we just had the same thing in both Ohio and Kentucky so, must be a thing now...

The Doubletree in Times Square had proper doors the last time we stayed there, but it may have been renovated into an oversharing situation since

Anonymous wrote:I’m a Marriott girl so I would first try the JW Essex house or one of the Edition hotels.

For Hilton, I would try Waldorf Astoria, Conrad, or one of the upper end Hiltons.

JW Essex House definitely has hinged doors on the bathrooms.

Anonymous wrote:How much privacy do you need?? Get your own hotel room if you want to be all alone. Also, how long are you taking in there? Pooping takes under 3min.

I never understand posts like this. Why not just answer OP’s question or not post at all. What is the point of questioning why someone is asking for information. There are many people who don’t like barn doors - they don’t block as well. Hotels love them because they save space.

Anonymous wrote:I’ve stayed in many hotels (mostly Hilton, Marriott) in NYC and the only time I’ve had a sliding bathroom door, I later found out we had been put in an accessible room. Is this happening to you OP? I just stayed at the Courtyard New York Manhattan/Midtown East two months ago, and the room had a hinged bathroom door.

OP. Thanks. Nope, the last three times I've stayed in midtown hotels I've been in regular non-accessible rooms and they've had sliders for the bathroom doors.

My concern is they don't prevent light, sounds, or odors from escaping into the room. And last time the door came off track and got wedged into place and wouldn't slide.

How much privacy do you need?? Get your own hotel room if you want to be all alone. Also, how long are you taking in there? Pooping takes under 3min.

Essex House

I’ve stayed in many hotels (mostly Hilton, Marriott) in NYC and the only time I’ve had a sliding bathroom door, I later found out we had been put in an accessible room. Is this happening to you OP? I just stayed at the Courtyard New York Manhattan/Midtown East two months ago, and the room had a hinged bathroom door.

I agree real doors and exhaust fans please. Nothing like having to open a tiny window in dec in NYC bc your 10 stories up its hot and the radiator won't turn off. Ive almost hung out windows. All this and hundreds of dollars a night.

Anonymous wrote:Who doesn’t put a door on the shitter?

Plenty of hotels have open bathroom concept.

Not a Hilton property, but our go-to hotel is often the ArtHouse on the UWS. It has been at least a year since I stayed there but if memory serves they have hinged doors on the bathroom. (No photos on their website to verify though).

At New Year's, we stayed in a Sonder in the Financial District -- two bathrooms, both with hinged doors.

I’m a Marriott girl so I would first try the JW Essex house or one of the Edition hotels.

For Hilton, I would try Waldorf Astoria, Conrad, or one of the upper end Hiltons.

The Mandarin in Columbus Circle has large swinging door bathrooms complete with an enclosed water closet for the toilet but its $$$$ even by New York standards and has no decent lounge/eating/gathering space.

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Anonymous wrote:I have never been in a hotel room that didn't have a bathroom door.

Have you been to Europe lately? There is some sort of trend to have the room be an entirely open space where the shower or bathtub is all glass and is essentially plunked into the space without any kind of privacy from the rest of the room. Often, the toilet/sink is right on the other side of it or else the toilet alone is in a closet with no air circulation. We've had that in "modern" hotels in both Germany and Italy. I hate them.

I don't know what they are thinking. Who the heck wants that set-up if you are traveling with a friend or parent?! Or even worse - some foreign companies require their employees share a room when on business - can you imagine being in a space like that with a co-worker?

Yes, this is happening in New York now too! Like this at the Motto:



One side of the glass is the toilet, the other side's the shower. But they're just there in the room.

Anonymous wrote:I have never been in a hotel room that didn't have a bathroom door.

Have you been to Europe lately? There is some sort of trend to have the room be an entirely open space where the shower or bathtub is all glass and is essentially plunked into the space without any kind of privacy from the rest of the room. Often, the toilet/sink is right on the other side of it or else the toilet alone is in a closet with no air circulation. We've had that in "modern" hotels in both Germany and Italy. I hate them.

I don't know what they are thinking. Who the heck wants that set-up if you are traveling with a friend or parent?! Or even worse - some foreign companies require their employees share a room when on business - can you imagine being in a space like that with a co-worker?