Originally Posted by
nicolas75
According to what rule?
Furniture and lamps are not hung on the wall (an InterContinental / Kimpton / Six Senses / Regent is not a prison or a psychiatric hospital), and yet these elements do not have to be brought home.
In the end, this whole conversation makes the hotel right to put out this kind of message that seemed to be just common sense: when you stay at a hotel room, you benefit from the use of the elements at your disposal, but you don't own those elements.
There is a difference between consuming in the room (shampoo, shower soap, etc.), using an appliance (a remote control, a hair dryer, etc.) and taking these items home.
Maybe taking basic 'surface consumables' to the extreme there a little Nicolas.
I'm not sure anyone would make the giant leap between calculated theft of obvious items and the clearly grey area of 'in-room consumables'.
And regarding the rule you suggest .... there is and never has been any such rule. And again surely that's the whole point. No-one has ever been billed for taking what traditionally has always been a consumable item. As you will know in some locations, they are even boxed ready for you to take. It's a regular thing for larger containers of the better toiletries to be put in larger rooms/suites.
It's a new order of things and a good one. But there are obvious ways to communicate it. And then are flaccid and confusing ones as highlighted by the OP.
I'm just off to see if I can fit the de-longhi coffee unit into my Tumi
Edit: Example of take away's that could fill a hand carry and all within 'the rules' is BAA in DXB ..... they refresh every day with multiple Hermes full size products and it's all take away.