To think the hotel were out of order with valentines stay/room?

And yes, please leave a full review of your experience as many (if not most) prospective customers will want to know this in order to make sure they avoid this awful hotel.

Emphasising in doing so the fact that although this has happened in the past, ie it was a known issue, the hotel still did not have the necessary equipment etc in stock to repair it immediately!

Obviously you should get a substantial refund & that should have been offered immediately as they could not move you - or a full refund if you chose not to stay. Amazed that so many posters on here are so willing to accept sub-standard facilities and services & kind of see themselves as being ‘relaxed’ or ‘chill’ for doing so. Being a complete doormat in the face of appalling service and misdescribed facilities is neither of those things.

Not all people sharing a double/twin room are in a romantic relationship where anything goes. Siblings, mother, friend, work colleague, teenage kid etc. can be sharers.

I was just thinking back, and I was lucky enough to go on a guided tour of China in 2008. The glitzy multi starred hotel in Beijing had a glass walled loo and shower. I was with my female pal and it was rather embarrassing, until we discovered the remote control for turning the glass opaque. Still wasn't ideal either. Only two nights there thank god. Awful bloody design. That's nearly 20 years ago now so it's not a new thing.

While it wouldn't actually bother me, I'd probably kick up a stink and ask for a refund, or at least a lot more than a couple of drinks at the bar.

I think you’re being too sensitive here. Yes, your hotel room had an issue. But you seem to be angling for compensation or a refund, I don’t think this really warrants a massive goodwill gesture. Yes, it is likely that people having sex with each other have “seen it all before”, yes it also likely that no one wants to see someone taking a shit. But overall, if that was a big dealbreaker for me, I wouldn’t book a hotel with glass walls in the bathroom period.

No I wouldn't like that either. I stay in hotels with my teen son and we have been known to share a double room. I don't want see him on the loo and he would need therapy if he watched me having a dump. Not all people who share a hotel room are used to watching each other using the loo?

This type of bathroom layout in hotels drives me mad.
Just what is the benefit of having a glass door that you can set to opaque.... just have it opaque permanently if you really want that type of door.

I can't believe grown adults went all the way down to the lobby to use the loo rather than saying "Darling, would you mind averting your eyes for a few minutes, thanks ever so". OK, not a great source but you could surely have coped for one night!

Careful there with that cheap sarcasm 🙂

It’s amazing to me to compare the several ( very expensive) hotels I’ve stayed at to the Premier Inn room design and realise that the last is often far more functional and comfortable

I completely agree. I'd rather stay in a PI than some I've stayed in at triple the price (and more).

Who on earth thought that glass thing was a good idea?

Who paid for the interior fittings.? I'd start with them.

Yes, totally me being unreasonable about the sticky back plastic on a romantic break 🙂 I’m glad you felt able to push on through. You’re absolutely right to question my education, and that of the OP, in response. We truly are substandard in comparison to you.

Who on earth thought that glass thing was a good idea? It's an absolutely terrible idea and you are absolutely right to complain about it! And even if everyone else was completely fine with it (which I very much doubt) you would still be well within your rights - why do they think you have a lock on the bathroom door in most hotel rooms even though there is only one double bed??

I feel that having a shit in the dark, & doing the necessary bottom cleaning in the dark, is a far from optimal plan for a romantic weekend.

No you're not being ridiculous OP.

There are some things that are better kept private , even though I've been with my husband for over 30 years i have absolutely no desire to watch him take a dump and i'm pretty sure he feels the same about me.
I would not settle for a free drink for this either .

I wouldn't have booked this sort of room, but other than that, i would have requested that they tape the window with something, for privacy.

I can’t believe people saying this is OK. Who wants to have a poo or change a tampon with your other half watching?

Well nobody I expect. Me and dh have stayed in a room like this in the past and, as we both speak the same language we just alert each other if we're going into the bathroom so the other can avert their eyes. Obviously you have to trust the other person to avert their eyes but we do so . . . .

I wouldn't choose to have clear glass in the bathroom door but given the above it doesn't really pose a problem.

Hate to tell you op but your BF probably thinks you booked it especially and😂 suspects you of being a scatophiliac now!

I mean, you really want to be standing in the corridor at any given hour when you've booked a luxury hotel. Not.

It’s amazing to me to compare the several ( very expensive) hotels I’ve stayed at to the Premier Inn room design and realise that the last is often far more functional and comfortable, albeit far less attractive looking in terms of design.

It's why chains such as Premier Inn, Travelodge, and the brands within the Ibis/Novotel (Accor) company do so well. They are basic good design, clean and standardised. YOu know what you're getting.

I really rate the French Accor hotel chain at all its price points - even the Ibis Styles (their budget offering) is well designed with a separate lavatory and private shower cubicle. Their Novotel level hotels are really well-designed & comfortable for the price.

But that is the issue isn’t it - the hotel we didn’t book clearly show it as a room feature and it’s one that is becoming increasingly common

we didn’t book it because we didn’t want it. But could not have complained because it is clearly a feature of the room

Which again comes down to exactly what the room is advertised as

a room with an opaque wall is different from a room with a clear wall you can turn opaque

the clear wall was always I assume there and the room was booked on that basis

pushing on through the cheap sarcasm, I'd suggest that if a grown adult is incapable of finding a quick and easy way to obscure the view through a windows then maybe their parents should get a refund on their education ?

I can assure you that you will never meet a customer like me. However you have to live in the land of the possible.

"Shitty review" being a very apt term. You should have lots to say on the topic of shitting op!

Why couldn’t one of you just step out of the room if the other wanted privacy?

Yes and probably an avocado bath big enough for a romantic group