If you’ve ever had to spend a night or two away from home on business then the chances are you’re used to that familiar feeling of an unusual bed. Perhaps the room is even a little colder than you care for.

Well, Holiday Inn has solved all those cold bed problems with the launch of their new initiative – human bed warmers! Yes that’s right the hotel chain is offering to send a member of staff, dressed in special all-in-one-sleeper suit, to get into your bed and warm it up before you slip between the covers.

There is some scientific evidence that suggests a cold bed can be prohibitive to a good night’s sleep but for those who always check how clean the bed linen is it’s an idea that may be off putting. Trialling at locations in London and Manchester at the end of January, it will be interesting to see how popular the five-minute bed warming sessions are.

Barmy or brilliantlet us know what you think.