IN CASE OF FIRE:

IN CASE OF BATH:

HotelsByCity [Japan Travel Guide] [Tokyo City Blog]

Jez and Brooke are typical hotel guests. Although they expect to get decent value for the price they pay, they don’t necessarily expect the very best quality in everything. They do, however, expect a reasonable effort to be made in minding the details, especially in the bathroom arena. And they’re not afraid to speak their minds if things aren’t right, either.

…at the Copthorne Tara Kensington in London I sent a message to the hotel manager and got replacement TP and a note, but really this is the most stunningly appalling TP for any respectable hotel to offer and they should just fricking upgrade it, the cheap bastards.

HotelsByCoty [London Travel Guide] [Hotels in London England]

I check into my hotel, fill my tiny room with all my stuff, and the first thing I notice is the fantastic Engrish everywhere. What this sign is trying to say is “If using the toilet’s built-in Bidet function, please switch it off before you stand up.” I’ll allow you to imagine the scene of a toilet spraying water in a graceful arc up out of the bowl and all over the room.

HotelsByCity [Best Rate Hotels in Japan] [Japan Travel Guide]

Boutique hotels around the world are embracing transparent partitions between the bedroom and the bath. Perhaps this design innovation is meant to inspire a feeling of intimacy, or maybe to offset an uber-small sized guestroom with the illusion of space.

Either way, “Catinlap”, featured below gives us a live demonstration at the Cliff Lodge at Snowbird Mountain in Utah. Thanks to Catinlap for helping us decide for ourselves whether this new bathroom styling is as cool as we thought.

The bathrooms in the Cliff Lodge at Snowbird have a European–strike that–Yourapeein’ feature: a window that looks directly into the room. I guess you can shower and watch the cars pull up to the resort. Here Catinlap demonstrates by fake pissing what the horror would be like to be in the room with someone who doesn’t shut the curtains.

HotelsByCity [Hotels in Snowbird Utah] [Utah Travel Guide]

This men’s room mockery at the Las Vegas Hotel and Casino is a variation on a hilarious theme that we have featured before. It never gets tired for us here at HotelThrone.com!

HotelsByCity [Las Vegas Hotels] [Las Vegas Travel Guide]

We are constantly amazed at hotel design innovations being developed around the world. This Bulgarian throne takes the “bidet” to a whole…’nother…level.

Thanks Horst, for this terrific image.

It only took four days for me to forget my ring for the first time. Left it on the bathroom counter while we went out to explore the hotel.

Housekeeping room attendants are used to finding items like these on hotel bathroom vanities in hotels around the world.

A word to the wise…should you ever forget your valuables in your hotel guestroom, make sure to pick up a phone and call houskeeping right away. Remember, hotels will never call you at home to tell you they have found something valuable that you might have left behind. It’s not that hotels are dishonest, it’s simply a legal matter.

Hotels do not need any more lawsuits from angry guests suing because the hotel called their “home number” to tell someone their “partner” left some underwear in their Toronto Hotel, when the partner was supposed to be in Spusm on business.

The first thing most guests do when they walk into their guestroom is check the bed comfy-ness quotient and the view out the window.

Of course, some hotel guests have different priorities…

…the see-through bathroom in our hotel in shenzhen china

Damn it!!! Just when I was getting ready to wash my clothes in the toilet I see that it’s not allowed at this hotel. Taken in my hotel room in Hué, Vietnam

Thanks for the image (and the laugh) “einarorn”

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We tried to figure out which hotel in Malmo, Denmark this image came from. There are 35 hotels in the city, and interestingly - none of them post photographs of their toilets on their website!

We love square toilet seats here at HotelThrone.com. After all, it takes a pretty square hotel maven to edit a blog about hotel bathrooms!

Malmo Hotels

Vancouver’s stylish Opus Hotel is renowned for its personal brand of boutique service, its vibrant decor and design elements, and for its top-rated and ultra popular Elixir Restaurant and Opus Bar.

Vancouver’s Georgia Straight magazine recently reported in their 11th annual Readers’ Choice “Best of Vancouver” feature that local Vancouverites know something about the Opus that you won’t find on their website:

The Opus Hotel was voted the number one bathroom in the city to spot celebrities.

And the Opus ups the anti even further; a peek at the image above shows off a unique feature of the hotel’s restaurant bathrooms - if you miss a celeb sighting in the WC, you can check out the video cam of the lounge to ensure you don’t miss a beat. Or perhaps you can watch your partner flirt with the bartender.

Either way, the Opus Hotel offers some interesting accoutrements that you won’t find at your favourite corporate chain property. [via]


Hotel Site
Reviews [TripAdvisor]
Elixer Top Rated [Chrispitality]
The Georgia Straight [Best of VanCity]

Anyone who has ever sat on a high-tech Japanese toilet can relate to this hilarious video:

The band hanging out back at the hotel bathroom after playing at Club W71 in Weikersheim, Germany.

Anni Rossi, Tara Barnes, Emily Beezhold & Carla Bozulich on tour in Europe to promote Carla’s new album “Evangelista”.

Club W71
[Anni Rossi] [Carla Bozulich]

I had food poisoning courtesy of the Cathay Dim Sum chinese restaurant in the Trafford Centre in Manchester, and so I spent the last night of our stay in a luxury hotel suite sleeping in a nest of towels in the bathroom.

This pic by “evilstevie”, who stayed up most of the night keeping an eye on me and helping me clean myself up every time I was sick.

Hotel Site
Reviews [TripAdvisor]
Cathay Dim Sum [at your own risk]

For a hotel to be rated a Five-Star property, it takes a lot more than just incredible service.

Beds and bedding need to be of a certain discerning quality. There must be a particular array of available hotel services and amenities…and the public area bathrooms definitely need to have stall walls that come right down to the floor.

And now you know why!

When I first walked into the public restroom at the Radisson Hotel in Madison, I was met with a scene I didn’t quite grasp. After a few seconds, I thought, “man they do things weird in Wisconsin.” Then I thought, “folks on Flickr are gonna have to see this,” so I went and got my camera.

I asked since there weren’t any signs like “pardon our dust”. They said they were remodelling…there were other, private stalls elsewhere in the restroom. And as for invading the sanctity of the men’s room - it was pretty early in the morning - no one else was around.

Thanks Jim!

Hotel Site
Reviews [TripAdvisor]

Now I finally know where the term “Shit-Tickets” comes from! This roll and others like it can be found at the Hard Rock Hotel in Seminole, Florida.

I stayed in a room with a soaking tub and separate walk in shower that had a showerhead that felt like light rain falling on me. It was great.

Hotel Site
Reviews [TripAdvisor]