# Business travelers (especially women) - do you use the hotel pool/hot tub when you are alone?l

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 13, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-travelers-especially-women-do-you-use-the-hotel-pool-hot-tub-when-you-are-alone-l/621806 "2012-05-13T21:54:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-travelers-especially-women-do-you-use-the-hotel-pool-hot-tub-when-you-are-alone-l/621806/1 "2012-05-13T21:54:38Z")

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I always feel weird going down to the pool when I’m alone. When I look in the pool area it seems like its mostly parents with kids. I’m not swimming laps or anything, but after a long day a swim sounds good. I guess I feel vulnerable in a swimsuit around strangers.

How about you? Am I being silly?

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**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-travelers-especially-women-do-you-use-the-hotel-pool-hot-tub-when-you-are-alone-l/621806/2 "2012-05-13T21:58:04Z")

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Hell, yeah. I’m leaving on a trip tomorrow and I can’t wait to hit the hot tub. (I’m female, btw)

ETA: Not “hell, yeah” you’re being silly, but “hell, yeah” I use the pool. I can understand feeling a bit out of place, but once you’re there in the pool, you’ll feel fine.

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**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-travelers-especially-women-do-you-use-the-hotel-pool-hot-tub-when-you-are-alone-l/621806/3 "2012-05-13T22:03:23Z")

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Female - I will if I have the time and there aren’t a bunch of beer drinking young guys in there.

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-travelers-especially-women-do-you-use-the-hotel-pool-hot-tub-when-you-are-alone-l/621806/4 "2012-05-13T22:44:21Z")

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The one time I got put up in a hotel with a pool, I used it. I did laps, though.

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**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-travelers-especially-women-do-you-use-the-hotel-pool-hot-tub-when-you-are-alone-l/621806/5 "2012-05-13T22:52:53Z")

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I go in topless all the time. Of course, I’m a guy, but pools are what I love about business travel.