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Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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When I stayed in the Dubai airport hotel not only was it $550 a night for a basic tiny room and there were there no bathroom doors but there was a GIANT painting of the king of dubai both in the bathroom and the bedroom! The one in the bedroom was almost floor to ceiling size. I hung a towel over him. It was super creepy and felt like his eyes were watching you as you walked around the room.

Impossible to sex near that painting as the speaker will begin talking at you half way through!

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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So you can take a dump with some privacy, obviously.

There must be two types of people/couples. Those that prefer privacy and those that don't care.

I’ve actually ended otherwise decent relationships early because the other person was way too coy/upset with bodily functions like farting and pooping. If we’er sleeping together I expect us to be farting together. And if we are living together I expect us to be using the toilet in front of each other. Anything less is both inconvenient and reflective of deep personality conflicts that will never be resolved.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Only once have I seen anything like this. The room had a bathroom door, but also a giant hole cut out in the wall so that everyone in the room could peer into the bathroom for some reason. We demanded a different room with a complete wall separating the bathroom and got one (a nicer one at their expense too).

The Brookstreet Hotel in Kanata (just outside Ottawa), Ontario has bathrooms with windows in them.

There's a shade inside the glass, but still... did I really need to open the blinds to my bathroom?

https://www.brookstreethotel.com/rooms/double-queen

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I can assure you not even single people nor couples want doorless bathrooms.

Why? I'd prefer a doorless bathroom. One of my bedrooms at home opens into an open concept bathroom. No doors, vaulted ceilings, open. I really don't get this. I don't want to feel claustrophobic. Edit: Like these - https://34stjohn.com/blogs/inspiration/how-to-pull-off-an-op...

Your sample link's examples seem conspicuously toilet-free to me.

But even without talking about toilets, I don't like airy/drafty feelings when I'm wet, so I'd hate most of those designs, myself.

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There must be two types of people/couples. Those that prefer privacy and those that don't care.

And a third type, people who have had children so have gone through the toddler stage where a toddler would literally chainsaw and burn down a locked door before they let you have 3 seconds of peace to take a shit.

That's actually a very valid point I hadn't taken into consideration.

If you're single or have a partner that you're comfortable with, open concept bathrooms feel luxurious. But if you need sanctity and salvation from the kids, I can get it.

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I can assure you not even single people nor couples want doorless bathrooms.

Why? I'd prefer a doorless bathroom. One of my bedrooms at home opens into an open concept bathroom. No doors, vaulted ceilings, open. I really don't get this. I don't want to feel claustrophobic. Edit: Like these - https://34stjohn.com/blogs/inspiration/how-to-pull-off-an-op...

From your link:

Making Privacy Work

Make sure to address the elephant in the room - privacy. Consider installing electrochromic glass panels that switch from clear to opaque. Or take inspiration from Japanese architecture with sliding wooden screens that double as art pieces.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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The purpose of no bathroom doors is to limit their use to single people or couples. They want business travelers to get a separate rooms or upgrade.

I can assure you not even single people nor couples want doorless bathrooms.

Couples that poop together stay together.

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No. I think some couples are just more private than others.

I don't think there are any couples who prefer the bedroom to smell like the toilet.

If you flush the toilet at precisely the moment after you take a shit, the vacuum force of the toilet venting down the waste line will pretty much keep that from happening. That's basically prison rules.

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So you can take a dump with some privacy, obviously.

There must be two types of people/couples. Those that prefer privacy and those that don't care.

I would be surprised if private defecation is not a majority preference among couples.

Even if I'm alone in a hotel room, I'd prefer to contain the odor to the bathroom.

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