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Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by yunwal »

snypher wrote: post #235
Brian_K_White wrote: post #87

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Some people make noise when they eat with their mouth open. It's not scandalous, it's just ignorant and gross. It's always an utter clod that is so unaware of themselves just smucking and squelching away on their open mouth full of gloopy donut muck. It's not a virtue to be so unselfcounscious. It's not about being ashamed or inhibited or in pathological denial of biological realities. It's about being fucking minima…

It would be virtuous to not judge others based on some small thing they do that annoys you, just as you do things that annoy others.

Actually what’s virtuous is just having a fucking door on the bathroom

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Post by autoexec »

lawlessone wrote: post #194
eru wrote: post #165

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> [...] it's a significant hygiene issue. How so?

who wants to sleep in a room full of shower steam?

The extra humidity is bound to add to mold issues too. It's not a huge issue when it's largely contained to the bathroom where you can wipe stuff down, but mold in mattresses, upholstered furniture, curtains, and carpet make filling the entire hotel room with steam every day (if not multiple times a day) a very bad idea.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by caminante »

mrandish wrote: post #216
majormajor wrote: post #187

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I don't think that adds up. "Staying in a hotel with a romantic partner and/or family" is at least as primary a use case for hotels as "staying in a hotel with a platonic friend" and is still a scenario where you want a door but is NOT a scenario where "just get separate rooms" is a logical conclusion. "Get the hell out of that hotel and complain about it to everyone you know," on the other hand, is. The much more sp…

> eliminating rooms with two beds Quick tip I discovered when traveling with my teenage daughter: a lot of hotel sites are now unclear on whether a booking is for a room with one or two beds. I found that listing "occupants" as 3 would usually force such sites to sort for rooms with two beds (even though there would only be two of us). Assuming there's no breakfast included, the price is usually the same for 2 or 3.

Not a good tip.

You now play games with per person occupancy fees/taxes upon arrival, instead of screening available information.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by kstrauser »

akudha wrote: post #92
kstrauser wrote: post #32

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Maybe, and also 100% guarantees I’ll never stay there with my family.

But do you check if the hotel has bathroom doors? If yes, where? You call up and ask? And trust the person on the phone is honest? Most people would assume bathrooms have doors. It is just exhausting to have to check for every small, commonsensical, super basic detail

Perhaps not, but I'd definitely check Yelp, and I'd also definitely pass word to the next Yelper or travel website viewer who comes along. That's not perfect, obviously, but those poor reviews really do start to take money out of the scummy owners' pockets.

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Post by kijin »

eru wrote: post #252
lawlessone wrote: post #194

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who wants to sleep in a room full of shower steam?

That's a comfort issue. Comfort is important, but it's distinct from hygiene.

If the increased humidity promotes mold growth, then yes, it's a hygiene issue.

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Post by the_af »

toast0 wrote: post #257
citizenpaul wrote: post #212

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How do you complain and go to another hotel if every single hotel is owned by four companies that are colluding together to do the same thing. This ignores the very obvious fact that you may not want to search for a hotel at 2AM in a strange city when you are exhausted. Keep making excuses for your masters though, this is the world you live in. Marriot,Hilton,IGT,Hyatt own almost all hotels in any area you want to go…

> Marriot,Hilton,IGT,Hyatt own almost all hotels in any area you want to go to. Best Western, Choice, Wyndham, IHG (typo?), Accor, Blackstone (Motel6), Radisson, Red Lion, Red Roof. Etc. There's lots of choices. Many (most?) hotels are franchises and the name on the hotel can change. I haven't run into a hotel with no bathroom door yet, but I only have 2-3 stays a year and one is usually in the same hotel every year.…

What's the explanation for housekeeping? I actually prefer very little to no housekeeping, especially for short stays.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by devmor »

Anecdotal, but this reminded me of when I attended a conference in las vegas, booked two to a room, and unbeknownst to us or the booking agency, the hotel had a large window between the shower and the sleeping area that had no kind of shade or cover at all. It was extremely awkward - ultimately I and the other occupant agreed on being out of the room when the other showered.

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Post by toast0 »

quickthrowman wrote: post #90
Teever wrote: post #8

I'm interested to see where zoning laws permit this kind of stuff.

My state does not require a door on a guest bathroom in a hotel. A bathroom serving employees and the public in a hotel is required to have a self-closing door, but the law does not say anything about doors on guest only bathrooms. I couldn’t find anything in the International Building Code about bathroom doors aside from minimum opening width, but I don’t have access to the full code. I’d have to ask an architect or…

A water closet is just water shelving without a door.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by throwawayffffas »

eru wrote: post #179
mitthrowaway2 wrote: post #81

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I recently stayed at a hotel in San Francisco that had no bathroom door. I'd even upgraded to the queen size room specifically because their layout map showed a door while the smaller rooms did not. I was pretty annoyed by that. (Edit: Despite being a single traveller. I think doors are important for hygiene). Happy to see someone is trying to fix this trend.

How are doors important for hygiene?

Flushing generates aerosols that travel.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by CGamesPlay »

dangus wrote: post #180
arrty88 wrote: post #72

Love this. I was super scared the first time i was booking travel to Europe with a newish girlfriend.

If you’re doing intentional travel with a significant other you should probably already be at the “pooping with the door open” phase.

Married with baby here—this is not a phase. Baby is the only one comfortable pooping with the door open.
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