Damn that Lock!: Banyan Tree Mayakoba

The Banyan Tree Mayakoba is beautiful and all that.

I stayed in one of the resort's villas. Extremely spacious, these rooms have three basic parts: living room and dining room, pool, and bedroom/bathroom. Here's a description from the website:

Feel at home in a unique pool villa tastefully decorated with handcrafted Mayan furnishings, yet retaining its modern comforts. Each freestanding villa curls around its own individual garden area, creating a private yet spacious outdoor area, in a unique layout drawn from courtyard houses of the Far East. Each villa also enjoys lush greenery and private swimming pools that begin from 30sqm.

Sounds nice, doesn't it? When I am escorted into my room, the attendant suggests I leave one key on the dining-room table (separated from the bedroom/bathroom by a garden and pool), in case I get locked out of my bedroom.

What?

Imediately, I imagine several lock-out scenarios:

• Slipping outside for a moon-lit skinny dip in my private pool
• Getting an apple from the fruit tray in the living room area
• Walking out for the morning newspaper
• Checking the weather

Each scenario ends with an awkward phone call. "This is Mr. Bartholomew. I'm calling you from my living room. I'm locked out of my bedroom, and happen to be indecently dressed.  Could you please send someone over? I'd prefer if they'd throw the key over the gate."

I had a difficult time relaxing in my room, and my pool, and my living room area. I wish the hotel would have supplied a neck lanyard or techno wristband for my key.

Its really stressful to constantly keep track of a room key. The Banyan Tree Mayakoba should throw in a complimentary massage with every guestroom to help with the anxiety.