A New Trend in Hotels, More Showers, Less Bathtubs—a Trend for Vacation Rentals?
Hotels are ripping out tubs in order to give guests roomier showers and tidier, modern bathrooms. The trend toward shower-only rooms comes as hotels increasingly see a bath as a dated ritual and tubs as an unused and inconvenient amenity.
This trend is reported in a Miami Herald article by Douglas Hanks III. He reports that Marriott has designed shower-only rooms for its new Marriott and Renaissance hotels. It is also being done by trendy new luxury hotels.
Hanks reports that the business-traveler mind-set looms large in these calculations. However, perhaps the more important factor is the “ick factor�. Research shows that many women won’t take a bath in a hotel because of concerns about cleanliness.
In any event, the shower is where the emphasis is being placed in residential design today, with bigger showers that have multiple shower heads and seats in them. Since vacation rentals should be in tune with the latest trends in home design, any vacation rental owners now building or renovating should consider more emphasis on nicer showers and less bathtubs.
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