Flash Cicero does not often stay in a hotel which provide bath robes.
However, I am now in a hotel and a bit perplexed. Comments from previous guests indicate they have availed themselves of the robes but I am not sure whether they are any different to towels- for use while you are there.
Any comments?
Generally, use, don’t keep.
Thanks for the quick reply.
Sad- these are nice looking robes.
I’ve never stayed where the robes are available but I would guess it’s the same as the towels, only during your stay.
You might ask at the front desk, they may sell them or even give you one since you didn’t steal it. 
Worth a try.
You can buy, but otherwise it’s theft. This doesn’t mean you didn’t stay at the exception where it’s free with the room.
Yup. They are like the towels. If you really want one, ask at the front desk and they will probably be willing to sell you one. High end hotels with really nice robes will gladly charge an absurd amount on your credit card for any bathrobes that come up missing.
I’ve stayed in hotels where there is a sign in the room that says if you enjoy their fluffy robe then you can take it home, a charge will be added to your bill. So, it’s possible you were talking to people who took the hotel up on their offer to buy the robe.
I’ve been in a hotel that had a sign that clearly stated the were for use while there, but also offered that the hotel would be willing to sell one to you. I think it had the price on the sign.
As mentioned, usually they are for use while you are there or available for purchase. I have been at a couple places that said you could keep them at no extra cost but that is fairly rare.
Heh- I’m glad I didn’t help myself to the robes in Paris and then have Aer Lingus charge me excess baggage on them.
Thanks for the responses. The bath robes stay put.
They certainly aren’t free at nicer hotels as noted. However, some high-end hotels do an unusual side business and will sell you just about anything they have for a price whether it is a robe, a bed, or a lamp. I stayed at the 5 star Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, CO last summer and they have an online store that sells the products they use in the rooms. The bath robes can be bought for $135 each for example.
I have one, not stolen but given as a present to the steering committee of a conference I’m on. I didn’t go to that meeting, so I don’t know if the hotel gave it or if the conference bought it, but the robe is pretty nice. $135 nice, I’m not sure.
Just watch out for robe bugs!
I was in a hotel recently where they would charge you if you used the robes. Seriously. Better check.
Did they have sensors on the hooks that would register if you moved them around? This happened to us at a hotel with the mini-bar - we moved some stuff around to put a container of milk in there, and got an outrageous charge on the bill at checkout. When I stated that I was going back up to the room to eat the $50 worth of whatever if I was going to pay for it, they took it off the bill.
No, they were not on hooks. They were folded in plastic bags with tape closures. If you broke the tape, they charged you. There was a notice on the back of the bag. Good thing I saw it before I opened it, because I had been going to.
Ah, that makes sense.
The strange thing is high end hotels charge for stuff like WiFi that you get free at cheaper places. Guess they figure if you pay $200 a night and up you will pay $14 a day for WiFi.
Higher end hotels are often catering to people on a company expense account and so are willing to pay for things like WiFi while cheaper hotels are more at the whims of penny-pinching bargain hunters.
At one sleazy motel I stayed in, my wife heard weird voices when she got out of the bath. “Nice ass!”. She looked alarmed but then she heard “Nice rack!”. She ran to the phone to call the front desk and report a room intrusion. They told her not to worry, the bath robes were complimentary.
:rimshot: