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# 0349 Wardrobe there!

Could it be possible to have as part of the hotel service clothes for you to wear already there? I imagine something where you book the hotel on-line, and then you also 'book' clothes for you to wear. Using the same interface as on-line clothes shopping, you reserve clothes of brands you trust. When you arrive at your destination with nothing, but a small bag or backpack you are shown your room with your wardrobe already in the closet. Of course the same could be done with specific toiletry items. Even better with the nothing-private-anymore trend, you already have a 'profile' of what you wear and hotels just access that.

For some people (like me) how awesome is that to travel around to multiple places on multiple vehicles carrying nothing but a wallet?!

A few considerations:
- Maybe people like to believe they are the only ones in the world with their clothes and this breaks that paradigm.
- Some people are obviously more picky than others.
- What do you do for stains or risks to the clothes?
- People are fine using spa bathrobes, so maybe this isn't such a stretch, but being okay with wearing someone else's underwear might be too far.
- How could airlines fit in since they will benefit most from people not bringing luggage? Could they have "luggage on arrival" fares that include nothing but a small carry on?
- If there is a unique item you want to wear you can just bring that item.

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