Holiday Inn wonders why you took their towels

[mrtonguetwista]

ATLANTA -- If you've ever swiped a towel from Holiday Inn, the hotel chain is ready to bestow forgiveness.

Holiday Inn wants to know what has become of the 500,000 towels a year that guests swipe from its 2,638 hotels. Don't worry about trouble, it promises, no one wants the towels back.
 As part of a national promotion, the hotel chain gave guests amnesty in exchange for their stories about how they've used the towels they've taken over the years.

For every story shared, Holiday Inn will donate $1 to a charity it founded in 1986 that helps children with life-threatening illnesses.

The senior vice president for brand management at Holiday Inn, Mark Snyder, said it really is lighthearted.

Snyder said, "It's just a way for people to come on, tell us their story and relieve any lingering guilt they might have about having a Holiday Inn towel in their linen closet."

The hotel chain asked guests to provide their stories on Holiday Inn's Web site. Submissions will be accepted through the end of September. Guests whose stories are one of the best 25 chosen will receive a limited edition souvenir Holiday Inn towel.

Hundreds of stories had already rolled into the Web site by Thursday afternoon.

One man said he took a towel from a Holiday Inn hotel in Monterey, Mexico, as a memento of his honeymoon night. He said he later lost the woman, but he's still got the towel.

A woman wrote in that she gave a Holiday Inn towel from an Orlando, Fla., location to her daughter to use as a pillow while taking her to a hospital to have a medical procedure.

Holiday Inn said that more than 500,000 towels were snatched last year, but that's been happening for decades. However, the chain also admits that since it switched from the vintage towel with the Holiday Inn logo and green stripe to the generic white towels, towel thefts have decreased sharply.

Share your towel stories on Holiday Inn's Web site.

[Trauma-san]

Those ones with the logo are pretty bad-ass.  

[Tha_Reverend]

I got one of the white ones that say holliday inn on it.  and I use it for cleaning off my uh well you know.  do I really need to say it?

[PinkTowelGirl]

i am cheap.. i go to motel 6.. they have those prison looking towels with the line down the middle..

[Da WCC Hopar!]

i am cheap.. i go to motel 6.. they have those prison looking towels with the line down the middle..

and can u share ur story about wat u did wit those prison towles? lol

[PinkTowelGirl]

i am cheap.. i go to motel 6.. they have those prison looking towels with the line down the middle..

and can u share ur story about wat u did wit those prison towles? lol

4 girls.. and 3 guys... partied one night... got drunk... rented a room... and passed out... next morning i took a shower.. and i dont like to have my hair wet when it is chilly outside.. so i used it to dry my hair as much as possible.. end of story... lol

now ask me about my PinkTowel... and it might be a more interesting story lol

[Da WCC Hopar!]

i am cheap.. i go to motel 6.. they have those prison looking towels with the line down the middle..

and can u share ur story about wat u did wit those prison towles? lol

4 girls.. and 3 guys... partied one night... got drunk... rented a room... and passed out... next morning i took a shower.. and i dont like to have my hair wet when it is chilly outside.. so i used it to dry my hair as much as possible.. end of story... lol

now ask me about my PinkTowel... and it might be a more interesting story lol

so wat do u do wit u r pinktowel?

[PinkTowelGirl]

i am cheap.. i go to motel 6.. they have those prison looking towels with the line down the middle..

and can u share ur story about wat u did wit those prison towles? lol

4 girls.. and 3 guys... partied one night... got drunk... rented a room... and passed out... next morning i took a shower.. and i dont like to have my hair wet when it is chilly outside.. so i used it to dry my hair as much as possible.. end of story... lol

now ask me about my PinkTowel... and it might be a more interesting story lol

so wat do u do wit u r pinktowel?

lets just put it like this... i had the towel since i was in 7th grade.. it is still in pretty good condiction.. meaning no holes.. and the color is a nice soft pink... lol... no real stains... or anything....

it has been with me for a long time.. and i dont call it my partner in crime for no reason... even it has been there for me.. during my wierd.. bisexual phase.... on those.. NJROTC camping trips.. and what not.. it is a very loyal PinkTowel  

[GangstaBoogy]

Snoop took em

[PinkTowelGirl]

Snoop took em

lol is that right now?  

[Da WCC Hopar!]

how did it help u out during ur phase?

[T.J.]

I got one of the white ones that say holliday inn on it.  and I use it for cleaning off my uh well you know.  do I really need to say it?

why not just have a shower??

[PinkTowelGirl]

how did it help u out during ur phase?

sure did..

[Da WCC Hopar!]

how did it help u out during ur phase?

sure did..

NO NO NO I mean "HOW" did it help u out during ur phase?

[PinkTowelGirl]

i really couldnt telll you.. it is just something i have had.. for a long time.. and like to take it when i traval...