Five stars does not make a floor clean. Too many people, too many spills, too many shoes dragged straight in from outside. One woman in the comments put it better than I can: "I refuse to walk in a hotel room barefooted, even with my socks on." Another one wrote "sometimes hotel bathrooms are sticky. Ew!" and I have never unseen it.

These put a real rubber sole between my foot and that carpet. My feet stay clean, my socks do not get ruined, and when I get home they go straight in the washing machine with everything else.

I used to pack my heavy UGG slippers on every trip, and they ate half the suitcase. Last spring I gave up and went without, and I spent 7 days in Las Vegas in socks. Never again.

These fold down flat. They slide into the side pocket of my carry-on next to my book, and I forget they are there until I check in. They are the first thing I pack now, and the lightest thing in the bag.

They feel like sleep socks, super soft. But there is a proper sole under them, so I run down to the lobby for coffee, step out on the balcony, walk to the ice machine, and I do not have to put real shoes back on.

No laces, no backs to fight with. They go on standing up at 6 in the morning when the coffee is calling, and they stay on until I am back in the room.

On a long flight I take my shoes off like everyone else, and I used to sit there with a bare sock on airplane carpet, dreading the walk to the bathroom. Now I slip these on at my seat and walk the aisle without a second thought.

Same thing on a cruise. The cabin carpet, the walk to the spa, the ship's deck by the pool. A frequent cruiser in the comments said she would not walk barefoot on the cabin carpet and wanted a slip-on for the spa. That is exactly what these are. And they beat the thin paper slippers the hotel leaves out by a mile.

2 pairs, 2 colors. One lives in the suitcase and one stays by the bed at home, so I never leave on a trip without them again. Nobody is counting. Every order comes with easy returns, no questions asked.

The 2 leopards go first every time, there is a checkered pair, and 5 quiet solids for the days you would rather nobody said anything about your feet. Travel sizes sell out first, so if yours is showing in stock, I would not sit on it.