To take the body lotion and soap from a £250 a night hotel? They have asked for it back!!!

[mum2sons]

DH and I spent our wedding anniversary in a v expensive boutique hotel. I took the body lotion and soap home as I usually would do (sad, but I get v excited about these things!)Yesterday we received a letter from the hotel asking for us to send the 2 items back for the future enjoyment of guests!!! Talk about humiliation! Looking forward to MNetters views

lol@custy!

mum2sons, I am outraged on your behalf. How dare they spoil your anniversary weekend by this petty letter? I always take the toiletries as well (nothing else), I mean, if you've started using it, no one else wants it? Ok, so they have re-usable ones, but as somebody else said at £250 a night they should absorb the cost. Hope you still have some happy memories of your anniversary, despite this horrible letter.

Good point Custy.

mum2 - it's awful that this has ruined what ought to have been a lovely treat.

Sherlock, would love to know what you put in email...

that looks like an absolutely gorgeous hotel. what a shame they pettiness has spoiled what should have been a marvellous anniversary w/e away.

Yay Custy! great idea! (oooh, hang on, do we all have to share a room???? In the interest of being green?)

Starting to feel a little sorry for the hotel, with the rath of Mumsnet on them

But they should have been clear what is and isn't included in the cost of the room...ffs

mum2sons I'm sorry that rude letter ruined what was pleasant memories of a precious weekend away. Maybe you can get away to a different hotel next year and have a proper non stressfull break.

I bet you all snore

I agree with custy

if it is delayed for amonth or so then dp will have a chance to grow some hair as he looks like a right thug at the moment as he has shaved it all off...

Can you imagine it............A hotel full of MNers. We would have to have loads of seperate rooms.

BLW room this way--->

Fruitshoots and sausage rolls...............................please convene in the carpark.

Tip half of the lotion out into your own container, and use the soap, then send them back with a note saying I hope your future guests don't mind the hair on the soap, can't be sure if it's head hair or "other" hair.

LGJ, did your email mention that MN is frequented by journalists...???

It didn't Jan.

isn';t the greenest policy to bring your own toiletries?

or in fact not to go at all

Shame - send them a PS?

I would be too embaressed to go back

I agree, there should be clear notes in the bathroom to say that they are not to be taken.

zippi- surely the greenest way is to not use any at all - just a swill round in cold water every fortnight or so

lol Sherlock.

mum2sons, was there a hotel handbooky thing in the room with their green policy in it?

Although, if you were there on your honeymoon, you probably weren't reading hotel handbooks and familiarising yourself with their policy on not taking toiletries home.

Thank you Lionheart,it did make me chuckle.

well I'm sure if you are only staying in a hotel a few nights then washing is unnecessary

I always take the toiletries as I have paid for them haven't I? Most people staying at such an expensive hotel are expecting the best so what you did could not be bad. You should not feel bad. Don't tell me you are the first one to do it they must be writing to people every week.

perhaps they should have akind of school assembly at the start of dinner and read essential notices to the guests regarding rules etc

m2s, go back with a bar of coal tar soap, use only that, and leave it for them when you leave

Please tell us the name of the hotel so we can all make sure NOT to stay in a lace that has toiletry's for guests to shear, that is so unhygienic.

I went to a loverly and very very expensive 5 star hotel in Paris and left with lots of mini bottles of bubbly stuff, every day they replaced the half used ones with new full ones and there was a basket full.