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

"Aloha, you need some backup if you are going to present things as facts"

Yes, not just saying "Duh"

HEY JAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
isn't it your birthday soooooooooooooon? very soon?

LOL, "how plastic is your cup"!

I am thinking this rather than this . You know, the sort you get in a little plastic bag in the bathroom.

And in regard to "going around accusing people of stealing", Aloha, the OP asked for views. My view is that it is stealing.

NB, the same goes for you

2 weeks yet, Nadine (feel free to wish me a HB on the 19th )

you wouldn't want that plastic cup though - you'd be mad to take that away (false economies)

I doubt whether the Stratton would have your first example so you've lost that one

I think dementia is coming on .....

Sheesh...I've phoned hotels to ASK them. Were they lying to me? Other people who work in hotels/own hotels have posted to say the toiletries are there for you to use and/or take home. The Malmaison chain specifically encourages guests to take their large-size Malmaison-branded toiletries home.

It is common practise everywhere, all over the world.

It is why they are called 'complimentary'

I don't think it's a "fact" to go

"Ha! A GALLON (yes, a gallon) of the Gilchrist body lotion costs $84 dollars - that's, what, £50. £17 my arse. "

Well, it is a fact (d'oh, obviously) but it is manipulated to prove a point... a gallon of refill product is not the same as the bottle being refilled.

Aloha, have you been phoning hotels all day?!

foxinsocks - but you might get caught short by the side of the road without a nappy to wee in!

Yes but ll, the hotel in question quoted £17.50 per bottle to justify their request for the return of the 2 in question

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you're all gypsey thieving bastards!

steady on Lapin you're getting too embroiled

as embroiled as the rest of us

god I'm pmsl!!!!

Jan Happy Birthday (in case I forget which is likely given my advanced years)

From the Malmaison website:

Our new and exclusive Arran Aromatics toiletries await you in your bathroom. They are yours to take home and enjoy!

Recently launched, our new bespoke fragrance was combined with essential oils, plant extracts, and generous bottle sizes to give you an indulging experience whilst with us and to continue at home. It is natural aromatherapy with cedar wood and peach notes finishing off an exquisite fig aroma.

aloha is very well connected doncha know

no Ihave a mother AND a father

Nadine - PLEASE make me go to bed!

you're all missing a trick, I'm telling ya. The toiletries are there to be taken!

Why is it manipulating? The plastic dispensers are cheap as chips. they are refilled from gallon containers that cost $84. What's to manipulate. That aint £17 of product in anyone's book. And if they are being charged £17.50 for an empty plastic pump dispensers they need their heads seeing to!

All our rooms have the complete set of Mal ingredients - great beds for sleepy heads, moody lighting, power showers, CD players, CD libraries, satellite TV, serious wines and naughty nibbles. Other little luxuries include fast and free internet access, same-day laundry, toiletries that you?re encouraged to take with you and ?vroom? room service for breakfast, dinner or those midnight munchies!

Malmaison Oxford - "the pampering, fig-scented goodies come with a sign saying kindly, "Take the toiletries. They're all yours"."

A SIGN, because otherwise people would think they are too large to take...

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