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Swim up rooms

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Stabbitha · 10/02/2020 19:16

I was watching TV and during the ad break there was a holiday advert that mentioned swim up rooms.

I've always loved the idea of a swim up room and said so to DP. I then said as an afterthought 'only without the kids tho' 😉

Then my mine went into overdrive. I don't like the idea so much anymore.

How many people must have had a quick (or not so quick) shag and then gone straight to the pool. Straight out of sweaty bed into the pool or covered in god knows what.

I know most people don't shower before using the pool, especially on holiday but the true realisation of a swim up room dawned on me fairly quickly.

I'm not a germophobe but this proper gave me the ick when I gave it real thought.

I'm sure AIBU. Maybe not.

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Lazypuppy · 10/02/2020 19:19

Why would you only do swim.up rooms with no kids?

We went with friends and did 2 apartments next to eachother with our kids. Was great as we could be out swimming/sunbathing while they napped. And didn't have to pack everything up to go to the pool.

The sex thing surely its the same regardless of where the pool is

Sparklesocks · 10/02/2020 19:19

It is a bit of a gross thought! But also people get in pools when they are sweaty/snotty/greasy and whatnot, people even wee in pools! So a post shag swimmer isn’t the worst of the bunch. Luckily the chlorine kills that bacteria.

DontGoIntoTheLongGrass · 10/02/2020 19:23

We've got a swim up room in Turkey in July booked. So excited Smile our only worry was 5 year old getting out of the room by herself but she's really sensible and is taking swimming lessons at the moment. Besides I was asleep after and up before her and dh on holiday last year so no worries Grin sweat doesn't bother me as most people seem to do that on holiday Confused

FizzyGreenWater · 10/02/2020 19:24

YANBU.

Trail the piss to the comfort of your very own pillow.

Yeuch.

RufustheLanglovingreindeer · 10/02/2020 19:26

We stayed in a swim up room when we went on holiday in January

It was too flaming cold to swim as the rooms/ pool were permanently in shade

Stuck with the main pool as it was warmer

Butterymuffin · 10/02/2020 19:27

Do you think people don't do that with 'normal' pools?

Leaannb · 10/02/2020 19:28

Think about all the people who shag in the water

Letseatgrandma · 10/02/2020 19:29

Swimming pools are intrinsically ick anyway!

Sweat, skin cells,, bogies, wee, spunk, poo spores, hair grease, dandruff-all manner of crud in public pools!!

SnugglySnerd · 10/02/2020 19:32

I have never heard of these before but they sound like a accident waiting to happen with children regardless of any bodily fluids.

HuggedTheRedwoods · 10/02/2020 19:33

Go to Iceland, you shower before using the pools there expect the shower dodging dirty tourists if they can get away with it!

gaffamate · 10/02/2020 19:33

How do they make them secure? Can anyone jump in the pool and then get into your room?

Lazypuppy · 10/02/2020 19:49

@gaffamate yes not all swim up rooms are private. But its no different to peoples rooms with just a terrace outside.

They have lockable doors so are secure

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Stabbitha · 10/02/2020 20:09

Without the kids because they are only small and the anxiety I would get with having a body of water that close to the doors means it just wouldn't be relaxing.

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Stabbitha · 10/02/2020 20:12

I think my thinking is with regards to sex... even a short walk to a pool lets gravity do at least something.

From bed straight to pool not so much.

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Neednewwellies · 10/02/2020 20:16

How is that any different from a normal pool? In a swim up there’s statistically less germs, surely? At least there’s not 100+ kids depositing unpleasants in the pool daily. Plus less skin shedding etc.

Neednewwellies · 10/02/2020 20:17

From bed straight to pool not so much.
Most people will likely go via the the loo.

StatisticallyChallenged · 10/02/2020 20:33

You know people will actually shag in the pool?

Casualbride · 10/02/2020 20:48

I really wouldn’t worry about this at all. Unless it’s a teeny tiny pool with no filters or cleaning processes.

Doobigetta · 10/02/2020 20:59

Hotel pools= main source of D&V germs in holiday resorts.

ItFigures · 10/02/2020 21:02

DP and I had a swim up room in Ibiza. It was actually really lovely. We were definitely from the shaggers brigade though. Oops!

NarwhalsNarwhals · 10/02/2020 21:06

even a short walk to a pool lets gravity do at least something. yeah but it'll still be washing off them, it'll just have dripped a bit first...

Laiste · 10/02/2020 21:07

ALL pools are disgusting.

Apart from everything else think of all the filthy bare feet traipsing round a holiday resort before marching into a communal pool!

At least if it's a private one right outside your patio door then you can hope it's mostly only your won germs in it for the two weeks. You'll have hopefully had at least one shower a day while you're using it and the filters would have filtered it before you got there.

LOVED ours in Egypt.

FizzyIce · 10/02/2020 21:33

They have chemicals and filters so it’s not like a murky sex pond

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