We all have our "public" vs. our "private" persona. While traveling, we have to be very public. Where else but in a hotel does some stranger enter your room to bring you food (and dessert if you're lucky?).This is the time to be wearing decent pajamas or loungewear. If you can bring work-out wear or a bathing cover-up that will double for pajamas, by all means do.
I have been in several hotels when the fire alarm has gone off. First, let me say how shocked I was by the total lack of concern my fellow travelers felt for abandoning their rooms. Post 9/11, all I can say that my flight out of my room was faster than an Olympic Gold Medalist on steroids. This is not the time to be worrying about what various stage of dress (or undress as the case may be) that you are in, but wouldn't it be great if you could have a stiff drink in the lobby, even in your "jammies" before returning to your room, and not be mistaken for a vagrant? Think black, think stretch, think coverage, think good condition.
Slip-on shoes with a sole such as ballet flats can double as slippers, and will compliment that black ensemble. Keep them next to your bed, especially if you are in earthquake country. Actually, keep them next to your bed, no matter where you are. Yes, it's good to be prepared in case of unknown calamity. Plus you never know how gross-out the carpet will be in your room.
So don't be a cheap thrill or a quick laugh for the entire Room Service Staff -- think stylish, even in the not-so-private-privacy of your hotel room.
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