Hate sharing hotel rooms (except with dh)

I totally agree with you! I'm not a great sleeper at the best of times, but sharing a room makes it even worse. I've got a weekend away with a friend in the summer and I've already said we need to do separate rooms. I like to have a really quiet, dark room at night, but my friend likes a late-night chat, and I tend to wake up early so I don't want to bother her in the morning. I've decided that paying for my own room is the only way forward- if I pay for a shared room then it really is money down the drain as I'll just lie awake frustrated with her habits or worried that mine are annoying her.

Yanbu. I need my space and privacy. I'm happy sharing with dp but no other adults.

I dont want to listen to snoring and farting

I'm not sure why any of thought sharing a premier Inn room would be nice and comfortable.

I don't even share with my DC, we always get adjoining as their just isn't enough space and we all keep each other awake and then are tired and cranky the next day.

I'd rather share with friends than a snoring farting man wanting sex.

I've got a hen party coming up that I'm absolutely dreading for this reason. Not just sharing rooms but most of the party are sharing beds. It's funny because on here people are horrified at even the idea of sharing rooms but when I queried the bed thing on the group whatsapp everyone else was completely fine with it! It's been the same on other hens I've been on too, I've been the weird one for not wanting to share a sofa bed with a total stranger! Usually I'd just say 'thanks but no thanks' but I'd committed before they sprung this on us 🙄 Paying an absolute fortune for the privilege too!

I have never shared a room unless someone else is paying ( eg the odd bridesmaid the night before the wedding thing). I don't know why grown ups would do this. Obviously I do with DH and did with men I was in a relationship with but not with friends or family since becoming an adult.

For anyone who can sleep well in a room with someone random - sleep through snoring, movement and toilet trips for eg - sharing makes sense. I can’t do that so I’d rather either pay the extra or not go. I travel a lot solo anyway, so paying for a whole hotel room isn’t out of the ordinary for me.

People writing that they wouldn't stay in hostels - some do have private rooms.

I don't mind sharing toilets and showers (with other women), it's just like being at work or the gym. For me it's better than staying in a hotel and sharing a bathroom with DH. It feels more private, too, as there's nobody just outside unable to avoid hearing any 'bathroom' noises.....

I wouldn't share with anyone other than DH, but I have a single friend who often goes on holiday with a female friend (not always the same one) and they share a room. Not doing so would put up the price a lot.

I hadn't shared with anyone but close family for years until I went away with my cousin for a weekend. We used to go on holiday together when young so I thought it would be fine. She used all the towels, put the tissue box on her bedside table, spent ages in the bathroom so I had to use the toilet at reception and to top it all, balanced her sweaty socks on top of my trousers hanging in the wardrobe. I then stayed overnight in a hotel sharing with a good friend. She snored really loudly and I kept waking up, tossing and turning. I wasn't going to say anything as she wasn't doing it on purpose, but in the morning she complained about my snoring!
Both are still good friends but I will never share with anyone but DH again!

I’ve only done it once and that was on a three night trip. It was ok, my friend did hog the bathroom but the hotel had a beautiful spa so I used that a lot.
We had one of my most fun nights ever when we stayed in and I had a bed picnic with a bottle of wine each and watched Love Island together. My friend is American and I was explaining all the accents to her. That made up for the bathroom hogging.
We also had room service breakfast on the balcony and again it was such a lovely experience.

As I said, maternity leave is a good model.

I've often wondered whether a room each for me and dh would be a good idea. They do adjoining rooms at one place we stay at. It'd be expensive though.

No she went back home. I stayed on over the weekend. Not sure how I managed without her to tell me everything I was doing wrong.

I’m the opposite, I’ll share with anyone if it saves a few quid! Went to Marrakech last year with DD1 and we slept in mixed dorms for £10 per night each. The last hostel we were in, the door didn’t even close and the mattress was sagging, lumpy pillows and a weird heavy blanket but I slept like a baby for some reason!

There are 2 people in the world I’d share with. DD and one friend of 40+ years.

Ugh. I'm still traumatized nu having to share with a colleague on a work trip years ago. We were staying in the nicest hotel in the city but had to.share a room. It was clear even the hotel receptionist found it weird.

She was a bitch to me all day at work and then all evening it was "I hope you're not one of those [my nationality] who needs total privacy in the bathroom." "You're wearing that?!" "Don't use the room phone, it's too expensive!" "TV is for the proletariat." "Hotel shampoo is only good for washing your tights "

When the event was over I moved to a crappy hostel for a couple days on my own and it was bliss.

Nice hotels confuse me. I’m just sleeping there. It doesn’t need to be fancy. Just clean. I do, however, need to sleep - that’s precarious enough in an unknown room wothout adding another person!s noises - turning over, coughing, snoring…

I went from never sharing a room with friends as I'm a total insomniac, to deciding never to share my home with a husband ever again, either! Best decision ever to rid myself of the emotional intelligence of both of them. My little Labrador snoozing peacefully next to me and my cats purrs are pure autistic bliss.

Some hostels (many, maybe even most) now have separate rooms (en suite) - they’re far more common than shared dorms. I’d imagine Oxford could be quite pricey, so that might be an option esp if your work isn’t paying