Hotels - open windows?
 

Which hotel chains in the US allow you to open the windows?

I know of Marriott Residence Inn and Hilton Garden Inn.

I'm looking for comparable hotels, so no motel 6s please. ;)

I would check with individual hotels before booking as not all hotels in a chain are the same.

That's true, I ran into a higher than usual HGI where you could only open the windows on the lower floors.

Still, I know that in Hampton Inns windows are shut, for example, and I avoid them for this reason.

I stay at a Doubletree in San Diego regularly that has window (or sliding doors) that you can open. So you might check some of the Hilton properties.

rooms w/balconies should work for you....

Why do you need to open windows if the room has A/C?

Really?

I don't think you can generalize by chain, you need to contact the property. Even if the window can open, some can only open a few inches if you are on a lower floor, and open all the way up on a higher floor.

^ And an added bonus is you can smoke on the balcony even in a non-smoking room.

Just FYI this is not true for all Hamptons.

Hotels - open windows?
 

Hotels - open windows?


My wife's idea of camping out...

I breath air, usually, and most of the air on the planet is outside the room. I need access to it.

Seriously, closed windows = prison. Can't stand it. I wish you could open the windows on airplanes...but it would be cold. In any other place closed windows are incompatible with life.

Agree with others who don't find this to be the case. Hotel AC often seems a bit musty, even at high end Hilton and Marriott properties I've stayed at. Being able to crack the windows is much more refreshing.

Downside is it's often really noisy outside the hotels I stay at.

San Diego is known for having a temperate climate year-round. Nearly all of the hotels here regardless of brand have windows that open, though usually just a couple of inches for safety reasons. It has more to do with location and individual requirements than it does brand.

I've stayed at a couple of Sleep Inns that had windows that open. I like 'em too.

Not at all properties. Smoking is often banned on balconies as it can drift to the next balcony annoying the people who might be sitting there.

I was at the Radisson in Nashua, NH this past weekend, on the 6th floor. I slid open a window, but quickly closed it since the hotel is surrounded by trees and there was no screen.

In general hotels (connected with Casinos) do NOT allow windows to be opened--there were probably too many gamblers who lost their shirts and decided to end it all by jumping out of a window.

I would :rolleyes: if someone got annoyed that their neighbour was smoking outside.

Be glad you don't have asthma.

It's not the 'smoking outside' part, it's the fact that the smoke drifts and may impair other people's enjoyment.

Smoking is a legal activity and I have no issue with it provided it does not impede others' enjoyment.

Well, actually I do but I smoke anyway. :D

You can choose to asphyxiate yourself; it's a free country.

But please don't share your smoke...

:D

Yes, I prefer the windows open too!

I've now encountered a few HGIs where you can't open the windows. :( Seems to be the new style.

There goes my favourite chain. I think it's the best hotel in its class, by far. Invariably clean, pleasant, has a bright and new-ish feel, the Wi-Fi works, has a little fridge and micro AND you can open the window. You have air, you're not trapped and it mitigates any noise coming from the other rooms. The only way to block the noise otherwise is to run the fan all the time, which is irritating.

What to do? I'm really unhappy over this. It's very distressing.

My work is very stressful and I need to be able to close the door and be in peace till next morning. I'd never be put in a fancy or boutique hotel (which I might prefer). It has to be some ubiquitous chain.

I hate the Hampton Inn. Just the site of it makes me ill. In most you can't open the windows, is part of it.

Not in most places in the US. Smoking laws say you can't smoke within a specific distance of an external door or window.

There are regulations in many cities preventing windows from opening on higher floors. Suicide/accident is the rationale.

Hotels - open windows?
 

Just bring an Allen key, and variations thereof

What about big cities? Surely you do not open the windows in city hotels? The air outside is often much dirtier than the air inside.

I'm not sure there's a way to open them, short of breaking the glass.

Yes, I do. But I rarely visit big cities.

There are some in Las Vegas with a little metal strip that allows you to slide it open. It offers some minimal airflow and noise from the outside. It's not the same as "opening a window" but does allow fresh air into the room.

That's actually all I'm looking for. I stay in a given hotel for about 3 months, so I can't take the 'being trapped' thing. If it were just a night or two, oh well.

If you're staying that long for any one time, then your long-term locations are probably your best options.

You mentioned residence inns. There would also be Staybridge (IHG) and Homewood (Hilton). They seem more likely to allow windows to be opened.

Or, have you considered serviced apartments?

Easier to determine the outside temperature by opening the window.

As for apartments, I was given unserviced apartments where the mattress, judging by its odour, had been carted out of a dumpster. No thanks. :(

I will check out the two chains you mention - never been in either. I've looked at Homewoods but never tried it.

I travel to Chicago often and am always on the lookout for open windows-The Dana downtown has some rooms with balconies as does the new Radisson. The Drake and Palmer House have some windows that open or you can ask to be unlatched. In Oak Brook the Doubletree has has balconies as do some rooms at the Hyatt Lodge which is in the forest preserve at McDonalds Campus. If being locked in bothers you Embassy Suites are an option. Some of the rooms at the Hyatt in Rosemont have balconies. Don't try to smoke on the balconies in Hawaii!

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Hello, I really prefer and need to be able to open a window at hotel/motels. Claustrophobia is no fun! I never had a problem with travel until hotels began building with windows that don't open.

This is a bit of an old thread, but I’ve noticed that most extended stay hotels have windows that open and thought I would share. The flip side is that some folks that smoke take this as carte blanche to smoke indoors. It’s less of a problem at a Residence Inn, but Extended Stay Americas tend to be bad with smoke.

Discovered this when a co-worker from out of town was booked into an ESA on a visit to my town. The place was like an ashtray with a check-in desk.