Choosing Essentials Amenities correctly
A guest amenity in a paper sachet raises different questions than one in film: what the paper wrapper changes for housekeeping, how many items belong on a tray and what toothbrush, razor and comb are made of when plastic is only a share. This guide leads from the range to the tray of one hotel.
Three questions, three answers
Each guide answers one question that buyers ask us about guest amenities in paper sachets. Dispensers, refilling and the demand for cosmetics are covered in the hotel cosmetics guide; here it is about the items on the tray.
- The paper sachet: paper, soy ink, four languages How the sachet is built, how it travels from case to trolley and what remains of it after opening.
- The tray per room category Three sachets in the standard room, eight in the suite: what is laid out, what reception hands over and how arrivals turn into cases.
- Bamboo, straw and corn starch What the handles are made of, where plastic remains and what that means for the choice between bamboo and blended handle.
All items with picture, content and pieces per case are on the page Essentials Amenities in paper sachets.
In the bathroom
- Vanity kit, dental kit, shower cap at every arrival
- Shaving kit, comb and hygiene bag depending on category
- On the tray, in the box or on the shelf
- Changed with the linen, nothing opened is left behind
In the room
- Sleep mask or sleep set on the pillow of the suite
- Sewing kit, manicure set and earplugs on request
- Shoe shine mitt in the drawer
- What not everyone needs, reception hands over
In the spa
- Loofah sponge, shower cap, comb and hair tie
- Only what may get wet
- Handed out at the cabin or in the changing room
- A separate case per area, not from the room trolley
Elegant Amenities and Classic Amenities: two wrappers, one content
The Essentials Amenities come in two lines. The content of the kits is almost the same in both; the difference lies in the wrapper and the handle. Anyone who knows that reads every product page in a minute.
Elegant Amenities: the paper sachet
A flat pouch of paper, beige, printed with soy ink, the description in four languages and one pictogram per item. Vanity kit, dental kit, shaving kit, comb, hairbrush, sewing kit, manicure set, loofah sponge, shower cap and hygiene bag look the same on the tray; only name and pictogram set them apart. The handles come in bamboo or in straw and corn starch with PP, the stem of the cotton buds is bamboo.
Classic Amenities: the PLA bag
The same kits in a white, translucent bag of PLA, a plastic made from corn starch, plus the Amenities Box of cardboard, a 7 cm cube that brings cotton pads, cotton buds, nail file and shower cap together. Here the cotton buds have a paper stem. The line is the choice for hotels that want a waterproof wrapper or work without a tray.
What is the same in both lines
The 5 g toothpaste, the 10 ml shaving cream, cotton pads and cotton balls of cotton, the nail file, the sewing kit with six threads and two buttons. And the case: the unit for ordering and storage, from which housekeeping takes an inner pack for the trolley. Both lines are made in China; that is stated as a property on every product page.
| Kit | Elegant Amenities | Classic Amenities | Per case |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanity kit | Paper sachet, cotton buds with bamboo stem | PLA bag, cotton buds with paper stem | 1,000 |
| Dental kit | Toothbrush of bamboo or corn starch with PP, toothpaste 5 g | Toothbrush in PLA bag, toothpaste 5 g | 500 |
| Shaving kit | Razor of bamboo or straw with PP, shaving cream 10 ml | Razor in PLA bag, shaving cream 10 ml | 500 |
| Comb | Wooden comb, wooden comb with handle, comb of straw with PP | Comb in PLA bag | 750 with handle |
| Shower cap, hygiene bag | PLA cover in paper sachet | PLA cover in PLA bag | 1,000 |
| Sewing kit | Paper sachet, 2,000 per case | Bag, 5,000 per case | 2,000 or 5,000 |
| Small items without tray | individually in the sachet | Amenities Box of cardboard, empty or filled | Box per room |
A word of honesty: PLA is a plastic, even though it is made from corn starch, and the handles of straw or corn starch are 65 percent PP. Both are stated on the product. A hotel that wants a wrapper of paper takes Elegant Amenities; one that wants a handle of bamboo too chooses it within the line.
From the range to the tray, in four steps
A hotel rarely needs more than six kits. Four questions lead there, and for each there is a guide that answers it in full.
1. Which category is the room?
The category decides the number, not the quality. Three sachets in the standard room: vanity kit, dental kit, shower cap. Six in superior and business, adding shaving kit, sewing kit and comb. Eight and more in the suite, adding manicure set, hairbrush, sleep set, loofah sponge and hygiene bag.
2. Lay out or hand over?
What almost every guest opens is laid out: vanity kit, dental kit, shower cap. What one guest in ten needs, reception hands over: shaving kit, sewing kit, manicure set, earplugs. This rule saves two to four sachets per arrival and clears away less unopened, without any guest missing anything.
3. Bamboo or blended handle?
Bamboo is visible: grain, warm colour, every piece slightly different. The handles of straw or corn starch with PP are light, smooth and uniform. A hotel that wants to make the material a topic takes bamboo; one that wants a calm tray takes the blended handle. Both sit in the same paper sachet.
4. How many cases per month?
Rooms times arrivals per month gives the arrivals. Times sachets per arrival and item gives the monthly demand, divided by the pieces per case the cases per month, rounded up, plus one in reserve. A hotel with 80 rooms and twelve arrivals per room has 960 arrivals: one case of 1,000 vanity kits lasts about a month, one case of 500 dental kits two weeks.
| Question | Standard room | Suite | Guide |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sachets per arrival | 3 | 8 and more | Tray |
| Laid out | Vanity kit, dental kit, shower cap | plus shaving kit, comb, manicure set, hairbrush, loofah, hygiene bag | Tray |
| On the pillow | nothing | Sleep set or sleep mask | Tray |
| Handle | Blended handle or bamboo | Bamboo, wooden comb with handle | Material |
| Wrapper | Paper sachet or PLA bag | Paper sachet | Sachet |
| Restocking | one inner pack per floor and week | Bundle per suite, case stays closed | Sachet |
The hotel's logo
The paper sachet takes a single-colour print: logo, lettering or pictogram of the hotel next to the pictogram of the item. The minimum quantity is stated per item in the portal under personalisation; the process is the same as for the hotel slipper: send the logo, approve the draft, approve the sample photo, then the series runs. A hotel that wants to start straight away orders the sachets with the print of the range and plans the logo with the next order.
A tray as a sample: A hotel switching to the paper sachet for the first time orders the three kits of the standard room and the shaving kit as samples, each once with bamboo and once with a blended handle. One tray in the bathroom shows within a week whether wrapper, handle and housekeeping fit together.
Frequently asked questions about the Essentials Amenities
What purchasing and housekeeping ask before the first order.
A sachet in your own hand?
Number of rooms and category are enough; you receive a proposal with case quantities and, on request, a sample pack.
