To think hotel designers should at least have once slept in a room before being allowed to design a room.

[FucksakeLavender]

I travel a lot for work and for pleasure.

I know I'm a particular sort of person buy Yegods some of the room I've stayed in at complete abs utter shite designed by people who I don't think have ever slept I. A room ever on their whole life ever, not once.

A bathroom light that comes on by sensor as you open the door. Nay, not A bathroom light, four lights. 3am snoozy wee completely brightened like the sun. No chance of just meandering back in my slightly soporific stupor.

And more poor DH who didn't even need to be awake now has frazzled corneas.

Light switches that you can't reach from prone in bed. What the warrant feck.

A kettle that yiu can't boil at the same time as watching tv because of the situation of sockets.

A 12foot by 8 foot plate glass window opposite my bed looking out into a communal outdoor space. Felt like investing in a red bulb for that hotel.

Lights choice? 13 spotlights and 2 side lights. Or nothing. No in between.

A very very stylish en suite in an historic building which was just a stone wall 2/3 of the height of the room. No ceiling to it. All ablution noise audible throughout the room. Married 35 years but, nope I'd rather not hear That tyfvfm.

A door that only locks from a single key from outside the room. So if one of use goes out for a bit, the other has to remain locked in. Or unlocked, compromising safety.

No handheld shower, and no shower cap provided. Nope I don't want my hair washed every time I shower thank you.

Had held showers with no parking location so it's a one handed shower for me, generally resulting in a soaked bathroom ffffs.

No socket near the bed.

No food on a Sunday evening.

No physical chain or bolt in the inside of the door.

A chair in the route from my side of the bed to the en suite. I'm sure I've broken toes in this scenario.

Every hotel employee should be forced to spend a nice in each room to check for smooth sailing.

I travel every other week for work, and have a 3m extension lead cable in my bag. Why are plug sockets in stupid places?
Why are they not next to the bed?
Worst place had 1 where the tv was plugged in no other. My extension lead just reached the bed to charge my phone.
I might start taking 2.

Oh, and another room where a small tug on a curtain opened/closed the curtains fully.

I sometimes wanted a little natural light in my room. Not blazing sunshine throughout or sitting in the pitch black.

And that was in one of the 50 best small hotels of the world, named in a list a few years ago as the plaque was proudly displayed in reception.

My pet hates are no coat hooks, what am.l going to do with my coat.
Not enough hangers.
Only one chair in a double room.

Recently stayed somewhere and the bath was so narrow that I had to stand in the shower over bath, side on so I could open my legs enough to wash my groin and undercarriage.

I would have wholeheartedly agreed until recently when our hotel had a power cut while I was showering. Fortunately it was daylight so I could still see what I was doing.

Glass bathroom walls. Stayed in a brand new hotel, where the loo faced the glass wall, on the other side was the bed. Went to reception and they already had curtains with suction cups on offer because people complained so much!

Doors that shudder everytime some one else on your floor opens/closes a door.

Lack of powerpoints. DH now carries a powerboatd. Tbf he carries more tech than an electronics shop.

It’s not weird at all! I shower twice most days (not trying to be wasteful; I teach fitness classes so I do need two showers a day- usually only about 3-4 minutes in there though). I wash my hair about once a week!

I wash my hair every day, but still hop in for the odd extra shower if I've got hot and sweaty.

Lack of shelves, horizontal surfaces and hooks in en-suites. Where are we supposed to put our stuff.

YANBU. So much bad design. This stuff is basic; the rooms are purpose built. I'm not staying in someone's spare room that doubles as an office where I expect to make do. I don't get why there isn't just a checklist they work through.

I can reiterate from my chambermaiding days that they are only ever washed if actually covered in puke, red wine or anything else obviously staining, otherwise they’re just spritzed.

One room where the air con unit had a blue flashing light which lit up the room with each flash

when there are no sockets near a mirror. Making hair drying a nightmare. Wash my hair quite a lot when away. Especially if there’s a pool at the hotel or going to an event.

no where to put a suitcase out of the way so tripping over it all the time.

Came here to say glass showers. We stayed at the Hilton Silverstone and despite a 26 year relationship. Ew.

Also those barn sliding doors on toilets. Let me do my thing in peace!!

Mirrors over a dressing table that are too high up when you sit down so you’re just looking at your forehead when you’re trying to do hair and make up.

ghastly lights over mirrors that you make you look fugly as shit

Led light overhead in front of the mirror casting your entire face in shadow when. Doing your make up.

Bath mats that look exactly hand towels, which do I use???

Nowhere to put your suitcase except on the bed, mucky wheels on white sheets

Might be a German thing went on holiday there a few years ago. 2 out of the 3 hotels had showers n the hotel room. Not in the bathroom the actual bedroom with clear glass shower doors. First proper holiday with DP it was quite revealing shall we say.

Whaaaaat no one is washing their hair every time they shower(!) or are you only showering when you need to wash your hair??!

Yep, I hate florescent lighting, especially over the bathroom mirror.

Ditto complicated shower controls. I once had a shower which had controls for different light settings and even music. But I was almost crying with frustration because I just wanted water that wasn't freezing cold.

One hotel room in Reykjavik had a mirror on the wall opposite the window which was perfectly placed to reflect a streetlight into my face. A room of ghostly streetlights isn't particularly relaxing and I did not sleep well.

You might want to invest in silk pillowcases or hair caps - it isn't normal or healthy for hair to need to wash it every day.

If I give in and wash my hair every day, I fear it will get even greasier and I'll be nipping home to wash it in my lunch hour.

Omg!! I feel all of your pain.

for me it’s all about the hair care. Yes, I wash mine every day.

No conditioner… body wash- yes. Shampoo- yes.
conditioner- no, leaving my hair an absolute nightmare to detangle

and not to mention those shitty hairdryers that you need to keep pressing the on button to keep it going. And if you accidentally stop pushing the thing conks out as it overheats.

Oh so many!
Tucked in duvets, meaning the whole bottom sheet comes out when it's untucked, the first thing I do is untuck to get it over with.
Towels which are too fluffy and nonabsorbent, I think I have some sensory issues because this really bugs me.
Crappy instant coffee sachets. Finding a Nespresso in the room is a rare treat.
For the random bright lights on tvs, aircon controls, etc. I take a post it pad, and stick however many are needed to block the lights.
For the irritating plugged in phone, I normally unplug and stash in a drawer or under the bed.
The random arrangement of light switches, there seems to be no planning for their configuration, literally press them all until they go out!

Many things have irritated me but the top ones are:
Glass wall/vaguely open plan bathroom. Just no ffs.
Bathroom fans that run for ages after the light goes off. Bound to be the noisiest thing ever. I've become adept at searching out the isolation switch.
Dressing table with mirror, light, plug socket and chair . Great! Until you sit down and the back of the chair is against the foot of the bed effectively cutting the room in half. Proof that the designer never tried out the room... or had a partner that liked to perform a commando roll across the bed to get to the (glass walled) bathroom.

DP and I both travel for work and have a shared hatred of the inadequacy of those toasters where not one is set at the correct speed to turn bread into toast so you get either stale bread or sheets of carbon if you try a second pass through.

One hotel I use regularly for work actually has a sign telling people that it is set to the correct speed and to not mess with the settings (hotel is just down the road from a science park so they probably get lots of guests who are engineers who feel duty bound to correct the problem).

Of course it isn't set to the correct speed so I may have WhatsApped DP a picture captioned Lies! All LIES! as per the scene from Austin Powers.

Someone has briefly mentioned it but I hate the way they make the beds such that you have to untuck it to get it, which is more effort than just repositioning the duvet yourself.

I usually keep the DND sign on most of the time to avoid this annoyance only removing it if I need other supplies such as toilet roll, tea bags etc.