'Human Bed Warming' Service Launched In UK

c4cat

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20100118/tod-human-bed-warming-service-launched-i-870a197.html


Holiday Inn, operator of over 4,000 hotels worldwide, will begin to offer a free five-minute "human bed warming service" at it's London Kensington hotel throughout next week.

If requested, a willing member of hotel staff will jump in your bed, dressed head to foot in an all-in-one sleeper suit, until your nightly chamber warms up.

"Like having a giant hot water bottle in your bed" is how Holiday Inn spokeswoman Jane Bednall described the idea.

Bed Warmers Jacqui Barry and Nick Woods (pictured) helped to beat the big freeze for Laurence Lancashire, centre, at the Holiday Inn Kingston-South in Surbiton, Surrey.

Dr Chris Idzikowski, director of the Edinburgh Sleep Centre, said the idea could help people get off to sleep.

He said: "There's plenty of scientific evidence to show that sleep starts at the beginning of the night when body temperature starts to drop.

"A warm bed - approximately 20 to 24C - is a good way to start this process whereas a cold bed would inhibit sleep.

"Holiday Inn's new bed warmers service should help people achieve a good night's sleep especially as it's taking much longer for them to warm up when they come in from the snow."

Doop

Wierd.... and no thanks...

unless.....

do they offer any other bed related services?

My name is URL

It'd be more efficient to give the guest the all-in-one sleeper suit

admiralofthefleet

piss the bed and it will be warm in seconds

Run_to_da_hills

As long as they don't c&m in the sheets or wet the bed it should be ok

mikom

Perfect for bed wetters where an electric blanket would be a hazard.

Ps. I love a cold bed.

pablomakaveli

Why not just use a hot water bottle?

bigdogbarking

i hear they're hiring now for their new jocks warming service......and johnny stretching service......the list goes on

c4cat

pablomakaveli wrote: »

Why not just use a hot water bottle?

Shusss!!!!! Cos people need Jobs!! not common sense

m@cc@

c4cat wrote: »

If requested, a willing member of hotel staff will jump in your bed, dressed head to foot in an all-in-one sleeper suit

Ooooh, I like a challenge.

TheScribbler

I love the idea but in my experience many modern hotel rooms are way too warm anyway and I end up dumping the clothes because I am too warm. I wonder what other services he or she might provide. I know of some hotels where that would come as standard!!!

citizen_p

id do this just to degrade the staff...
knowning that when id go home id be doing an eqaully **** job

its nice to feel powerful for a week

Morlar

What was wrong with electric blankets ?

Irish_polizei

Electric Blankets are for GILF's

orourkeda

Doop wrote: »

Wierd.... and no thanks...

unless.....

do they offer any other bed related services?

Blow jobs

Mr Yellow

Some job satisfaction in being a professional bed warmer i reckon!!

Then again, nowadays a job is a job

In “olden times” people used bed warmers or wrapped a brick that had been warming by the fire in a piece of flannel and took it to bed with them to keep their feet warm... :-)

TheZohanS

pablomakaveli wrote: »

Why not just use a hot water bottle?

Morlar wrote: »

What was wrong with electric blankets ?

It's a PR exercise.

Glico Man

orourkeda wrote: »

Blow jobs

Is that included in the full price?

Or do I have to pay extra like I do for breakfast?

kowloon

I'd say the Japanese already have this service, they're all mental y'know.

Biggins

Already have my own bed warming service!

WeeBushy

Biggins wrote: »

Already have my own bed warming service!

I presume one keeps your bed warm while you shag the other, but which way round is it...

Morlar

Irish_polizei wrote: »

Electric Blankets are for GILF's

Hmmm..... Don't know about you but I'd rather find an electric blanket in my hotel bed than 'Peter the bellboy' in his onesie.

ejmaztec

I finally found the perfect job.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60K50020100122?feedType=nl&feedName=usoddlyenough
Human bed-warmers" at Holiday Inn

LONDON
Fri Jan 22, 2010 10:49am EST

LONDON (Reuters) - International hotel chain Holiday Inn is offering a trial human bed-warming service at three hotels in Britain this month.

If requested, a willing staff-member at two of the chain's London hotels and one in the northern English city of Manchester will dress in an all-in-one fleece sleeper suit before slipping between the sheets.
"The new Holiday Inn bed warmers service is a bit like having a giant hot water bottle in your bed," Holiday Inn spokeswoman Jane Bednall said in an emailed statement to Reuters.
The bed-warmer is equipped with a thermometer to measure the bed's required temperature of 20 degrees Celsius (68 Fahrenheit).
Holiday Inn said the warmer would be fully dressed and leave the bed before the guest occupied it. They could not confirm if the warmer would shower first, but said hair would be covered.
Florence Eavis, Holiday Inn spokeswoman told Reuters that the "innovative" bed-warming method was a response to Britain's recent cold weather and marked the launch of 3,200 new Holiday Inns worldwide.
She could not explain why the beds were not being warmed by hot water bottles or electric-blankets, but admitted the human method was quirky.
Holiday Inn are promoting the service with the help of sleep-expert Chris Idzikowski, director of the Edinburgh Sleep Center, who said the idea could help people sleep.
"There's plenty of scientific evidence to show that sleep starts at the beginning of the night when body temperature starts to drop," he said. "A warm bed - approximately 20 to 24 Celsius - is a good way to start this process whereas a cold bed would inhibit sleep."
(Editing by Paul Casciato)

MaybeLogic

If you do it standing on your head you won't make the bed warm. You'll need to lie down.

6th

Welcome to last week!

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055803906

mikom

ejmaztec wrote: »

I can do this standing on my head.

Repost?

ejmaztec

6th wrote: »

Welcome to last week!

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055803906

I must have been asleep. Practice makes perfect.

popebenny16

this idea is for all those people who are on learner permits and need a qualified driver in their car.

you hire out a qualified driver who has retired or is unemployed and is available to sit in your car all day as you drive, legally, around.

keen rates, i have an extensive portfolio of suitable people

GLaDOS

will dress in an all-in-one fleece sleeper suit before slipping between the sheets.

That will just insulate their body heat, be much more effective if they were naked

AckwelFoley

lol... body fluids.. all over muh sheets.

eh.. no thanks

ejmaztec

I must thank the original OP, C4Cat, for warming this thread.:p

Mr. Manager

ejmaztec wrote: »

.... Practice makes perfect.

Not true.

Perfect practice makes perfect.

AckwelFoley

Cereal Rapist wrote: »

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best.....username.....ever.....

Mr. Manager

invalidusername wrote: »

best.....username.....ever.....

Thank you my good man

ColmDawson

invalidusername wrote: »

best.....username.....ever.....

I'd say Cheerios are his most common victims...

ejmaztec

Colm Dawson wrote: »

I'd say Cheerios are his most common victims...

He wouldn't be a Cereal Rapist for long if someone gave him Crunchy Nuts.

Owenw

ejmaztec wrote: »

He wouldn't be a Cereal Rapist for long if someone gave him Crunchy Nuts.

Not if he gives them Special K first!

MaybeLogic

Owenw wrote: »

Not if he gives them Special K first!

If he's caught with that stuff,he'll have to do some porridge.

ejmaztec

MaybeLogic wrote: »

If he's caught with that stuff,he'll have to do some porridge.

He'll get Sugar Puffs as well, but he won't like them much:eek:.

Owenw

'Spooning' will take on a 'hole new meaning!

MaybeLogic

You wouldn't want to be sharing a cell with the Honey Monster,either.
He'd wreck your buzz.

McChubbin

Read the thread title as "Human Bed Wetting service"... :pac:

Red_Marauder

This isn't very new. People in cold country houses used to use (usually) kitchen girls to warm their beds.

It was the Victorian way of saying "Oh I am bored with anal, Kitty. Lets have a threesome"