To not want to sleep in an adjoining room?

[Madeshead0105]

Just checked into a hotel and we've been given a room with a locked (obvs) door to an adjoining room.

This absolutely gives me the totally gippy fits. 🙄

Irrational, I know, but I'm a terrible sleeper at the best of times - I'd be fit for nothing tomorrow after an anxious night's not sleeping.

The hotel were lovely and swapped us straight away, surprisingly the hotel is quite quiet

But AIBU to feel like this? DH thinks I'm bonkers and with him in the room (big rugby player) I should be able to relax and sleep soundly.

Even after many of us have recounted stories of loud noise or people actually coming into the room through them?

I’ve had strangers come through my room door (from corridor). Over the decades it’s happened a few times. Most people I know have had this as well. I’ve never known anyone who has had this happen through interconnecting doors in the room. You don’t get everyone claiming they wouldn’t stay in a hotel room as hotel corridor doors give them the heebie jeebies.

@Welshmaenad

Adjoining rooms never bothered me until I was staying in a hotel in Bristol on my own in one. Next door were a group of males - they were quite loud all evening - I was just sitting quietly eating room service snd listening to an audiobook - and in the early hours of the morning they started trying the door and rattling the handle. It woke me up snd scared the shit out of me. They did it several times, and I couldn't go back to sleep. Obviously it didn't open but I didn't know what their intentions toons were, and whether they could force their way in if they really put their mind to it.

I absolutely would never stay in one again. Unfortunately some hotels (including this one) only have an adjoining room option for their disabled adapted rooms, snd it puts me in a position where I have to choose between accessibility and feeling safe.

Wow that must have been a scary experience and exactly the reason why I wouldn’t agree on staying in this type of room. Apart from the noise traveling.

Those who say it’s the same as the door between room and corridor, I often feel pretty anxious staying alone in a hotel room, I’m always scared that someone will break in during the middle of the night. Having not one but two doors would definitely make my anxiety much worse. I know it’s not very rational thinking but anxiety unfortunately rarely works that way.

@Welshmaenad

Adjoining rooms never bothered me until I was staying in a hotel in Bristol on my own in one. Next door were a group of males - they were quite loud all evening - I was just sitting quietly eating room service snd listening to an audiobook - and in the early hours of the morning they started trying the door and rattling the handle. It woke me up snd scared the shit out of me. They did it several times, and I couldn't go back to sleep. Obviously it didn't open but I didn't know what their intentions toons were, and whether they could force their way in if they really put their mind to it.

I absolutely would never stay in one again. Unfortunately some hotels (including this one) only have an adjoining room option for their disabled adapted rooms, snd it puts me in a position where I have to choose between accessibility and feeling safe.

Sorry that happened to you. I was under the impression that adjoining hotel room doors were two doors back to back, both locked, so that even if one side got unlocked it would open straight onto another locked door. Therefore there would be different door handles on either side so wobbling one up and down wouldn’t cause the one on the other side to move. I haven’t come across adjoining rooms where it is just one door, and didn’t realise this was a thing

They indeed are a thing (single doors) I remember them well from holidays as a child /young adult with my parents. From what I remember both sides had a key/card to open the door but there was the possibility to lock the door on each side, each side had a door latch.

To all those asking.

Yes I'm in England.

Yes hotels are open for limited reasons.

I didn't break in to an unopen hotel and then ask the non existent staff to be moved to a more preferable room.

The last hotel room we spent the night in had smokers in the adjoining room....it was a miserable night...the space around the doors wasn't tight, so their smoke came in our room.
This is a photo of what I tried to do to block the smoke..at 2a.m.
It didn't work...they also were smoking cannabis 🙄

I hate adjoining rooms usually because of noise but clearly no noise issue if its empty next door but I still wouldn't sleep in it. As for your big rugby player DH, my DP is 6'3 and built like a prop, but he sleeps like he's dead so he would never save me.

Is the door in between lockable

Yes, there are 2 doors..one in each room with the lock on each door..( outlined in red)
I just noticed how high up on the door the lock is placed...I'm assuming so small children can't unlock the door? The doorknob is underneath the towel.

I used to travel a lot for work and always asked to change if given an adjoining room after one occasion of being woken at 5:30 every morning for a week by the TV, a man singing and the steam from a lynx shower and matching spray coming under the large gap under the door.