Choosing Essentials Slippers correctly
A slipper of natural fibre raises different questions than one of non-woven fabric: which sole carries on which floor, what happens to cork and straw when the floor is wet, and how a pair reaches the room hygienically. This guide leads from eleven models to the two a hotel needs.
Three questions, three answers
Each guide answers one question that buyers ask us about slippers of natural fibre. Sizes, shape and quantity per room are covered in the general hotel slipper guides; here it is about what the Essentials range does differently.
- Soles of sugarcane, cork and coconut fibre What each sole carries, how it feels and on which floor it is at home. With the cardboard insert that gives jute and cotton their shape.
- Cork and straw in wet areas Why the footbed in the spa is made of cork or straw, what the profiled sole does at the pool edge and how the pairs dry after use.
- How the slippers are packed Paper bag, paper band, loop pin and flax tape: what housekeeping notices, what lies in the case and what goes into the waste paper afterwards.
All models with picture, sole and pairs per case are on the page Essentials Slippers for Hotel and Spa.
Hotel room
- Closed models of piqué cotton, jute, viscose or cotton terry
- Sole of sugarcane, cork, coconut fibre or with cardboard insert
- Individually in a paper bag, flat in the wardrobe
- One pair per guest and stay
Spa and relaxation room
- Open models with a footbed of cork or straw
- Profiled EVA sole, all cork with Corteccia
- Paper band instead of bag, the pairs lie flat in the case
- Handed out with the bathrobe, taken back with it
Pool and wet area
- Toe-post sandals with cork or straw footbed, straps or mesh
- 8 mm profile for wet stone, chlorine and salt do it no harm
- Loop pin or flax tape as the smallest closure
- Dry open on the lounger, never stacked
Eleven models, three components, one principle
The Essentials range consists of room models and wellness models. What a model can do is written in its three components: upper, sole and packaging. Anyone who knows the three reads every product page in a minute.
The upper
Piqué cotton for Pinar, Palmira, Havanna and Camellia, jute for Goa, cotton for Terra and Nature-Piquet, viscose for Lotus, Taxus, Gallura and Babaco. Piqué and terry feel like a towel, jute has a visible texture, viscose drapes softly with a slight sheen. All uppers are unprinted; the hotel's logo comes as embroidery or on the bag.
The sole
Sugarcane is firm and quiet, cork springs and tolerates moisture, coconut fibre is grippy and visible, the cardboard insert is what turns jute, cotton and viscose into a shoe. In the spa a profiled EVA sole lies under the footbed of cork or straw; only Corteccia is all cork. The sole decides where the slipper is worn, not the upper.
The packaging
Every room model lies individually in a paper bag, every wellness model in a paper band or with loop pin and flax tape. The case is the outer packaging without inner film; it goes into the waste paper after unpacking. What remains in plastic is stated on the product: the studs on Nature-Piquet, the EVA sole of the wellness models, the loop pin.
| Model | Upper | Sole | Use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinar, Palmira, Havanna, Camellia | Piqué cotton | Sugarcane | Room, suite, meeting room |
| Taxus, Gallura | Viscose | Cork | Room, also with moisture in the bathroom |
| Babaco | Viscose | Coconut fibre | Room, dry floors |
| Goa, Terra, Lotus | Jute, cotton, viscose | Cardboard insert | Room, short stays |
| Nature-Piquet | Cotton | Cardboard insert with studs | Room, three lengths |
| Corteccia, Corteccia Sandal | Cork | Cork, 10 mm | Spa and relaxation room |
| Cork Sandal, Cork Pool Sandal, Cork Rio | Straps, mesh | Cork on EVA, 8 mm | Pool and wet area |
| Bamboo, Bamboo Velcro, Bamboo Cross, Sandal Bamboo | Suede look | Straw on EVA, 5 mm | Spa, sauna, pool |
A word of honesty: No model in the range is built for room and spa at the same time. A hotel that wants to equip both needs two models, and that is exactly the strength of the range: a quiet sugarcane slipper in the room, a cork model at the pool.
From eleven models to two, in four steps
A hotel rarely needs more than one room model and one spa model. Four questions lead there, and for each there is a guide that answers it in full.
1. Where is the slipper worn?
Room only: a model with sugarcane, coconut fibre or cardboard insert. Room and spa: a room model plus a wellness model. Spa only: Corteccia if the hotel wants upper and sole of cork, otherwise Cork Sandal or Bamboo with a profiled sole.
2. How does the hotel feel?
Towel-soft and classic white: piqué cotton. Visibly natural fibre, with texture: jute or coconut fibre. Flowing and light: viscose. The upper is the surface the guest sees and touches first; it should match the room, not the catalogue.
3. Which lengths does the hotel carry?
The room models come in one length that fits most adults. Hotels that want separate ladies' and men's lengths take Nature-Piquet in 27.5, 28.5 and 29.5 cm, and in the spa Sandal Bamboo in three lengths, one of them for children. Which distribution a hotel needs is covered in the guide on hotel slipper sizes.
4. How many pairs per month?
Rooms times arrivals per month times pairs per arrival, divided by the pairs per case. A hotel with 50 rooms and twelve arrivals per room and month has 600 arrivals; at two pairs per room that is 1,200 pairs, at 250 pairs per case five cases a month. The quantity calculator in the hotel slipper guide works this out with occupancy and guests per room.
| Question | Answer for the room | Answer for the spa | Guide |
|---|---|---|---|
| Floor | Carpet and parquet: sugarcane, coconut fibre, cardboard insert | Wet stone: cork or straw on a profiled sole | Soles |
| Shape | Closed, all eleven room models | Open or toe-post, seven models | Wet areas |
| Packaging | Paper bag, printable | Paper band, loop pin, flax tape | Packaging |
| Case | 100 to 250 pairs, without inner film | 100 to 200 pairs, flat in layers | Packaging |
| Logo | Embroidery on the upper or print on the bag | Print on the paper band | Packaging |
The hotel's logo
On the paper bag as a single-colour print, on the upper as embroidery. The bag travels with the bag into the bin, the embroidery with the guest back home. The minimum quantity is stated per model on the product page under personalisation; the process is the same as for any hotel slipper: send the logo, approve the draft, approve the sample photo, then the series runs.
Two models as samples: A hotel switching to natural fibre for the first time orders one room model with a sugarcane sole and one wellness model with a cork footbed as samples. Within a week in the hotel both show whether feel, floor and housekeeping fit together.
Frequently asked questions about the Essentials range
What purchasing and housekeeping ask before the first order.
Test natural fibre in your own room?
Number of rooms and intended use are enough; you receive a proposal with case quantities and, on request, a sample pack.
