Wacky thought, right?

You won’t need to bring ANY clothes with you when you travel to a vacation destination in the future – except for the clothes on your back.

Imagine a hotel, resort, or heck, a glamping site that provides your wardrobe for you in your hotel room (or in your glamping camping tent).

This has been in my head for a few years.

And this is how it goes:

You arrive at your hotel, there is a nice long closet in your hotel room, and you open it up – and before your very eyes, you see all the outfits you need for the week while visiting your vacation destination.

They are neatly pressed. Professionally dry cleaned. They are in your favorite colors and size. And heck, the jewelry to match is sitting in a jewelry box on the dressing table near the closet.

This would be heaven to me.

It would eliminate the need to go thru the grueling task of packing the suitcases, which is always a challenge, at least for me.

Will it be cold? Will I need formal wear? Will I have enough room in the suitcase? How much will the suitcase weigh? Will it fit in the overhead?

Oh, and talk about benefits to this idea – no bringing heavy and bulky luggage on an airplane. How exciting does that make you feel right now? I’d be jumping for joy and talking to all my friends about how I only need the clothes on my back. I don’t have to pay for extra suitcases at the airport, wait in line to have them checked in, or feel panicked after a long flight when it doesn’t show up in the luggage claim area.

How could this whole concept be accomplished?

Easy – just have a hotel partner with a clothing store – and then setup an online link on your hotel web site to click your clothing preferences before your departure date.

You log in to the hotel web site – click their wardrobe link, and then enjoy the process of entering your size preferences, and of course, there should be photos to pick outfits from – where you easily click the outfits you want to be placed in your hotel room closet.

Let’s face it – we usually want a comfy pair of black pants (because black goes with everything), one or two dressy outfits for any formal dinners, a set of comfy hiking shorts, some tank tops perhaps, and a pull over for the night it is cool on the beach. Throw in some flip flops, and you are one and done.

Imagine the possibilities with this concept, my friends.

Could LL Bean be your fav clothing line for hiking gear, while visiting a destination like Sedona, Arizona?

Ok, I don’t have any idea what the latest hot trending clothing lines are – but I do know you may buy clothes online today, easily – why not make it available at your hotel too?

Or perhaps, LuLaRoe leggings, which are extremely popular in my area – everyone and their sister is selling their women’s line of various leggings at host parties – imagine your favorite Minnie Mouse leggings when you visit Walt Disney already in your hotel room when you arrive?! With matching Minnie Mouse slippers of course.

This concept would save time on everyone’s part – no more hotel staff having to lug your luggage to your room. No more need for space in the back of taxis or van shuttles from the airport to your location. No more replacing damaged suitcases. Not to mention, no more scanning luggage at airports for hidden, potentially dangerous weapons.

And, imagine the marketing side for clothing companies. They could offer some of their styles for people to try while visiting their vacation destination and this could lead to a traveler becoming a new fan of the company’s clothing line – and here’s a thought, add the option to buy the wardrobe to hotel guests before they depart. Hmm, I totally think I’m on to predicting a really great idea for the future.

Last night, we watched The Fifth Element – one of our favorite movies. Do you remember the scene where Bruce Willis shows up at his hotel room and they roll out a whole set of black tuxes – I think it was tuxes – for him to pick to wear at the evening’s big event where the Diva was to perform on stage?

When that scene of the tuxes rolling out on a rod showed up – I said to my husband, remember when I said hotels should fill your hotel closet for you with pre-selected clothes as a service? Well, look – they were doing that in this futuristic movie. That movie was made like 20 years ago – catch up people.

I don’t know if this concept exists somewhere already? Maybe for the rich – but anyhow, I predict this will be a thing of the future, or better stated – should be a thing of the future.

We are a society that likes one and done. We like to click and buy. We like to not have hassles. We love our smart phones and the flexibility to get what we want when we want it – or to see it on our phones before we decide to buy it at our pick up location or delivery location. We want this done easily and quickly. If we see it and we want it (and then click it) – we want it there when we arrive.

The ownership would be on the hotel companies and clothing lines, I suppose, but aren’t those entities (hotels and travel) one of the hottest things still popular today? Meaning “travel” is popular, thus hotels are popular, and cloths are popular – and still the type of activities or things people will continue to use, and pay to do or use.

What does this have to do with my passion of plants and offering workshops? Well, probably not much directly – however, I feel offering all for you as an attendees in one location is a valued service, so you don’t have the hassle of lugging soil, or bringing all the other components needed to make a beautiful creations at my plant related workshops with you. I make it easy for you. Have it all here already for you. I try to make it one and done.

And yes, there are still those personal items you may prefer to bring on your own, and that’s okay. Say for example, uh, underwear – true, I’d have to think about that one.

Cathy Testa
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P.S. If you know of a vacation destination that offers this service – update ME!