Travelers can be a harried and forgetful bunch. So, the best hotel concierges keep a fully stocked Oh, Dear! cabinet filled with guests’ most missed items. That way, when your desk clerks get the inevitable call crying, “Oh, dear! I forgot my (fill in the blank), they’re ready to help.
MDM Lodging compiled a list of the top most requested items from A to Z:
A – Alcohol pads, adapters for electrical items for travelers from foreign countries
B – Band aids, bowties, bottle openers, batteries
C – Cell phone chargers, contact lens cases and solution, cufflinks
D – Dental floss, dress socks, deodorant
E – Eyeglass repair kits, emery boards, ear plugs, Ethernet cables
F – Feminine hygiene items, first aid kits
G – Gift boxes and bags
H – Hair pins, hair dryers
I – Insect spray
J – Jewelry bags or boxes
K – Kleenex packs, Kindle chargers
L – Language dictionary
M – Magnifying glass
N – Needle and thread, notebooks
O – Office supplies, oil blotting papers
P – Plastic rain ponchos, plastic bags for wet clothes
Q – Q-tips
R – Razor blades, rain hats, rubber bands
S – Screw drivers, sewing kits, staplers, sunscreen, socks
T – Tacks, tape, tool kits, ties, tweezers, toothbrushes, toothpaste
U – Umbrellas, USB flash drives
V – Vaseline
W – Wine keys, wrapping paper, winter coats
X – Xbox and other game controllers
Y – Yarmulkes
Z – Zip lock bags for loose or wet items, zip ties
What do you keep in your Oh, Dear! cabinet? Any odd requests from forgetful guests? Post your thoughts on the MDM Lodging Facebook Fan Page.