It turned out that the Hotel Mercure Schiphol offers a shower-only package, for $16, at $1.30 to the euro, so you can check in to one of 20 white-tiled changing rooms, each with a shower, sink, mirror, towels, toiletries and even a pretty strong hair dryer.
The shelter offered the Khans and others a breakfast of fruit and cereal, showers and packages containing shampoo, conditioner, other toiletries, a face mask and bottles of water.
Some hotel executives believe that candy has lost its cachet because it's as predictable as a packaged shower cap.
The White House's faith in tax cuts as a panacea for all national ills has led to such absurdities as this week's House "stimulus" package showering $254 million on Enron, the reeling Houston energy company (now under S.E.C. investigation) that has served as a Bush campaign cash machine.
All guest rooms include environmentally-friendly toiletries dispensed from communal bottles in the shower or paper packages by the sink.
In a day and age where Frette linens are as common in a hotel room as a packaged shower cap, guests will be pleased to know that the hotel manager has orchids flown in fresh from Hawaii.
Some examples include plastic food packaging, shower curtains, vinyl flooring, and cosmetic products such as fragrances and lotions.
Host: I got one question, Donald Jr.: When you and your pops are in the shower, who's got the bigger package?
Follow the instructions on the package to unscrew the old shower arm and then screw in the new shower arm.
A three-night, four-day package, including lodging, meals, showers, and gear shuttles, costs $327 per adult for nonmembers.
