Did you forget to pack your favorite perfume? Are you looking for the perfect soap for your bath? Or do you need to know which firewood would be just right for your in-room fireplace? Fear not, weary traveler: A new wave of specialty butler services as hotel amenities has you covered. Here’s a look at five of the most unique hotel butler services.
Fragrance Butler, Carlyle New York, New York, N.Y.
When you need the perfect scent — for a night on the town or a day filled with business meetings — the Carlyle’s fragrance butler has just the scent for any occasion. Colognes and perfumes are presented on a silver platter for your choosing, so forget having to deal with getting your favorite scent past airport security – the fragrance butler has you covered.
BBQ Butler, Ritz-Carlton Lodge, Reynolds Plantation, Greensboro, Ga.
The Ritz-Carlton Lodge, Reynolds Plantation takes cooking classes to a new level with its BBQ butler, who will take you under his southern wing to teach you the ins and outs of grilling. From choosing the perfect wood to perfecting your sauce, you’ll learn everything there is to know about grilling, smoking and barbecuing a rack of ribs or a whole chicken.
Bath Butler, Hotel Gansevoort, New York, N.Y.
After a long day of traveling, you can soothe your weary soles in a personalized bath a la the Gansevoort’s bath butler. The bath butler will help you determine the best bath package for your needs from three options (detox, restore and revive), then you can sit back and relax with custom salts and oils that bring the spa to your room.
Soap Butler, Viceroy Riviera Maya, Riviera Maya, Mexico
Some hotel guests fawn over in-room bath amenities like Hermes or Bvlgari, but the Viceroy Riviera Maya steps it up a notch with its very own soap butler. After checking in, you’ll be visited by a soap butler who presents an assortment of artisanal local soaps, then hand-slices your selection for your stay. Scents include lemon and chocolate, peach and oatmeal, and cinnamon.
Fireplace Butler, Taj Boston, Boston, Mass.
Stay in an executive suite at the Taj Boston and the perks don’t end with an in-room fireplace: you’ll also have your very own firewood menu with butler service in the winter months. Not only can you choose a particular wood for your fire, but you also have the convenience of having the fireplace butler build your fire, too.
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