# Lonely hotel rooms. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 27, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lonely-hotel-rooms/544711 "2010-06-27T21:19:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lonely-hotel-rooms/544711/21 "2010-06-28T03:53:03Z")
Just in case it’s not clear, here is a clip to which I referenced my “Those aren’t pillows” remark: [link](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCqcMOB6STc) mmm ---
**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lonely-hotel-rooms/544711/22 "2010-06-28T04:08:38Z")
Thank you, **mmm**. It was far worse than I thought. I have no idea what **mangeorge** is on about tho. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lonely-hotel-rooms/544711/23 "2010-06-28T04:14:03Z")
The resort I work at does this backwards from hotels I’ve stayed at (not that I could afford to stay where I work!); a room with a single bed actually costs _less_ than a room with two beds, within the same size category of rooms (so a “medium with a king” has a slightly lower rate than “medium with two doubles”, the lowest rates are for a room with a single queen bed; aside from suites or balcony rooms, the ones with two queens are the most expensive and rarest, not the most common.) I’d never run into that before, but it makes sense to me – especially as the rooms vary in size quite a lot, our hotels being 75 years old and having had various remodeling jobs over the years, so there’s a whole pile of different categories of rooms with various layouts anyway. Sometimes I envy people who are doing reservations for a hotel with maybe three or four types of rooms plus suites. It’s got to be a lot easier to learn. Personally, I’ve always seen a room with one bed as being sort of extra-special, even if that does mean there isn’t a second bed to put stuff on. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lonely-hotel-rooms/544711/24 "2010-06-28T04:23:13Z")
You’re never lonely in a hotel room in Thailand. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lonely-hotel-rooms/544711/25 "2010-06-28T05:07:58Z")
All my stuff fits in the tv chair. My stuff for this trip includes one change of pants, three shirts, and three sets each of socks and whitie-tighties. My little duffle bag looks empty. Not nearly enough stuff for a whole bed, eh. Anyway, I was referring more to **even sven** ’s “someone is sleeping there” idea. My mistake. But that’s okay, considering the forum we’re in. Now I’m going to go to sleep and dream that that’s my long-ex-wife in the other bed, and not some stinkin’n pillows. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lonely-hotel-rooms/544711/26 "2010-06-28T05:47:57Z")
> [@whiterabbit](#): > > The resort I work at does this backwards from hotels I would say that’s 'cause it’s a resort. I worked in a resort in Naples, Florida, that had a similar pricing scheme as you described. Resorts always have more complicated pricing schemes. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lonely-hotel-rooms/544711/27 "2010-06-28T14:44:46Z")
Yeah, it probably is. But convincing people that stuff like our cancellation policy is a lot stiffer than regular hotels is a bitch – “because we’re a resort” doesn’t really seem to work. Though that’s why! People plan to come up here years in advance in some cases. This isn’t a place most people grab a room for the night on their way through; that does happen, but not too often. I happen to think it’s well worth the trip, but I suppose I’m biased; I geniuinely love it up here. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lonely-hotel-rooms/544711/28 "2010-06-28T16:09:37Z")
“One bed for my stuff”?? No no no…it’s one bed for jumping _from_, and one bed for jumping _to_. And my god have mercy on you if you land in the lava in between. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lonely-hotel-rooms/544711/29 "2010-06-28T17:55:15Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > “One bed for my stuff”?? No no no…it’s one bed for jumping _from_, and one bed for jumping _to_. And my god have mercy on you if you land in the lava in between. No fair if your brother/sister moves the “to” bed. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lonely-hotel-rooms/544711/30 "2010-06-28T18:00:11Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I don’t give a crap. When I stay in a hotel it’s usually because I’m dead-tired. One bed, two beds, doesn’t matter as long as there’s a bed. And a toilet and a shower. Well lah-de-dah. Would you like a door that locks too, your majesty? ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lonely-hotel-rooms/544711/31 "2010-06-28T18:04:54Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Some of the cheaper hotels out there have the bathroom at the opposite end from the door - OK, maybe they’re motels rather than hotels… Motels, especially those pre-1970 models tend to have the bathroom at the back of the room. It is engineered for easy maintenance in that design. The water pipes for both sides of the motel can be accessed from a service passageway the runs down the center of the motel. If the motel/hotel I’m using is one with tiny rooms, I opt for the king bed because two double beds usually make it too crowded to navigate easily. Otherwise, I prefer the “one bed for me, one for my stuff” mode. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lonely-hotel-rooms/544711/32 "2010-06-28T18:12:00Z")
I guess I could go for the two bed mode, then invite some homeless person in, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lonely-hotel-rooms/544711/33 "2010-06-28T21:19:30Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > I guess I could go for the two bed mode, then invite some homeless person in, huh? Well…maybe if she’s _hot_. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lonely-hotel-rooms/544711/34 "2010-06-29T21:42:23Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > I prefer two queens when I travel; one for me, one for the dogs. > > The rooms that feel loneliest to me are large, sparse Motel 6 and Super 8 rooms with one queen-sized bed. There’s all that room, and it’s filled with … nothing. Following up to my own post. How lonely is that? Anyhow, I realized that I feel the most lonely in bargain chain motels, like Super 8, Motel 6 and Red Roof Inn. Why? The rooms tend to be sparse as it is, and the furniture is usually very plain. I wonder how I’d feel in some hipster boutique hotel with minimalist furnishings. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lonely-hotel-rooms/544711/35 "2010-06-29T22:10:46Z")
I feel lonely in those bargain hotel rooms because you can’t open up the drapes and have some kind of a “private” view. The windows in those places usually face a walkway of some sort. Even if they have the extra set of lighter-fabric drapes, I never feel sure that people walking past can’t see in. Sitting in a hotel room with the those heavy (usually plastic) drapes closed and the sunlight coming in around the edges is particularly depressing. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lonely-hotel-rooms/544711/36 "2010-06-30T00:20:22Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > I prefer two queens when I travel; one for me, one for the dogs. > > The rooms that feel loneliest to me are large, sparse Motel 6 and Super 8 rooms with one queen-sized bed. There’s all that room, and it’s filled with … nothing. Most better places are, I think, aware of that and fill those spaces with chairs or a desk or something. Maybe even an armoire, or a couch. I really like having a cuch in my room. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lonely-hotel-rooms/544711/37 "2010-06-30T00:37:05Z")
I’ve stayed in two luxury hotels, both because the hotel (four star) I reserved had overbooked. Both had, in addition to other ammenities, a really nice robe (and towels, etc). And both had a discrete note that all was available for a decent price. You could either have the stuff brought to your room or simply take what you wanted with you and it would be added to your bill. Is this a common practice? One was IIRC, the Sheraton in Seattle. It has been a while though. The other was in Manhattan. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lonely-hotel-rooms/544711/38 "2010-06-30T01:47:48Z")
I think that was a not-so-subtle way of warning you that if you steal their stuff, they’ll charge you for it anyway – it’s not like they can’t track the robe that went missing from room 47 and your information, including whatever credit card you used, is in their computer. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lonely-hotel-rooms/544711/39 "2010-06-30T03:26:28Z")
> [@whiterabbit](#): > > I think that was a not-so-subtle way of warning you that if you steal their stuff, they’ll charge you for it anyway – it’s not like they can’t track the robe that went missing from room 47 and your information, including whatever credit card you used, is in their computer. Thing is, I’ve never seen the like in lesser establishments. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lonely-hotel-rooms/544711/40 "2010-06-30T04:39:10Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Well…maybe if she’s _hot_. Summertime in Bakersfield? _EVERYBODY_’s hot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lonely-hotel-rooms/544711.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lonely-hotel-rooms/544711.md?page=3)