Why do the majority of normal household bathrooms have the sink/mirror/etc. in the same room as the toilet and shower, but the majority of hotel bathrooms separate them into two distinct areas? Just checked out, wanna know.
It’s a convenience if there are two people sharing one hotel room; one person doesn’t have to dry her hair/put makeup on while the other blissfully farts and stinks up the area. I think that you will find more and more of the newer homes having a separate toilet area [with fan and door] in the master bedroom.
Agreed. You want the stinky and the steam-generating parts of the bathroom behind a door with an exhaust fan. The rest of it you can put pretty much anywhere you want. If there’s a good chance more than one person will need to get ready at the same time, then you put them on opposite sides of the door so that person 1 can shower then do all the mirror-intensive tasks most of us include in our getting ready while person 2 showers.
I agree with reasons posted above.
I question, however, the statement, “but the majority of hotel bathrooms separate them into two distinct areas.” Many certainly do, but in my personal experience it’s been less than a majority. Close to 50-50, I’d say, with a slight edge to the “everything in one room” category. Although, I will grant you, that the trend seems to be moving the other direction.
It depends on the sort of hotel.
“Business class” hotels I’ve traveled to while on business (naturally) usually seem to be of the “suite” bathroom variety. The type I usually stay at when paying myself (Motel 6, Dollar Inn, No-Brand Motel) seem to have 1 room jobs designed by the same architect who did the county jail - you know, extruded aluminum toilet and industrial wall coverings.
From my experience, it’s the newer ones that have the mirror/counter outside of the bathroom. Whether it’s in Chicago, Stevens Point (WI), or Disneyworld. And no matter of their target market.
It would seem that business based hotels would be more likely to have the sink/mirror in the bathroom though, and family related hotels would have it split though, IMHO. One person in a room vs. a whole group. The business hotels you’re staying at are probably just newer.
Many of the newer homes on the West Coast have the toilet and shower separate from the sink and mirror. This is especially true if there is only one bathroom for several bedrooms.
For a regular household with a few kids this is so that one kid can shower while another can brush their teeth.
But it’s only happening because houses are getting bigger. It takes less space to fit them everything into one room (less walls).