Originally Posted by
Steve M
... because not every hotel guest is an adult. I know people that travel with children who ask exactly the opposite question: when in a hotel with a shower only, they view this as a major shortcoming of the room and ask why anyone would NOT want a tub in their bathroom? From their perspective, a bathtub is an essential daily utility to keep their kids clean, and hotels that lack them are doing so to cut corners, rather than cater to business travelers.
When son was 2, we did a 17 day trip to Europe and had a room with a tub for only one of those nights. At that age he was terrified of showers so instead of the nightly ritual of a calming bath we had a nightly crisis of fear and tears. For several years after that I asked very detailed questions about bathrooms before booking a room.
Originally Posted by Annalisa12
I would never turn on a hotel spa or hot tub because of all the gross water sitting in the pipes collecting bacteria.
Roughly every other year we spend a week at a favorite resort in Orlando with huge spa tubs. First night there I fill it with the hottest water possible, add a little bleach/disinfectant and run it for a little while. Drain, rinse tub and jets with fresh water, rinse and enjoy. I swear those tubs are half the reason we go there.