I must admit that this has been providing me a bit of distracting amusement as I try different items for our guests to purchase.
Yesterday was a monumental day for me when I sold my first packet of condoms through the machine.
For over a decade and a half I have been selling motel rooms. Due to the nature of our industry, couples can...if they have an inkling...have sex. I am very comfortable with this - in fact I feel flattered that some people may have the urge at my motels. Now after all these years, I feel that I may have crossed the line by selling a sexual accessory and encouraging sex. Could this be a slippery slope?
...So this got me thinking about what other complementary accessories I could be selling? A quick Google search reveals that the hotel industry seems to be way ahead of the motel industry in this regard and are furiously replacing the Gideon Bible with all sorts of paraphernalia of an "adult nature".
At the Morongo Casino Resort, the concierge has been known to make a floral arrangement with sex toys at the request of one guest. The Hard Rock Hotel has handcuffs on the room service. The Sagamore offers the Shag Bag-a goodie bag of sex toys. The James Hotel has intimacy kits for sale in its mini-bars as does the W Hotels.
Even less cool and hip hotels like the Crescent City Guest House in New Orleans have a "Safe Sex" kit discreetly tucked away in the nightstand drawer so their more conservative guests can pretend the kits are not there. The Hotel Pelirocco has an erotic boutique-sponsored menu available for in-room use. Or if you don't feel like springing for the kit, apparently the hotel also sells condoms in their vending machine.
Hmmm...something to think about for 2010.
