Patrick Feary says the idea started as a joke, but now he asks every hotel for a Godzilla pic. (Hotelchamp)
Hotel guests should never feel bad about asking for extra towels or late check-outs ever again: A frequent traveler recently told Business Insider he asks for a “hand-drawn Godzilla” before he even checks in — and the hotels provide one much more often he expects.
Patrick Feary, who often travels for his job at a consultancy service called Hotelchamp, says the idea started out as a joke and a way to entertain his finance department, as they would have to approve all of his requests prior to the trip. But after the first hotel came through, it became a running gag.
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So far, Feary says three out of about 20 hotels he’s stayed at have provided him with a picture of Godzilla, including the Mercure Melbourne Albert Park in Victoria, where he requested a drawn Godzilla because “it would really make me feel at home.”
As a result, they presented him with a sassy hand-drawn Godzilla welcoming him to Australia.
The Mercure Melbourne Albert Park in Australia drew Feary a Godzilla at his request. (Hotelchamp)
The next hotel to indulge Feary’s request was the Lucia Lodge in Big Sur, Calif. This time, however, he asked them for a “drawing of Godzilla surfing,” but added that it was “completely optional.” They chose to fulfill his request.
Feary altered his request for the Lucia Lodge in Big Sur, Calif., asking for Godzilla on a surfboard. (Hotelchamp)
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Perhaps the finest example of a hotel-commissioned Godzilla drawing was provided to Feary by the Hilton Boston Back Bay, to which Feary asked this: "If possible, and totally no issue if not, it would make me feel so much more at home if there was a drawing in my room of Godzilla firing a bow and arrow at an apple on top of the head of a smaller Godzilla, William Tell style," he recalled to Business Insider.
"If possible, and totally no issue if not, it would make me feel so much more at home if there was a drawing in my room of Godzilla firing a bow and arrow at an apple on top of the head of a smaller Godzilla, William Tell style," Feary asked of a hotel in Boston. (Hotelchamp)
Sure enough, they gave him exactly that, as well as a bowl of fruit and a bottle of wine.
"This one was pretty above and beyond,” he told Business Insider.
The Boston hotel even left Feary a bowl of fruit and a bottle of wine. (Hotelchamp)
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Hotelchamp — which aims to help hotels improve their guest relations — added that this kind of service "speaks to what [our] company does," as hotels often don’t mind treating their guests to a more personal experience. Even if that includes a drawing of Godzilla hanging ten.
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