, with roses bedight
With lilies bedecked is baby's wee bed,
Lay thee down now and rest, may thy slumber be blessed
Lay thee down now and rest, may thy slumber be blessedLullaby and good night, thy mother's delight
Bright angels beside my darling shall stand;
They will guard thee from harms, thou shalt wake in my arms
They will guard thee from harms, thou shalt wake in my arms
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The Free Port At The River Inn Will Get You Rolling On The (Mississippi) River
All this week, Julia Buckley will be taking us down the Blues trail in the Mississippi Delta and giving us the lowdown on the hotel scene. So kick off your blue suede shoes and get comfy.
Chocolate, schmocolate. Turndown service usually leaves us slightly cold – or rather, it did until our stay at the River Inn of Harbor Town in Memphis two weeks ago. Because there, turndown not only means a gussied up bed. It not only means posh, round, Ferrero Rocher-like truffles rather than a tasteless slab of sugar on the pillow. No, at the River Inn, turndown also means a little carafe of port.
Why mention Memphis in HotelChatter's official Mississippi Delta Week? Because if you’re traveling to the Delta, it’s most likely that you’ll start off (and end up) in Memphis. Not only is it the closest major airport to the Delta, but it’s a fitting place to top and tail your trip, seeing as Memphis was the town all the blues musicians wanted to get to.
We’ve been to Memphis a couple times now, but never had much luck with hotels, the Benchmark being the low point, and the surprisingly snazzy Motel 6 in Horn Lake the high – but it’s a 20 minute drive from town. And though we’ve hung out and watched the duck parade at the Peabody, it’s always been out of our budget or fully booked.
But this time was third time lucky in Memphis, and not just because of the port.
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Our Set List for the Ultimate Hotel Turndown Service
And before we say goodnight to Sleep Week allow us to leave you with some sweet thoughts on turndown service.
Aaaaaaahhhhhhh. Turndown service. Not every hotel offers this but for the ones that do, let us tell you something--a mint on the pillow and a hastily pulled back duvet cover is not going to do it.
No, no, no. We want (not to mention, paid for) the most relaxing, pampering, turndown service there is, a sort of hazy cocoon of sleep-inducing aura that we cannot get at home.
In short, turndown service is practically akin to a christening of one of the babies from Real Housewives of New Jersey--if you're gonna do it, you better go all out! (Just don't get into a brawl as it's happening though.)
Here is our set list, if you will, for the Ultimate Hotel Turndown Service.
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Ritz-Carlton Palm Beach Lets Loose with a Pillow Fight
Admit it: You've always wanted to just have a big old pillow fight in a hotel room. The fluffy pillows are just so tempting. But of course, you're an adult and don't really partake in such childish games, not least because you don't need to get hassled by the hotel. But the Ritz-Carlton, Palm Beach not only allows pillow fights, it encourages them with a special pillow fight turndown amenity.
Yes, we know what you are thinking--Ritz-Carlton? Pillow Fight? Having Fun? But this is for real. However, it is restricted to families and is not a way for you to fulfill some age-old teenage dream.
Guests of the hotel and their children can order the Family Pillow Fight, which arms you with 30 brightly colored tiny silk pillows, two sets of little boxing gloves for the kiddies, some game options and a CD to help set the face-smashing mood.
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'Sushi' Turndown Service at the Langham Hotel
More and more hotels are starting to pay attention to their turndown services and that's a good thing because chocolate mints and the forecast for the next day's weather are starting to get a tad tired.
At the Langham Hotel Hong Kong, the hotel is placing "sushi-inspired treats" on the pillows at turndown service. But don't worry it's not raw fish. It's chocolate sushi like this one picture above from KookiSushi:
Guests can look forward to sushi-inspired treats of finest and sweetest ingredients from the Palm Court (the hotel's restaurant), such as Chocolate Passion Fruit Cream resembling a temaki hand roll; Strawberry Truffle and Rice Crispies in the shape of moguro, and Choco-Banana and Sago like salmon roe.
With sides of kiwi "wasabi" and raspberry "soy," your pillow never tasted so good.
Your pillow also might get a little messy. Hopefully, they supply some napkins and fresh pillow sheets just in case.
[Photo: Kooki Sushi]
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Turndown Service: It was the Maid in the Fairmont with a Candlestick
Sorry, we are a little nostalgic for the Clue board game. Anyways, two maids on the housekeeping staff at the Fairmont Copley Plaza were charged yesterday with stealing $100,000 worth of jewelry from hotel guests.
Meanwhile, we left our fake diamond earrings at the Mandarin Oriental Spa in New York and they thankfully held onto the them for three days until we returned to the city to pick them up.
Have your own hotel theft horror or hotel lost and found story to tell? Let us know.
For now, check out these stories:
· Burbank Hilton, accused of theft, gives LA Times the detailed process of their investigation [LAT]
· In India, avoid going to the bathroom cuz your room might get robbed? [Hobo Traveler]
· A second man is charged in the Kirsten Dunst-SoHo Grand robbery [Hobo Traveler]
· Even in the happiest place on earth, Disney World hotels get robbed [WFTV]
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Conrad Indianapolis Offering a 'Pregnancy Turndown'
Add this to the Mommy Moon files....
The Conrad Indianapolis is offering Moms-to-be a "Pregancy Turndown" service which is actually much more than a regular turndown service. The service includes:
· A prenatal listening system to monitor the baby's heartbeat, kicks, hiccups and more.
· Internet access so that the mother-to-be can email the sounds of the heartbeat, kicks and hiccups to loved ones at home.
· Extra pillows for elevating legs and releasing pressure from the lower back.
· Unlimited bottled water to keep the body hydrated.
The service starts at $279 a night but if you want something a little more you can get the "Indulging Mothers-to-Be" package which starts at $319 and includes a 60-minute prenatal massage at the Spa Chakra. You can book by calling 1-800-CONRADS or reserve online using the promotion code P5.
Too bad, this is only offered in Indianapolis--not quite a Mommy Moon destination. Yet we do wonder how many little Conrads will be running around the Midwest in the next few years.
Related Stories:
· Introducing a Mommy Moon? [HotelChatter]
· Conrad Indianapolis reviews [TripAdvisor]
