October 1, 2005
Uncomfortable in hotel rooms?
I've never had any trouble adjusting to hotel rooms, but apparently there are people who do. I've been researching what people do to make their hotel rooms feel more comfortable:
Sight: small, framed pictures of family members, your house, your hometown, your pets, etc.
Smell: if you use a specific air freshener or scented candle in your home you can make your hotel room smell the same way.
Sight and smell: Pick up a bouqet of fresh flowers or a flowering plant (which you can give as a gift to someone you meet on the trip when it's time to leave).
Sound: Music, either from your hotel radio or from an MP3 or portable CD player.
Taste: Either snack food that reminds you of home or food that reminds you where you are (for local drinks and snacks try a convenience mart like a 7-11 or something).
Touch: You can bring a favorite blanket or pillow especially if it smell like a loved one who isn't making the trip with you.
Spiritual: Mnay hotel rooms have a Bible but if you're Buddhist (for example) you may want to bring your own spiritual reading material.
Feng Shui:
"singing bowls" are used in Feng Shui to purify the energy in a room. Sometimes a small bell or a wind chime is used to create cleansing, soothing sounds.Posted by James Trotta at October 1, 2005 3:26 PMsmall, folding paper fans can be used to direct positive energy towards areas that you'd like to enhance. To enhance an area, apparently you open the fan almost fully. The base will form a slight point. The curved side of the fan and the supports of the fan should point towards the area you want to improve.
For example, to improve the impression that you make when you meet people, display an upward pointing red fan in the Fame area of your hotel room. (Never point a fan straight up or down; always display it at an angle, even if the angle is very slight.) You can attach it to the wall using non-marking, easily removed poster adhesive that you can purchase any office supply store.
Or, to enhance the general Feng Shui energy of your hotel room, attached a golden colored fan immediately inside your hotel room entry, next to the doorway, opposite the door itself.
Hi I think its a good idea with the suggestions above. I myself bring with me aromatherapy oil(lavender and rose geranium mix) and spray it in room to make it more my space and cleanse the air. I also bring some breakfast cereal or something familiar with me to adjust or a bottle or 2 champagne ;)
I like to put all my things away and get the room and bathroom situated to my order of things. I also hide all the hotel advertisements in a drawer so the room doesn't scream: You're not at home!
Posted by: jenfr01 at October 11, 2005 6:14 AMI do what the first two commentors do also..and the fresh flowers..and rearrange the furniture sometimes...just a little..show the hotel what they can do with the room when I am not there..sometimes the maid rearranges it back! I ask if there are several rooms I can choose from and have a look and feel the rooms..one with a back alley view,a Central Park view,or a suite on a higher floor..with no view but more prestige and a view from a private area just outside your door...I took the suite....Just a thought...
Posted by: charles at November 19, 2005 12:00 PMThis is a good subject to research, When I travel I almost always take my pillow with me, I just sleep better. My husband and I went to France and I carried my pillow on the plane and all over Europe. It was worth a good nite sleep