Fashion Butlers, Porsche Test Drives, And Other Over-The-Top Hotel Perks

Baccarat Hotel New York 

This opulent Midtown hotel offers guests who book the Prestige, Harcourt, or Baccarat suites complimentary hair blowouts from 5–7 p.m. daily. Suite guests also receive a complimentary package of La Mer beauty products from the hotel’s La Mer Spa, the first of its kind for the luxe skincare line.

Courtesy Baccarat Hotels

Four Seasons George V 

Guests of this iconic luxury hotel in Paris can learn to make expertly crafted cocktails during a private lesson by head barman Grégory Hazac. During the one-hour course, held once a month, Hazac demonstrates how to make both classic and modern cocktails such as Cosmopolitans and Dry Martinis, along with a few of his own personal recipes. The cocktail course is available to guests and diners at the hotel’s Le Cinq restaurant.

Courtesy Four Seasons

Mandarin Oriental Miami  

When packing and unpacking seems like too much trouble, guests of this Brickell Key hotel can simply call up the “Fashion Butler.” The butler will arrange clothing in whatever order the guest prefers, or if a new outfit is needed, can coordinate a personal shopping experience in-suite with Miami boutiques such as The Webster, Joanna Paige, and The Weekender.

Courtesy Mandarin Oriental

Peninsula Hotels  

By the end of the year, all Peninsula hotels will offer Beats by Dre items to guests during their stay, including the Studio Wireless headphones, Powerbeats Wireless earphones, and a Beats Pill speaker. Concierges hand-deliver the items to the room and offer a quick tutorial—though no word on whether they suggest playlists.

Courtesy Peninsula Hotels

Rancho Valencia Resort & Spa  

Guests in the hacienda-style rooms of Rancho Valencia near San Diego have the chance to test drive three different Porsche models during their stay: a 911 convertible, a Panamera Hybrid, and a Cayenne GTS. The speedy cars are available for up to four hours a day, on a first-come, first-serve basis. Guests can then consult with the Porsche-certified concierge on site if they want to drive one home.

Courtesy Porsche

The Connaught, London  

"At The Connaught in Mayfair, the wardrobes in every suite come stocked with Burberry trench coats free for guests to use throughout their stay," Krisanne Fordham reported for Traveler. "'The weather in England has been known to feature rain, wind, cold, or all three,' reads the tag on the coat. 'Fortunately, this country is also home to the classic Burberry trench coat. Here is one to use during your stay.' If the coat provided isn't the correct fit, guests can call reception and the perfect coat will be personally fitted in-suite."

Courtesy Maybourne Hotel Group

Cordis, Hong Kong  

Cordis, a new brand from Langham Hotels aimed at business travelers, gives every guest complimentary "handy"—in name and use—smartphones, with free local service to use during their stay. The phones are also pre-loaded with several apps, including a currency converter and MTR train maps, and are equipped with 3G data connectivity, enabling guests to hop onto Wi-Fi networks anywhere in Hong Kong.

Courtesy Cordis Hotels

The London West Hollywood  

Guests who book the stunning bi-level penthouse suite at the London West Hollywood, designed by fashion icon Vivienne Westwood, will receive his and her leather wallets, each packaged in their own box and delivered in a Vivienne Westwood shopping bag. An hour of private shopping at the designer's West Hollywood boutique with special discounts on purchases is also included.

Courtesy The London West Hollywood

Atlantis, The Palm Hotel & Resort, Dubai  

Splurging on an Underwater Suite at this Dubai resort not only gets you floor-to-ceiling views of the Ambassador Lagoon, which contains more than 65,000 fish and other sea life, but also includes a dining room for six, butler service, a complimentary connecting room, airport transfers, two head-neck-shoulder massages per stay, two 30-minute personal training sessions, two Dolphin Encounters at Dolphin Bay, and unlimited access to Atlantis’ Lost Chambers Aquarium and Aquaventure Waterpark.

Courtesy Atlantis, The Palm

From www.cntraveler.com

InterContinental Hotels Launch $23,000 Bespoke Vacation Packages

Just a part of the package at the InterContinental Paris Le Grand.

As travelers demand local experiences, InterContinental aims to deliver with high-priced packages offering perks that are hard to find elsewhere.

InterContinental Hotels has launched a new series of “Insider Experiences” at its flagship London, Paris, and Tel Aviv properties. Guests will stay in high-end suites and have specially arranged tours, tastings, and activities as part of the all-inclusive program. In London, for example, guests get a stay in the InterContinental’s Royal Suite, a custom Floris perfume, bespoke shirts from Dege & Skinner, a private butler, and a chauffeured car—for about £15,000 ($23,000). In Paris, the experience includes access to the Ladurée’s original house on rue Royale. The Tel Aviv program has visitors touring the city with a local celebrity chef. (InterContinental)

Contributed by Paul Brady, www.cntraveler.com

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14 Over The Top Hotel Amenities

(CNN) -- Private pools, flat-screen TVs, mega liquor bottles.

Been there, seen it, drunk that.

Hotel amenities these days are as much a ploy to get you to gush about them to your friends back home as they are to make your stay comfortable.

This list of over-the-top hotel amenities is worth bringing up because each is a rare one-off, not available in all sizes.

1. Choice of 20 Fender guitars

Who needs an in-room iPod, when one of 20 Fender guitars is available for free at Chicago's Hard Rock Hotel?

Although guests do have to put down a credit card (in case they start to channel Pete Townshend's guitar-smashing antics), they can keep their chosen ax bedside until such time as they either take their band on the road or check out.

Choices range from a $1,600 Stratocaster to classic Telecasters and bass guitars.

Also available are floor amps and Nixon headphones that will prevent renditions of "Freebird" from rocking out other guests.

Those that don't know a "G" chord from a "C," can tune into a streamed 70-minute lesson from guitar instructor Rico Monaco.

The hotel now offers a similar program for DJ mixers in addition to guitars.

Hard Rock Hotel, 230 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill., 60601, United States; +1 312 345 1000

2. Royal chariot

Taking inspiration from the historic British concession where it's located, The Ritz-Carlton, Tianjin is built to resemble an ancient British palace.

And what European palace is complete without a horse-drawn carriage and uniformed horseman?

Branding itself as a wedding hotel, the Ritz offers an extravagant "royal wedding package" that includes a Rolls Royce grand entrance, free-flowing Champagne tower, royal-themed cake and a ride on the carriage.

Non wedding guests can enjoy a 30-minute ride on the carriage around the former British concession too - for the princely sum of RMB50,000 ($8100).

The Ritz-Carlton, Tianjin, 167 Dagubei Road, Heping District, Tianjin, China; +86 22 5857 8888

It's a dog's life, hence pet psychologists.

3. Pet psychologist

They're said to be mankind's best friend -- and don't we treat them like it.

Hotel deLuxe offers guests' dogs acupuncture and even Reiki treatments, and has an in-house pet psychologist for guests to connect with their pets better.

Dog expert Stanley Coren can answer questions about canine emotions and intelligence.

The service is available at these Provenance hotels: Hotel Max(Seattle), Hotel deLuxe (Portland, Oregon), Hotel Murano (Tacoma, Washington), Hotel Lucia (Portland) and Hotel Preston (Nashville, Tennessee).

4. Wake-up calls from celebrities

At Nashville's Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center, a monster hotel with 2,882 rooms, waterfalls, indoor rivers, daily light shows and more tropical vegetation than Biosphere 3, guests can opt for a rousing "Rise and Shine" wake-up call from a Who's Who of country music stars, including Vince Gill, Trace Adkins, Kellie Pickler and Wynonna Judd.

Guests might even bump into them in the flesh at the adjoining Grand Ole Opry stage, a Nashville institution since 1925.

Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center, 2800 Opryland Drive, Nashville, Tennessee; +1 615 889 1000

5. Sleep concierge

After paying all this money for essentially a place to sleep, why not get some guidance on how to do it right?

The Benjamin has been a pioneer in the trend with an in-house sleep consultant, Rebecca Robbins.

The sleep team and Robbins, co-author of the book "Sleep for Success!," provide advice to adults and children.

Kid-size bathrobes and pillows, storybooks and dolls are available. Kids are then rewarded with a certificate for sleeping well.

The hotel can also prepare the room for optimum napping, on request.

The Benjamin, 125 East 50th St., New York City; +1 212 715 2500

6. Recording studio

In the basement of the Sunset Marquis Hotel in California is a professional recording studio that attracts some of the biggest names in showbiz, including Katy Perry, Tom Hanks, Christina Aguilera, Aerosmith and Clint Eastwood

The Nightbird studio handles tracking, editing and mixing with state-of-the-art technology and a staff of engineers.

Sunset Marquis Hotel, 1200 Alta Loma Road, West Hollywood, California; +1 310 657 1333

Four-course picnic? Sign us up!

7. Kidnapping followed by a picnic

Every couple that checks into Namale Resort and Spa on Fiji's Vanua Levu island is "kidnapped" at some point during their stay and taken to a surprise four-course picnic somewhere on the lush resort's 212 hectares.

Sometimes it's next to a waterfall, sometimes in a cave, sometimes on a private deck overlooking a blowhole in the Koro Sea. Guests never know when they will be summoned.

Namale Resort and Spa, Hibiscus Hawaii, Savusavu, Fiji, +1 858 381 5177

8. Pet goldfish

Forced to leave Rover behind? No worries. At Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, guests can request a stand-in pet.

The Kimpton's in-room goldfish can't sit or fetch, but they can, if scientific studies are to be believed, calm nerves, reduce anxiety and lower blood pressure.

And if that doesn't work, Kimpton also offers in-room yoga lessons.

Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, at various locations in the United States; +1 800 546 7866

9. Chocolate parlor

Move over, Willy Wonka. Soneva Kiri's over-the-top chocolate parlor serves non-stop free chocolate from mousses and fondues to candies, lattes and brioche.

Who even knew there was such a thing as vinegar chocolate or citrus and thyme chocolate?

A team of sweet-toothed chefs oversees the handcrafted, Fair Trade chocolate that makes its way to this resort on the Thai island of Kood.

Soneva Kiri, 110 Moo 4, Koh Kood Sub district, Trat 23000, Thailand; +66 3961 9800

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10. Ring-delivering owls

At Ireland's Ashford Castle, a 141-hectare property on the shores of Lough Corrib and River Cong, a resident owl named Dingle is always available to swoop in with an engagement ring around his neck.

Dingle has also been known to deliver notes and messages.

This medieval castle, built in 1228, also played a starring role in the John Wayne-Maureen O'Hara movie, "The Quiet Man."

The castle is undergoing renovation until March 2015.

Ashford Castle, Cong, County Mayo, Ireland, +353 94 954 6003

Sunglasses polished, legs misted, lotions applied and your watermelon is on its way.

11. Sunshine butler

If you spot a well-dressed person by the poolside, expressing eagerness to rub sun lotion on your back, don't be alarmed.

The Club Hotel & Spa in the Channel Islands has recently introduced their "Sunshine Butlers" to guests at the terrace pool.

The butlers offer poolside services like polishing your sunglasses, applying sun creams and providing cooling face and foot misters, iced towels and watermelon.

The Club Hotel & Spa, Green Street, St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands; +1 1534 876 500

12. Manta ray phone

Four Seasons Resort Landaa Giraavaru at Baa Atoll, Maldives -- a UNESCO World Biosphere -- provides guests with a direct line to any manta rays in the area.

Well, almost.

Guests signed up for the "Manta-on-call" service during the manta ray peak season -- June to November -- will receive the latest sightings of manta rays in the area and be taken away on a speeding boat to the location.

Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Landaa Giraavaru, Baa Atoll; +960 66 00 888

13. Porsche rides and others

Not a fan of being chauffeured around?

At Rancho Valencia, all hotel guests have access to a fleet of Porsches.

Guests at all 25hours Hotels can hire Mini Coopers during their stay.

And for eco-conscious guests, the Hyatt Regency Jeju hotel on Jeju Island -- the "Hawaii of Korea" -- offers free electric cars.

The Villas at Rancho Valencia, 5921 Valencia Circle, Rancho Santa Fe, California; +1 858 756 1123

25Hours Hotels at various locations

Hyatt Regency Jeju, 114 Jungmungwangwang-ro 72 beon-gil, Seogwipo-si, Jeju Province, South Korea; +82 64 733 1234

And with your caviar, we recommend Tom Ford.

14. Fragrance butler

Take this, airport security enforcers.

At Vancouver's tiny Hotel Georgia and some other Rosewood's city hotels, there's no need to monitor perfume bottles to make sure they're less than 100 milliliters because there's no need to even pack them.

A white-gloved fragrance butler bearing 10 fragrances (five for him and five for her) on a silver salver will knock on your door within minutes of you notifying the concierge your wrists need spritzing.

Some selections can only be found in a specific hotel, for example Hermes Eau des Mervailles at The Carlyle in New York or Guerlain L'Instant de Guerlain at Rosewood Sand Hill in California.

Participating hotels include The Carlyle (New York City), Rosewood Crescent Hotel (Dallas, Texas), Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek(Dallas, Texas), Rosewood Sand Hill (Menlo Park, California),Rosewood Hotel Georgia (Vancouver), Al Faisaliah Hotel (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) and Rosewood Corniche (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)

Contributed by Pam Grout, for CNN and Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN

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