So, last month we were traveling and got to spend two nights in the Hotel Minneapolis, which had THE BEST BED we'd slept in in a long time. Yes, it was soft, but it didn't freak out our back - there was enough firmness. It was DIVINE. We slept so well. And this, coming from someone who switched to a memory foam mattress a few years back. So, before leaving, we ripped the bed apart to see what it was made of....
Sheets: We were shocked to see that these crisp sheets were actually 50/50 poly cotton! We swear by 100% cotton sheets, but these certainly fooled us for a few nights.
Pillows & Duvet: These were from Pacific Coast, which we've run into in a few hotel rooms before. We buy their down products online for our own home. This is a good resource that many high end hotels use.
Mattress Topper: No name brand here. Just a regular old poly/cotton topper made for hotel use by Guest Supply LLC
Mattress: Here's the heart of the matter - it's a Hilton Hotel actually, so their mattresses are Hilton Suite Dreams Mattresses with boxsprings made by Serta Perfect Sleeper. Pretty impressive.
Frame: A regular old metal frame. Nothing to see here.
All of this is available at Hilton's online shop - www.hiltontohome.com, but, of course, you should track these things down separately if you want to save some $$.
Touches we liked? When you check in they give you a hot chocolate chip cookie. Random? Yes. Good? Yes. But the "Sweet Dreams" pillow on our bed we could lose.
How can you trademark "Sweet Dreams"???????
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The best bed we've ever slept on, in a hotel or anywhere else, was a DUX bed in the DUXIANA Hotel in Malmo Sweden this summer.
At one point during the night, my husband and I both woke up out of sheer bliss... we mumbled to each other ..."best sleep ever" ..."I'm floating, I'm actually floating" ... "mmmm"....
What was really amazing about the bed was that there were no points of compression -- shoulder, hip, etc -- it really was like floating.
And their duvets were the best ever -- my husband wanted to buy them then and there (there is a store as part of the lobby).
And their breakfasts were pretty good too.
http://www.infotel.co.uk/BX_MMADUX.htm
http://www.duxbed.com/
My favorite beds are aboard the ships of the Holland America Line.
They're so incredibly comfortable - I get the best rest when I'm aboard ship and HAL sells their beds (Made by Sealy also) and linens too:
http://www.hollandamerica.com/main/Main.action
That's a gorgeous carpet!
I love Pacific Coast stuff too, and noticed recently that it's at Costco (my local Costco in Chicago, my mom's in northern California, and online - pillows, feather bed, down blankets, more?). For $31, the regular feather pillows are a luxurious bargain.
I took the plunge and bought a Dux bed six months ago. Best investment I ever made. It *is* like floating.
Pacific Coast Feather Company is AWESOME. One, they have amazing customer service which I appreciate. Two, sign up for their online newsletter and there's always a monthly coupon, whether it is a free shippping or a 10-20% off offer. When I was pondering buying some wonderful down pillows "as see in the Ritz Carlton" I signed up for the newsletter. Within a month the couple that owns the company had twins and to celebrate, they gave everyone "buy one get one free", and this year on their birthday your whole order was 50% off. You can't beat that. Good people that do good business. Doesn't get much better.
I now own two of their Ritz Carlton down pillows, two of the foam pillows for a litle firmness, and a down featherbed. All are wonderful quality and half the price of big box stores.
If one member of the Hilton family can trademark, "That's Hot" then it only stands to reason that "Sweet Dreams" can also be trademarked. Overall completely ridiculous.
So not about the bedding, but the cookie reminded me: Le Pavillon hotel in New Orleans serves hot cocoa and PB&J every night at 10pm in their lobby. We went down in our pjs.....and ran into a couple coming back from the opera. In full attire. We all had cocoa and PB&J together though.
Their bedding wasn't memorable.....