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By: Liz Zollner

Liz Zollner — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:22:00 +0000

I gotta admit, I love the things, but I only take home one per stay. I leave it on the counter until the last day so they don’t replace it, same with the soaps. When I use them up at home, I recycle that teeny little bottle along with all the big ones we use.

Now, however, if they DO move to dispensers, I’ll bring along a regulation 2.5 oz. bottle and filll ‘er up! Then maybe they’ll return to the little bottles.

By: MollyNYC

MollyNYC — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:58:57 +0000

I prefer the small bottles, because I don’t trust the cleanliness of the big “filler up” containers by the tub. They probably never get cleaned, just refilled, day after day, month after month, year after year. EEEEWWWW!

BTW, I bring home any unused portion of shampoo/conditoner that I’ve started and then recycle the bottles.

By: American Traveler

American Traveler — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:09:11 +0000

This is a disappointing development! I do use shampoos/etc and bring the remained home. Some of the nicer ones make nice little gifts for friends/relatives who otherwise would not have such products to enjoy. The extras I donate to the Veteran’s Hospital as they are ALWAYS in need of the small person sizes. BTW, once they are empty, I put them in my blue recycling. I KNOW they get recycled that way. I can not say the same for hotels making sure empties are recycled.

By: Donna

Donna — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:26:01 +0000

It doesn’t matter to me if the toiletries are individual bottles or from a dispenser, so long as they’re good products that work. I’ve at times gone through an entire little bottle of shampoo and still not be able to work up a good lather, leaving me feeling I had less-than-completely-clean hair. (Which is precisely why I now always travel with my own hair products.) But what I’d like for hotels to do is not encourage waste themselves. On a recent trip, two of the hotels I stayed in threw out my perfectly good used bar of soap every day and replaced it with a new package. One also replaced every towel that looked like it had been touched–twice a day–even when I asked them not to. Totally unnecessary.

By: Allison

Allison — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:55:11 +0000

I LOVE the “sample size” bottles of shampoo, conditioner, and lotions and whether I use them or not during my stay, I ALWAYS bring them home to finish using them. I also try to use one bar of soap in both the shower and at the sink and bring the other bar home (haven’t had to actually buy a bar of soap in many years). I find it helpful to use a different shampoo or conditioner several times to determine whether the consistency or scent is something I really want to invest more money in with the purchase a larger bottle. Many times I do not, ultimately, decide to make that commitment. However, there have been a few times when I was not sure after the first use or two, but by the end of my “sample” bottle, I found I really liked it and did splurge on a more expense bottle than I ordinarily would purchase. I suppose I could go the route of bringing a couple of small bottles of my own, but I’d have to remember to do so, and also to write down exactly what the shampoo (etc) was before leaving the hotel in case I decided I really loved it after getting home. I’d definitely vote to keep the little bottles! And as Ed said, sometimes the bottles themselves are some of the most interesting souvenirs and remembrances of any trip.

By: Jack

Jack — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:30:31 +0000

I have always taken each and every bottle when I leave. I donate the unopened/ unused ones to local shelters who are in desperate need for this size container of toiletry. On occasion, I use the materials and then take them with me on subsequent trips until gone. No waste.

Agree with the post on recycling. I believe the hotel industry could do a much better job providing opportunity to recycle items by offering sort options within the rooms and throughout the facility.

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By: Ed

Ed — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:33 +0000

I love those little personal bottles of shampoo…I never use them, but I take them home as little tokens of our vacation…
I still have the bottles from my honeymoon 17 years ago at the Sheraton Princess Kaiulani in Honolulu…The distinctive pineapple caps makes no mistake as to where they came from!
And for some hotels like the Sands in Las Vegas, these little things can be a remembrance of a bygone era!
Last year I was able to bring my wife with me on a business trip to Hong Kong…and yes, we brought home the shampoos…all written in Chinese with a distinctive Chinese Lantern shaped cap…These little mementos can bring back a time when you didn’t have a care in the world!
Ed