What are hotels unable to

Also bathrooms that have more than four square inches of shelf space would be nice.

Talking duvets why do they tuck the flippin' thing in so tight that you need the strength of Hercules to pull it out. If you try to get in the bed without releasing it you run the risk of turning two dimensional they're so tight!

2 chairs in a room for 2 people and a headboard that doesn’t bang against the wall.

Have a simple way of turning the lights off without it turning into the equivalent of a New Years Eve light show!!

Some way to dry towels, happy to make my own bed and not make a mess, so we don't need the room serviced but need dry towels (and enough of them, at least one hand and one bath towel for each person)
A bathroom basin plug that works and doesn't let all the water out.
As a CPAP user, a table and 3 pin (not usb) plug beside the head of the bed.
A clean TV remote control 🤢
A mini fridge. The cheapest US motel and most European hotels will have one. No need for an American double with ice making, just big enough for meds a a couple of bottles of water.
Enough for now 😉

Make the light switch closest to the bed the one for side lamps; and the one furthest from the bed switches on the main light.

Install fire door closers that are 'soft close' for the last cm or so, to save doors banging...

No fresh air

To have enough light near the only mirror in the room you can get up close to. And have a shelf to put stuff on. Either you have to lean over a wide cabinet or stand in front of a mirror which is in the area of the room with no light (natural or otherwise)

No where to put shampoo etc in the shower. I actually am surprised when there is a little shelf

I've now got some of the silicone bottles on a lanyard that ce wrap around the showere fitting

Bloody typical when you're so impatient to post you don't read down to the bottom 😅

Yes, ask you to think of the environment and reuse towels (which I'm happy to do) but don't have anywhere to dry them

They want you to save them money the planet by re-using towels, but don't provide anywhere to dry them.

They’ll be missing all those and a large shelf in the bathroom for your toiletry bag.
However there will be 2 large chairs and a very small low table provided 😀

Hairdryers with all the power of an asthmatic ant where you have to keep one finger pressing down the ‘on’ button otherwise it cuts out

@KimberleyClark So much that. Mr Monkey and I have self assigned jobs whenever we get to a new hotel. His is to find out the code for the front door, check out time and when and where breakfasr is. Mins is to work out how the shower works and find the hair dryer.

Hairdryers with a diffuser attachment would be an added bonus

Provide what I consider the basic necessities for a room...full length mirror, decent lighting, towels for hands, body AND hair (and ones that are big enough to actually cover your body), sockets by the bed and the mirror. Most rooms will be missing at least one of these things.

Was feeling sorry for myself that we can never afford to go anywhere but this thread has made me feel better by reminding me how awful hotels can actually be

Provide showers that work exactly as you would expect them to.

Why is there often no where to put toiletries in the bathroom. Where am I supposed to put my deodorant, toothpaste toothbrush etc if there are no shelves or only 3ins worktop near the sink? And more hooks to hang stuff up.

Moxy at Edinburgh airport: when you turn all lights off except the bedside lamp, then turn off the bedside lamp lying in bed, every single light in the room (and bathroom) comes back on. When, after trying every possible combination of light switch settings, you ring reception to ask how to turn off the lights they will tell you that the light will go off by itself after 5 min of no movement, except they mean the low light that is around the bottom of the bed that helps you find your way when you get up in the middle of the night to use the toilet which does indeed go off after 5 min, the room lights don't.
I had to put a coat over my jamies and get a receptionist to help me turn them off, I still don't know how you actually do it.

This! It drives me potty!

Just get rid of all the damned cushions from the bed. If there’s a sofa or comfy chair, a couple on there is sufficient.

• Put scatter cushions on the bed that you have to throw on the floor to actually get into bed.
• Put clean towels on the bed; you need them in the bathroom.
• Provide a pool (or be situated by a beach) but provide nowhere in bathroom to hang wet swimwear.
• Provide hooks for coats.
• Check all lamps work as part of room clean between guests.
• Provide adequate shower screens so you don’t go for a paddle if you want a wee in the night.

I totally accept not all are guilty and some are better than others here.