This nails it. The best check-ins aren’t about informality or ceremony, they’re about confidence. You can feel immediately whether a hotel is leading with judgment or hiding behind process. The traditional desk experience tends to feel very transactional and that is the last thing you want when you are arriving to escape. Airelles and JK Place both nail the check-in.
In room is the greatest check-in experience possible, but being handed something refreshing(and possibly alcoholic) before being guided to a comfortable is a very close second. The Peninsula Tokyo comes to mind for the former and Hotel Belles Rives in Antibes the latter.
This nails it. The best check-ins aren’t about informality or ceremony, they’re about confidence. You can feel immediately whether a hotel is leading with judgment or hiding behind process. The traditional desk experience tends to feel very transactional and that is the last thing you want when you are arriving to escape. Airelles and JK Place both nail the check-in.
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In room is the greatest check-in experience possible, but being handed something refreshing(and possibly alcoholic) before being guided to a comfortable is a very close second. The Peninsula Tokyo comes to mind for the former and Hotel Belles Rives in Antibes the latter.
Belles Rives is a classic one...a top on my bar/restaurant list. Haven't been to Peninsula Tokyo, but its always on the list.