Kacee

Agree. The wastefulness of the small bottles bothers me. I suspect this change really was driven by environmental concerns, as the monetary savings are relatively small.

kennycrudup

... and once again, the things FT can come up with to complain about mystifies (and astonishes) me

MSPeconomist

This thread is reminding me of a bad movie (made for TV) in which a young woman (psycho or in a rivalry for some man or both) puts acid into a bottle of contact lens solution.

hockeyinsider

Or a young punk (or old deviant) putting ejaculate in the shampoo.

travelinmanS

Good move by Marriott! The little bottles always bothered me, wasteful.

hockeyinsider

How? They can be recycled.

rasheed

The Paul Mitchell Tea Tree line is a good product and doesn't sell for cheap where it is allowed to be legally sold (Ulta, etc.). It appears the complaint is centered around the communal dispensers. I actually think Starwood with bulk Bliss (aloft) was a good choice as well. I know W does the Bliss in smaller bottles. Another premium brand that is not inexpensive at retail. Am I willing to accept the trade-off of communal dispensers for a better cleansing experience? Yes.

I am also glad to see a liquid soap option even in limited service properties, and I find this particular product line better than the traditional Paul Mitchell white label formulas.

The full-service Marriott lines were doing well with Thann I felt too, but I could see it being a costly situation as there were many pieces (two liquid soap options). Most of the FS visits I saw recently stopped stocking the hand liquid soap piece.

Rasheed

joshua362

I had to chuckle while at Home Depot this afternoon and $1.99 cases (24 x .5L) of water were flying off multiple skids. I bought 3. These little shampoo bottles going away aren't going to fix the world's plastic "problems"...

Voodoo Daddy

I'm very confident that they don't get thrown out if unopened. Housekeeping has to keep an inventory of those things. Also, I've had half bottles of lotion left in my room on numerous occasions.

dsquared37

Is this one of those late 70s early 80s production where the acid is LSD and the victim decides they're superman?

bitterproffit

I have often had little bottles that I felt I was not the first guest to use. They didn't seem full when opened and I got a little skeezed out by it.

I find that so many hotel showers don't have a little shelf to put the little bottles and bar soap and that they are always falling to the shower floor.

I enjoy the dispensers at Hamptons in Europe. Its just so much easier. I always feel like I am fumbling around with the little bottles and the bar soap.

hockeyinsider

So how are you not "skeezed out" by dispensers?

Be careful what you wish for. The shampoo might contain Spunk lube ( ).

bitterproffit

I am not skeezed out at all by dispensers. I might get a shiver out of the visceral thrill of the efficiency and spartanism of the concept though. I have a large single hand pump of body wash at home. When I threw out the bar soap, the little soap dishes, the shampoo bottles and replaced them all with all with a large container of body wash, I admit I got shivers from the visuals of a clutter free shower.

I am not sure I want to know what Spunk Lube is, but since the little bottles aren't tamper evident, how is that any different?

JBord

Because they're generally replaced for each guest if used (or at least should be). Whereas the large dispenser is refilled/replaced as needed. And who knows if it's ever cleaned.

I'm not sure why people see the bottles as wasteful. I assume they're recycled. I'm 100% certain Marriott wouldn't make changes for "green" reasons. I've rarely seen a corporation make "green" changes for the sake of environmentalism. It's typically only for cost savings.

hockeyinsider

Then there's the National Institutes of Health study that found:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3126420/