Hotels why do you do this

[Kannet]

We need the plugs near the mirrors. How hard is this

I totally agree. Also self-catering cottages, B&Bs etc - mirror on a dressing table or attached to a wall ..... nowhere near a socket

I've always thought the owners should 'stay' in each of their rooms to work out what their guests actually need.

Hear hear to this. I've lost count of the furniture-moving I've done over the years so I can get my hairdrier within 10 feet of a mirror

While we're on the subject, ditch those bloody useless driers with the weird hoses that are welded to the wall in the bathroom and can't be operated unless you keep your finger on the switch.

I have just had to dry my hair, whilst propping my foundation compact up on my purse. Ridiculous huge mirror right round corner

One of Anthea Turner's top tips-always take an extension cable on holiday. So I always do.

And kettles with leads that are too short to have them plugged in at the same time that the kettle is on the table - have lost count of the amount of times I've had to make tea while crouching over the floor!

And why do they put cushions and runners on the beds?

This isn't a home, they don't get washed and it's grim.

FruViking my parents own a b&b and always make me and my sisters give back full reports when we've stayed in the rooms as to what needs changing/doing!
This is definitely something I would point out to her. In one room the sockets are near but a bit hidden away so she has a little sign up!

I think it's still from a time when women's needs weren't really thought about.

It's only been the last ten years or so, that mirrors aren't hung at a height that comfortably suit the average woman's height.

It's took kitchen and bathroom designers long enough to wake up to this.

I would like a cordless Iron inventing, whilst were on the subject of what's needed (I'm single and my dog is wonderful but doesn't Iron).

Might be as tip is question, but why do you need a mirror when drying your hair???

I have never, ever done this.

Am I missing out I something?

I use the mirror if I'm using my hair straighteners/curlers, so understand why plugs should be near the mirror, but drying your hair??

yes to the throws and cushions, we stayed in a fairly posh chain hotel in Cheltenham (baths in bedrooms!) and they had some lovely cushions on the bed but they stank! Had dubious stains on them as well, hey were promptly thrown in the corner and not touched again.

They did have plenty of plug sockets and a hairdryer though.

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I would like a cordless Iron inventing, whilst were on the subject of what's needed

I've got a cordless iron, have had for years, mum had one when I was a teenager too. :)

But yes I agree about the sockets/mirrors/kettle leads

If you use a hairdryer and brush at the same time you need a mirror, well i do. Or when using a diffuser.

I always use a mirror when using a hairdryer because I use a diffuser.

Agree re the cushions and throws. I always take them straight off and put them in the corner or the wardrobe (if there is one).

Yes, oh yes; stayed in a recently refurbished , upmarket country pub; amazingly decorated room with no sockets near the dressing table, and no mirror there either; no wardrobe or drawers but 2 wall hooks, eight coathangers, and a ladder propped up against the wall (for hanging clothes on?); an enormous shower but nowhere to put toiletries other than on the floor, likewise the washbasin; and large windows overlooking the road and gardens with no blinds or shutters, which meant drawing the curtains, every time we changed. Fiona Duncan, (Sunday Telegraph) referred to it as 'an indifferent country pub'. Pity, because there was much that was good. If I notice all these things why cannot the Interior Designer?

Agree with the cushions and throws, they're usually dark coloured and/or patterned to hide the dirt. Who the hell wants them on the bed when you know for a fact they haven't been washed in between guests. They come off and go straight in the wardrobe. I then tell the person making up the room to leave them where they are. Skanky things. If I ran a hotel they'd be binned along with the blankets, yuk.

hate cushions too. they went in the top shelf of the wardrobe. skanky things.

And proper lights that light up the room, not useless mood lighting and lamps that have you rummaging around your suitcase for hours.

We always take an extension lead with 4 sockets in, solves this problem nicely, and we can charge all our devices at once,

Also sockets near bedside table to charge my phone. I don't wear a watch and like to know what time it is when I wake up!

Yes Lights, that actually illuminate what you are trying to do.

And please, please a well lit mirror on the wall of the room that we glasses/contact wearing people can get close enough to see to do makeup, lenses etc.

I can't begin to focus over three feet of marble sink surround.

And mirrors that are at the right height and don't have furniture in front. I need to be up close to dry my hair as I can't see far without my glasses.

I stay in hotels all the time. 2/3 nights per week.
I don't want to touch throws/pillows and kick them into the corner!
Power sockets not near mirrors drive me mad, as do mirrors not near the desk. I don't want to stand for half an hour while I straighten my hair!

this isn't really a fault of hotels, but because of the design of british plugs you need space under the socket for the wire, otherwise at best the wire has to be bent right under the plug, or at worst the plug doesn't fit. if you go to the continent the wires come straight out of the plug rather than underneath it, so they will sometimes put the sockets very low down near the tabletop/floor. it can be a nightmare finding the sockets that have enough space for a british plug!

A long extension lead with a four-gang at the end of it is part of every experienced traveller's kit whether it's business or pleasure travel and whether it's a five star hotel or a B and B.

Dim lighting is to encourage you to go out and spend, not sit upstairs and read or work. If I am in a hotel for more than one night I buy a more powerful bulb and change it.