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Fort Lauderdale's Doubletree Suites Wants To Know If You're 'Big Or Little'

Where: 2670 East Sunrise Boulevard [map], Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States, 33304-3206

Here’s a hotel service story we’re still scratching our heads about. We recently booked a suite at the Gallery One Doubletree Suites in Fort Lauderdale. We were in town for a wedding, sharing a room with friends, so requested a suite with two queen beds and a pull-out sofa bed. Easy peasy. Things only got weird when the front-desk clerk asked us if our fellow guests were “big or little.” Huh?

Even though it was after 3 p.m., our room wasn’t ready, so the clerk was trying to find us an alternative. As he typed away and made faces at his computer screen, our conversation went a little like this:

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The Cost of Avoiding Skin Cancer When Staying at Hotels

Where: 2670 East Sunrise Boulevard, [map], Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States, 33304-3206

How much is it worth to protect yourself from skin cancer? Should hotels provide free sunblock as a public-health initiative? These were the questions on our mind last weekend when we were staying at a Fort Lauderdale hotel and noticed the $12 price tag on these sun lotions in the sundry shop display. Seems a little steep, no?

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