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Travelers have had enough. It’s time to make hotel room bathrooms private again
Bringbackdoors.com lists around 800 hotels globally with private bathroom doors, responding to travelers' frustration over open bathroom design trends in lifestyle hotel brands.
- Bringbackdoors.com, a global hotel bathroom privacy database, was launched late last year to list policies worldwide.
- After a 2024 stay in London that lacked a bathroom door, hotel operators and lifestyle hotel brands have trended toward open, in-room bathroom designs in recent years.
- Using crowd submissions and hotel photos, Lowell verifies about 800 entries via photos or direct hotel confirmation on Bringbackdoors.com, which sorts rooms by privacy levels.
- Growing traction and media attention have amplified the issue, as the site offers a searchable tool for privacy-seeking travelers and highlights widespread frustration on review forums.
- In heritage hotels, preservation panels often restrict layout changes, and designers may be surprised by the online backlash against open-bathroom trends, says Lowell.
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Travelers have had enough. It’s time to make hotel room bathrooms private again
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