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'Human Bed Warming' Service Launched In UK
9:24am UK, Thursday January 21, 2010
Josh Halliday, Sky News Online
How to stay warm on those cold lonely nights away from home - the answer could be a "toasting suit" away.
Holiday Inn offering human sleeper service.
Holiday Inn employees keep bed warm for happy customer in Surrey
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."
9:24am UK, Thursday January 21, 2010
Josh Halliday, Sky News Online
How to stay warm on those cold lonely nights away from home - the answer could be a "toasting suit" away.
Holiday Inn offering human sleeper service.
Holiday Inn employees keep bed warm for happy customer in Surrey
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."
I read this last night and told DH this could be his retirement career. He always warms up my side of the bed while I'm still puttering around downstairs. I told him I'd be happy to write him a letter of recommendation.
Friggin, thats crazy. I wouldn't want someone I don't even know, warming my bed up!
Doesn't it seem more cost effective to buy a few electric blankets, throw one on the bed for 5 minutes and remove the blanket before climbing into bed? You wouldn't have to pay salary or benefits to a blanket.
Unless they've hired Johnny Depp or Jackson Browne- I'll pass.....
