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

Ah, romantic valentines weekend.... where forced to see each other shit.

Hotel are taking the pee.

I wouldn't want to use the toilet in front of my OH but I think I would just ask him not to look.

I would expect better customer service around the issue though - clearly if the room was advertised with a see through door to the bathroom, you wouldn't have booked it.

Baffling that no one at the hotel has come up with a temporary fix for customers who are uncomfortable with it, if it is an ongoing problem. A curtain that fixes with suckers or electrostatically for example. You can't be the only 2 guests who have a problem with it. It's not you, it's them.

We had this recently, where the bathroom had a full glass window so no one missed ‘the amazing view’. The problem was though, there was exterior window, then little sitting area, then bed, then bathroom - so while on the loo, you looked out across the bed and sitting area to the lovely view outside the window.

However, there was a roller blind which you could put down if desired. Neither DH or I could be bothered faffing with a roller blind every time we went to the loo, so just left it. We didn’t look at each other on the loo though, who would? We were either in the little sitting area, having wine or cup of tea while looking out at the view, or laying on the bed watching Netflix, not ogling the person who had gone in and was sitting on the loo, or drying themselves off from shower behind the glass. So, while an odd’ish set up, it was no biggie at all and we certainly were not storming down to reception about it, or using reception toilets.

This is my nightmare! I don't really like en suite bathrooms as the close proximity of the bed and the toilet makes me self-conscious and uncomfortable. The smell of some else's poo wafting into the bedroom is something I wold prefer to avoid (yes - even after being married for 30 years and having 4 children together!).

I really feel for you as it must be even worse with a new partner. You are not being unreasonable at all.

This. It doesn’t matter how long you have been together. One month or 40 years. Doesn’t matter. You booked a room with a bathroom having a privacy option. The hotel were unable to fulfill that booking sufficiently so a refund is appropriate.

FWIW my DH and I have been together nearly 30 years. He has seen me give birth twice. I would not want him to catch a glimpse of me wiping my arse after a poo. Not my idea of a romantic gesture.

I’d send another review or email the manager, including some suggestions here like a sheet over it and suggest that since maintenance says it was a common issue, they should have solutions available (shower curtain on suction cups would work well too) and it should not have been dismissed/you are shocked that you had to go downstairs as your only solution.

And I’m saying it as someone who would have been annoyed but not mortified.

This was going to be my point. More people than you might guess have bowel issues because, let's face it, who would talk about this to anyone other than their partner?

I was looking for a room to share with my teenage daughter last week and made sure I scoured the reviews for any sign of this because neither of us would want anything other than solid walls and door on the bathroom.

It's a dreadful arrangement and the only time I've stayed somewhere like this was for a solo stay. That's the only time it's acceptable imo.

I would have got them to tape bin liners to cover the glass (and asked for a bit of a refund).

Yeah but it needed a new part which they didn't have 🤷‍♂️

You're right to chase it up as they were a bit dismissive.

But it's also quite weird that you both used reception toilets instead of the other one just turning their back to the glass.

Fair enough if you're taking a shit but did you shit every time you went to reception?

YANBU.

The hotel should have offered a big discount on the current stay (not a future one) and some form of makeshift cover to make a privacy screen for the bathroom. A solid duvet cover or the like, and they should have come in and secured that for you.

And a free meal or similar for the embarrassment. For a receptionist to say "Oh well, couples don't mind" is way out of line and turns YOU into the problem, not their inadequate maintenance. Puts you in the position of sounding like a prude, rather than just wanting absolutely normal privacy.

Drives me crazy - TV remotes that need new batteries is another one. It's just cheapskate maintenance that doesn't check all room amenities at each change over.

Agreed OP, I wouldn't find that acceptable either.

Eeek - just noticed this is your first weekend away together. The thought of this set up, in that situation, is giving me bodily pain from embarrassment.

Yeah, shitting as a spectator sport, how relaxing and romantic.

She could .... But a first trip away with a new partner, a special Valentine's treat - having to announce you are going for a piss/shit, so your partner can look away while you do so - not really going to get you in the mood, is it?

I feel like the username of the poster at the top of the thread who thinks it ridiculous to be bothered by this is somehow pertinent.

More than one hotel has lost my custom because they have a bath in the room but having a loo that is not completely private is more than minorly off-putting.

Can't believe there are so many people comfortable with using the toilet in front of their partner! Or even asking him to 'look the other way'. I'd be mortified.

On a weekend break, lots of sex, but 'first, darling, can you look away while I poo?' Oh my god.

Tbf to the hotel, if they were full they couldn't give you a new room, but a free drink and 'nothing they haven't seen before' isn't enough.

I've been married for over a decade, he's seen me give birth three times, seen me covered in vomit/ baby poo/ blood, seen me showering, and seen me after 4 days without showering. But he has never seen me use the toilet. That day might come, but we'll be very far from sexy weekend breaks if/ when it does.

Wouldn't be happy with this. Been with my OH for coming up 30 years. Fine with seeing each other having a shower and a slash. I certainly don’t want to be in view when taking a shit.

ah Village hotels! First time I've seen a bathroom like that in one but don't expect a response if you raise a complaint.

While it wouldn't bother me personally, I realise that I am unusually comfortable about things like this, and that the vast majority of people would NOT be ok going to the loo in front of their partner.

And regardless of whether you are or not, you paid for something they didn't deliver. And a couple of drinks in the bar really isn't decent compensation.

I'd expect another free night's stay for this. Good luck.

I go through hotel reviews and photos with forensic attention to detail in an attempt to avoid these types of rooms. I can tolerate those with a roller blind or shutters that provide privacy but glass toilet doors/cubicles are an abomination no one needs. My favourite type of bathroom has a separate enclosed loo with solid walls and a wooden door, but they are rare. We are sometimes fortunate to book a suite that has a separate 'guest' loo as well as the bathroom (due to DH spending more time in hotels on business trips than he spends at home - loyalty is rewarded)

I wouldn’t care about wees, those are free game in our house, but I don’t want to make eye contact with someone having a shit, even (especially) when I’m married to them.

My very first thought

no i wouldnt like it and i go away alot with my dsis what would they say then