Forced to Forfeit Your Liquids at the Airport? Your Hotel May Give Them Back!
Author: Nick
Category: Money
Topics: travel
No doubt you’ve already heard of the recently uncovered terrorist plot to permanently ground some airplanes in the United Kingdom. And especially if you’ve taken to the skies yourself in the last few days, you know that there are some new restrictions in place at airports around the world. Specifically, virtually any liquid or gel substances have been banned from being carried aboard commercial aircraft.
As a result, many passengers are now finding themselves in strange, exotic lands without their toothpaste, shampoo, and other comforts of home. Fret not, weary travellers, for your hotel may come to your rescue! While most hotels already offer complimentary toiletries, some are extending the line of free products they now offer their guests. For example, Omni Hotels has responded to the new security measures by providing guests with free replacements for many of the liquids that airports have started seizing from boarding passengers.
“Taking care of our guests is fundamental,” says one Omni representative. “That’s why we are taking immediate steps to replenish nearly all forms of liquid and gel ‘basics’ you may be required to relinquish at airports across the nation.”
The items now offered for free to guests of Omni and several other hotel chains include:
- facial skin care products
- women’s cosmetics
- hair care products
- sunscreen
- toothpaste
- contact lens solution
- nail polish and remover
So if you’re planning a trip in the near future, call ahead to see if your hotel will provide you with these items so you can leave your stuff at home. And if you’re one of those folks who likes to bring home the tiny shampoo bottles from hotels (hey, who can blame you?), sorry, but those liquid restrictions may still apply on the return trip.
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Croatia Travel
September 23rd, 2008 at 5:44 am
he he I remember an episode in friends where Ross and Chandler pick up all the free stuff in the hotel. :p
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London Flats
September 24th, 2008 at 4:14 am
My wife is going to love this! She is a free loader.
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Full Tilt rackback
September 25th, 2008 at 1:10 am
And some of the hotels give really good stuff too. You can save a lot of money.
4.
oprina
April 29th, 2009 at 10:32 am
Contact Lens can be scary (ooh). You can visit http://lensstore.com/ and save yourself a lot of time and pain . Get a lot of good advice on removing your contacts safely and caring for lenses too (tricks to hide them) .
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Healthy skin
May 12th, 2009 at 8:17 am
Nice post!! Most hotels already offer complimentary toiletries, some are extending the line of free products they now offer their guests…
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hair beauty products
May 13th, 2009 at 9:32 am
Thanks for the information…Omni Hotels are doing wonderful job..Taking care of our guests is fundamental,That’s why we are taking immediate steps to replenish nearly all forms of liquid and gel basics…These are the mandatory one for everybody…It is very difficult to maintain ourselves without all these…Thanks for Omni Hotels…
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hair vitamins
May 19th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
It is a nice blog.. Omni Hotels are doing excellent job.. It is nothing to worrry about contact lens. It is cosmetically good and affordable too. Face care products and hair oils are necessary for our day to day life. So offering such products to customers increases hotel income too..
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Accommodation in Croatia
June 2nd, 2009 at 12:35 pm
lol, I just LOVE tiny shampoo bottles from hotels, got whole collection in my bathroom
Not that im proud of but few times I took a towel too lol, although, it has to be with the logo of the hotel, or else.. im not stealing it
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