Friday, July 15, 2011

Wonderful Hotels You Never Tire Of

By Adriana Noton


Hotels were originally intended to provide short term lodging for travelers en route to business or pleasure activities. The first versions included the barest of necessities, while those of today provide comforts guests have at home. As a result some guests have stayed for decades without checking out.

The first hotel rooms consisted only of the bed, a table and chair, a cupboard, wash basin and a pitcher of water. Later community baths were available down the hall.

As time passed additional amenities were added. New technologies such as telephones, alarm clocks, televisions, irons, coffee makers, hair dryers, air conditioners, refrigerators and internet connection were added as they became available and soon were standard equipment. Luxury inns became competitive by offering more than their piers.

They now offer such things as fitness gyms, swimming pools, spas, gourmet dining rooms and room service, child care, dry cleaning, meeting rooms, newspaper, massage, beauty shops, and various forms of entertainment. Some have gambling casinos, live entertainment shows. Concierge service are available to give advice and directions, or make arrangements for the guest.

If fact some people have extended their easygoing stays in their favorite resort or other lodgings for years. Everything you might enjoy at home can be made available at some inns, with a 24 hour staff included and with the freedom from chores and concerns like house cleaning, maintenance, and yard work. The purchase of all the equipment, tools, and supplies needed to operate a household becomes unnecessary. Things like cookware, linens, vacuums, are not needed. It may be unnecessary even to have a car.

Most of these people have been well to do and can easily pay for the conveniences. Many actors who may have first adapted to the lifestyle while filming on location were long time residents. One of the Three Stooges, Larry Fine, lived for years with his wife and raised his daughter there. Richard Harris was a permanent resident, Amad Zaki, an Egyptian actor live 15 years there at the end of his life. American actress Elain Stritch was a decade long resident.

Vladimere Nabokov, novelist, and his wife lived there in Russia from 1961 until the time of his death in 1977. Nicola Tesla, inventor or many electrical devices we take for granted today, resided there for the last decade of his life, and died in his room. Cocco Chanel, fashion designer lived in the same one for over thirty years. General Douglas McArthur lived there for 14 years until his passing.

Jack Lyons, a British entrepreneur, lived in one for many years. Howard Hughes, the eccentric millionaire stayed in them during much of his life. In 1948 he spent $11 million at one for one year's lodging for him and his entourage. He lived the last ten years of his life as a recluse in various hotels in Beverly Hills, Las Vegas, Boston, London, Vancouver, Nicaragua, the Bahamas, and Mexico.

Today's hotels offer every amenity some people would expect in a permanent home. They afford a lifestyle that is free of any worry about household chores or home maintenance.




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