In the other rooms, aglow with chandeliers, guests can avail themselves of complimentary drinks and elaborate food presentations offered five times daily.

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Oriental carpets, clawfoot tubs, and rich hues evoke elegance and comfort. (Just like Martha would like it.) Innkeepers are friendlier than the tavern keepers of yore, providing freshly baked cookies and complimentary drinks, too.

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Groaningly titled SPUDS (Synthetic Personnel Using Dielectric Substitution), the tubers apparently replicate how airborne signals are bounced and absorbed by real-life passengers, but without the need for Boeing to offer complimentary snacks or tiny drinks during testing.

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Complimentary alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, and makeovers and massages upon request.

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The rooms are very large by hotel standards, even the smallest, with gas fireplaces, well-stocked mini-bars that are complimentary for snacks and non-alcoholic drinks, swank bathrooms with walk-in showers and soaking tubs and heated marble floors.

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