Source: Reuters
The International hotel chain Holiday Inn has announced it will soon begin offering a trial human bed-warming service at three hotels in England.
If requested, a willing staff-member at two of the chain’s London hotels and one in the northern English city of Manchester will dress in an all-in-one fleece sleeper suit before slipping between the sheets.
“The new Holiday Inn bed warmers service is a bit like having a giant hot water bottle in your bed,” Holiday Inn spokeswoman Jane Bednall said in an e-mailed statement.
The bed-warmer is equipped with a thermometer to measure the bed’s required temperature of 20 degrees Celsius (68 Fahrenheit).
Can I Get a Story With That? It’s not clear what the requirements are for the job of “bed warmer,” but obviously there can be no room for allergies to fleece or squeamish attitudes. I’d suggest the next step for real in-room comfort is to have a real live film guide come in prior to your arrival and select a great flick for you from any one of the free movie download sites online and have it cued up and ready to go when you climb into that nice warm bed. And, if you feel lonely, you can ask the bed warmer to watch the movie with you. Also, how about a list of great scence fiction movies online to download for after your guide leaves, a hot batch of buttered popcorn next to your bed, and a personal ironer to come in and press your fancy lowrise jeans for the next days events?
Holiday Inn said the warmer would be fully dressed and leave the bed before the guest occupied it. They could not confirm if the warmer would shower first, but said hair would be covered.
Florence Eavis, Holiday Inn spokeswoman told Reuters that the “innovative” bed-warming method was a response to Britain’s recent cold weather and marked the launch of 3,200 new Holiday Inns worldwide.
She could not explain why the beds were not being warmed by hot water bottles or electric-blankets, but admitted the human method was quirky.
Holiday Inn are promoting the service with the help of sleep-expert Chris Idzikowski, director of the Edinburgh Sleep Center, who said the idea could help people sleep.
“There’s plenty of scientific evidence to show that sleep starts at the beginning of the night when body temperature starts to drop,” he said. “A warm bed — approximately 20 to 24 Celsius — is a good way to start this process whereas a cold bed would inhibit sleep.”
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My take: I can’t think of anything more silly than a guy in a “bunny suit” warming my bed for me on the road. Thanks, but not thanks! This all sounds a little bit too much like something for a whacky party. Which isn’t a bad idea: next time I have a party for a friend or a family member, instead of spending all my money on custom invites I think I’ll have a guy dress up in a fleece warming suit and do a fun show. He could dance around the house in the suit and then later, during cake and ice cream and boring conversations about someone’s new garage flooring or who’s got the lowest car insurance quote, he can pop out of the suit wearing a sexy pair of vintage jeans for men and give my friends something to think about the next time they send out party invitations.
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