8 Awesome Extras in Luxury Hotel Rooms

If you have never stayed in a luxury hotel, chances are you have no idea about the extraordinary they offer. Though some may be over-the-top outrageous, like your own soap concierge; the others are really awesome. From loaner training equipment to endless movies to the pillow menu; This amazing extras will get you booked into a luxury hotel in no time.

1. Personalized Butler

The private waiter may be the main amenity in luxury hotels and more hotels are jumping into boats with this service. The maid service ranges from booking daily details like dinner reservations to unpacking and pressing the clothes to the baby butler who will feed and care for your little boy as you go about your day. The waiter could act as a personal shopper, serve morning tea or even pull the perfect shower. The Personal Butler is designed to meet your every need and in many hotels, the price is very steep, but for the luxurious hotel guests staying in the suites at Langham in Chicago, this 24-hour butler service is included.

2. Room Service for Pets

It has become a rage in top-class pet friendly hotels around the world and as more luxury hotels allow hairy friends to join their owners, we can imagine these additions will be taken to another level. For now, your furry friends have their own special room service menu, including items such as short ribs boiled from beef, chicken breast and boiled salmon. At the Waldorf Astoria in New York, pets are served with clean white linen and chinese services. In Florida at Loews Don CeSar Hotel pets traveling with owners are treated to a gift bag complete with food bowls and mats upon check-in. Traveling with your pet is never luxurious.

3. Custom-Stocked Refrigerator / Mini-Bar

It sounds not like much but imagine getting into your hotel room, opening the mini fridge and finding what you want. This is the luxury that many boutique hotels and luxury hotels now offer. Guests have the option of checking in before they want certain items in their fridge. While you might be thinking about spreading your favorite beer and liquor here, it's also very useful if you have certain food restrictions. Flying from abroad makes it difficult to carry certain foods and have the luxury of finding it already waiting for you at your hotel is something we can only dream of. Or of course, because your favorite brand of rye there makes it sweeter.

4. Variety of Pillows

The hotel pillows are often an afterthought for most of us but once you stay in a luxury hotel and look at the pillow menu, you will never think of the same pillow. The pillow menu is exactly what it feels like and more and more luxury hotels offer it to the guests. This gives guests a choice of pillows, ranging from soft to soft until it is full of foam. Conrad Centennial Singapore actually has a total of 16 pillows to choose from including those made from buckwheat, tatmi and porcelain. One step further, guests at the Beverly Hills Peninsula will wear their pillowcases with their initials, without even asking. Whoever says pillows are not a problem, obviously never stay at a luxury hotel.

5. Luxury Bathroom Amenities

One of the first places we visit when we check in to any hotel is the bathroom, to check out the various shampoos, soaps and lotions. Admit it, that's where you went first. Luxury hotels not only offer the typical amenities though and it is definitely one of the best facilities when you stay in one of these hotels. Think of a full-size perfume bottle, hair cleansing soap, hair clips, refreshing towels, and special skin care products. Organic products, made with essential plant oil and fragranced with Italian bergamot are just a few of what you'll find. And did we mention that this facility is not limited to luxury hotels. Run out of shampoo because you took two showers? No problem, just call your personal butler or to the desk to receive faster. Your hair and body never feel so good after staying in a luxurious hotel room.

6. Complimentary Movie Library

Gone are the days when you used to pay movies in your hotel room, as most hotels now offer free movie channels. The more hotels actually offer a DVD library where you can select movies, watch and return them the next day. But true luxury hotels are beginning to offer a whole library of digital movies in the comfort of guest rooms. Expansive movie libraries can provide opportunities for the people guests to have a marathon at night without thinking of waking up.

7. Mobile phone

Imagine checking out a hotel and being given a mobile phone, with unlimited data and call capabilities. Sounds too good to be true. Luckily for luxury hotel guests, this is now the norm and many resorts are also spurring trends. At Shangri-la Maldives guests are provided with a mobile phone complete with a programmed phone number, such as a personal butler, hotel restaurant and spa. The phone is also used to call resort trains to take them from point A to B The Cue Hotel in Hong Kong on the other hand provides mobile phones with unlimited data, just in case you are visiting from overseas and do not want malicious roaming charges. Many all-inclusive luxury hotels offer mobile phones to parents as they leave their children in the children's camp, ensuring they can check in and see how their kids always do it.

8. Workout Gear

Do not have space in your bag to pack your workout equipment, no matter if you're headed to luxury hotel. Many of these hotels realize the benefits of providing their guests things like sports gear and shorts, iPod shoes, yoga mats, and heavy; directly to your room for free Trump Hotels even lets you store shirts, shorts and shoes. At Ink48 in New York City, this hotel offers loan equipment to runners that include loaded iPods, seat belts equipped with water bottles, watches and even maps. As well as a hydration drink waiting for you in your room upon return. Exercising has never been easier in a luxury hotel.