6 Hotel Room Relaxation Devices and features for Travel-Stressed Guests

Guests checking in after a long flight or returning to their room from a long day of meetings or conference events likely bring a lot of stress with them through the hotel room door. Tired feet and eyes, tight neck, leg, and back muscles, and maybe even the beginnings of a headache are no fun, especially when they’re away from home.

However, according to HotelTechReport’s list of 21 hotel amenities for a better guest experience, adding relaxation devices and features to your hotel rooms and services for a spa-like experience can go a long way towards helping guests settle in and relax for an enjoyable stay.

“Guests want to relax when they’re in a hotel room,” according to HotelTechReport. “Why not offer a little something extra to help your guests clear their minds? Think of what you like most about a spa: calming music, good aromatics, maybe even a massage.”

Your hotel rooms don’t have to go all-out with spa-like features that help guests unwind and relax. Even one or two relaxation features are small touches that guests love, and that help your hotel stand out from the competition.

Here are six relaxation devices and features to soothe the minds and bodies of travel-stressed guests:

1. Scent diffusers

With these relatively inexpensive devices, your guests can incorporate pleasing aromas from essential oils such as lavender, chamomile, bergamot, sandalwood, or jasmine into their room environment to help them relax and get a good night’s sleep.

2. Eye pillows

Like diffusers, soothing eye pillows are reasonably priced and will be much appreciated by guests with tired or computer-strained eyes, according to HotelTechReport.

3. Noise machines

Noise machines are a big plus to guests who have trouble falling asleep in an unfamiliar bed, says HotelTechReport. Some guests may want simple “white noise,” a humming sound that includes all audible frequencies. But others may enjoy unwinding after a long day or fall asleep fast to nature sounds like rainfall, thunderstorms, ocean waves, or cooing birds.

4. Foot or neck massagers

Whether hotel guests walked around town, a vast conference hall or on sightseeing excursions all day, they’ll welcome a foot massage for tired feet from a foot massage machine in the room. Your hotel can also score points by making heated neck and shoulder massaging devices available to guests who’ve been on a plane or hunched over their laptops for hours.

5. Massage services

If your hotel has a massage studio that guests can book, that’s great. But you don’t have to go this route, necessarily. For example, vetting several good mobile massage therapists to keep on call for guests who’d like a full-body or chair massage is a great relaxation and wellness amenity that guests will love.

6. Relaxation apps

Hotel guests love to use smartphone apps for hotel check-in, room keys, and other ways to make their stay more seamless. So, they’re probably also likely to appreciate access to a relaxation app that’s included in the room rate.

For example, a couple of years ago, Choice Hotel International’s Sleep Inn partnered with the sleep and relaxation app Relax Melodies to offer hotel guests access to complimentary, ad-free access to the app, according to Hotel Management.

In addition to its regular app offerings, Relax Melodies even created streaming content exclusive to Sleep Inn, including Sleep-Inn-branded playlists, a meditation, and a bedtime story.

Offering guests free access to relaxation and meditation apps through your hotel’s subscription is one more amenity that will help your hotel stand out from the competition.