Not many Cinderella stamp collections contain examples from Welsh hotel posts, which is a shame. They show how the proprietors tried to circumvent the Royal Mail monopoly.

Y Ffrwd, located in a very isolated position, operated a postal service for guests, charging 1d to carry the mail to the nearest post box 5 miles away in the nearest village. Gwesty Coedwig was a haunt of fun loving artists and authors. It too used its remote location in the depths of the forest to operate a post. The Summit Hotel on top of the Great Orme teamed up with the tramway that ran up the hill from Llandudno for a railway letter post. The Regent, in Snowdonia, had many post war nouveau riche guests. Its postal stamps were, according to the management, merely an advertising label. But guests were expected to drop a coin or two into the tips box to get their letters sent.