At the El Dorado Maroma in Riviera Maya, Mexico, beach butlers supply guests with tanning products, reading material, water vaporizers and towels (karismahotels .com; $677 per night).

The Personal In-Loft Spa Butler at the MGM Grand’s Skylofts hotel in Las Vegas sets each room’s lighting, aromatherapy and sound systems, while the Dream Butler guarantees a good night’s sleep with a selection of pillows, herbal teas and soothing music (skyloftsmgm grand.com; $510 per night).

At the Hotel Monasterio in Cuzco, Peru, bath butlers fill tubs to guests’ specifications, drawing from a menu that includes candles, aromatic salts, rose petals and bubbles; they also offer champagne, chocolates and cigars (monasterio.orient-express .com; $495 per night).

When the tropical sun gets too intense, the Sorbet Butler at Rosewood’s Jumby Bay Resort on the Caribbean island of Antigua (jumbybayresort.com; $775 per night) will bring refreshing scoops of flavored ice. Now, if only the sticky-finger butler would bring a damp cloth.