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Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by ghaff »

jrockway wrote: post #303
ghaff wrote: post #210

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or just don't travel if every detail becomes an issue. I make certain basic assumptions--yes I assume there will be a bed and toilet paper--but, in general, I adapt as necessary.

That is fair. I have noticed doors going missing in hotels but typically travel alone so it didn't really register as an issue. I would not want to share a room with a coworker ever, bathroom door or not.

A former company did have shared rooms for people in Asia-Pacific but it's never been the norm in my experience.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by lvspiff »

Spooky23 wrote: post #146

The hotel industry is bizarre. I feel like we hit this maxima circa 2005 where prefabrication made for the shockingly cheap/nice Hampton Inn style hotels in the US. Now those places anre on the wrong side of the depreciation curve, and every chain hotel is a little worse every day. They bill upfront since COVID, don’t clean the room, shrink the towels and deliver a shittier level of service. I was at a Marriott recen…

I've traveled more recently for a new job and the downgrade in hotels has been the same. I've stayed at a la quinta that was no better than a motel 6 with a barely cleaned room and towels that were more like old wash cloths, a Marriot down the road from raven's stadium in Baltimore that had the stupid open shower thing and room stank like mold, and the surprising belle of the ball has been a best western "plus" which has essentially been what a midrange Hilton/Marriot was just a few years ago.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by ars »

eru wrote: post #316
autoexec wrote: post #282

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Open the window or run the aircon?

It's been a very long time since I've stayed in a hotel room with a window that actually opened.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by lvspiff »

dreamcompiler wrote: post #95

I applaud this effort. Now I wish someone would do one for hotels where the shower controls seem designed for maximum confusion. I'm pretty sure there are conventions for hotel shower designers where they compete to make showers that spray you with freezing or scalding water or simply make it impossible for water to come out at all, while the controls look maximally pretty.

I've found the hotel the shower controls are akin to a bop-it...pull it...twist it...hit it....twist it....pull it....

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by zamadatix »

cogman10 wrote: post #330
rjdj377dhabsn wrote: post #31

Huh.. I've stayed in over 1,000 hotels and Airbnbs over the last 15 years and not once saw a bathroom with no door. Lots of bathroom windows, but always some kind of door.

Reading this thread, it seems like it's a trend with very fancy hotels? I usually stay at chain hotels and this is never really a problem.

I run into this barn door style decently often at run of the mill Marriotts and Hiltons across the US. It seems like the chances are higher the newer the construction.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by bamboozled »

decimalenough wrote: post #291

I once stayed at a very boutiquey, avant-garde hotel with a platonic friend. We had booked a twin room with separate beds, but what I did not expect was that the shower cubicle, with clear glass on all three sides, would be placed between the beds.

Was it a "love hotel" because...that doesn't sound like a regular hotel?

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by ghaff »

jen20 wrote: post #329
Spooky23 wrote: post #146

The hotel industry is bizarre. I feel like we hit this maxima circa 2005 where prefabrication made for the shockingly cheap/nice Hampton Inn style hotels in the US. Now those places anre on the wrong side of the depreciation curve, and every chain hotel is a little worse every day. They bill upfront since COVID, don’t clean the room, shrink the towels and deliver a shittier level of service. I was at a Marriott recen…

I’d assume that was a franchise hotel, and calling Marriott corporate would have got you some compensation at minimum.

Yeah, I'm sure I've spent hundreds of nights in Marriott properties and never not had linens.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by foobarchu »

eru wrote: post #313
throwawayffffas wrote: post #289

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Flushing generates aerosols that travel.

Have you considered closing the lid?

Have you just been trolling this thread for a few hours posting this copypasta to anyone who thinks not having bathroom doors is gross? This is the third or fourth one of these I've seen, and that's a pretty weird battle to fight, is all I'm saying.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by lvspiff »

stephen_g wrote: post #113
pests wrote: post #4

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.

Whether the room has a door on the bathroom or not, business travellers should be getting separate rooms... Over dozens of trips, the only time I've ever shared was a two-bedroom apartment when I went with a colleague for a conference (one had an ensuite so we had separate bathrooms as well as separate bedrooms with doors). I wouldn't be OK with going on trips (or sending people I manage on trips) where two people ha…

20 years ago a shared room was kinda the go-to for conferences and business meetings seemed like at companies I worked at. It was normal to share a 2 bed room with another guy, but all the hotels we ever stayed at had a bathroom with door that closed and didn't open straight to the bedroom. It also had a curtain or at least a frosted door if someone happened to open the door.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by mitthrowaway2 »

eru wrote: post #316
autoexec wrote: post #282

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Open the window or run the aircon?

Good idea, I'll make sure the previous guests all do that.
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