But how would you know until it's too late and you've already checked in? Doesn't seem to be a very effective way of achieving this... Just means my mate and I wouldn't go back to that hotel again.

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bluGill 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Ask forithe manager and tell them you want a different room or a refund.

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Barbing 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

For big chains, quirks like that become known.

...like, the building adjacent your La Quinta is a diner, period. "La Quinta, Spanish for 'next to Denny's'"

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bravoetch 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

There are photos online and video tours of every hotel room on the planet. Check before booking.

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slyall 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I saw an interview with this person. Often the photos of rooms will be taken from the door-frame of the bathroom looking in or out. So not obvious if there is an actual door.

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dangus 10 hours ago | parent [-]

This is where you can practice human interaction and call or email the hotel.

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jrockway 10 hours ago | parent [-]

I just feel like this becomes time consuming after a while. Will there be soap? Toilet paper? A bed? You don't know unless you ask! But ... c'mon ... they can just tell you on the website.

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ghaff 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

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.

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jrockway 8 hours ago | parent [-]

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.

	▲	ghaff 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		A former company did have shared rooms for people in Asia-Pacific but it's never been the norm in my experience.

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dangus 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

If you’re going on so much travel that this is a burden then you’re truly privileged. Maybe your assistant or travel agent can handle this issue for you.

Jabs aside, you don’t need to be rich to use a travel agent or Rick Steves guidebook instead of blindly booking hotels on Internet sites. If there’s an issue like this you’ll easily find it on review sites and most of those are searchable.

The same thing applies to other experiences like restaurants and museums. For example, it’s always smart to jump on Google/Trip Advisor reviews and type in “kids” or “stroller” into various attractions to make sure you are prepared if you’re bringing kids along.

Travel is never perfect. I’ve been in weird rooms with actual glass walls with a perfect framed view of the shitter facing the bed. I have no idea why they did this, maybe this culture values natural light in bathrooms? I witnessed it more than once so it wasn’t just one creepy place. Individual privacy especially within the same family is something of a recent and western concept from my understanding.

Either way it was hilarious and a minor inconvenience considering it was a lot minute hotel. It’s just peeing and pooping, we all do it. My traveling friend and I took turns averting our eyes. We had warm clean beds and a story to tell.

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TylerE 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

There will be photos of an example room, with zero guarantee the room you get will be the same.

	▲	dangus 10 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Typically chain hotels are very careful about making sure everything in a picture is representative of the room to avoid this exact conflict. Often this does mean that the pictures are lacking.

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Cheer2171 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Literally false.