Tourist blasts ‘gross’ and ‘weird’ feature found in $300 hotel room

A traveller in New Zealand has caused a stir online, after posting about a “weird” feature inside their $300 hotel room.

A guest visiting a hotel in New Zealand says they were left disturbed by a “gross” feature in their room.

In an interview with the New Zealand Herald, the traveller checked into their room at the Pullman Rotorua when they noticed a frosted glass cubicle in the corner of their suite.

Behind the glass, just steps from the bed, was a toilet cubicle which left the tourist completely baffled.

“Is this a cultural thing? It’s my first time visiting and I’m really confused at this architectural choice,” they questioned in a Reddit group about the feature in the $300 per night room.

“There’s no privacy – the ‘stall’ door doesn’t reach the ceiling, is quite transparent and doesn’t have a lock. Am I crazy or is this weird?”

Pullman Rotorua toilet in hotel room. Picture: Proudclad/Reddit

Most agreed with the traveller, commenting on how the limited amount of privacy would turn them off staying at the hotel.

“I don’t need my wife and kids to hear me taking a s*** in that much detail,” one wrote, with others adding the bathroom was both “gross” and “weird”.

“Stuff of nightmares,” another added. “That, and windows that don’t open.”

It is understood the unique choice of fit-out is in the final throes of being upgraded, with the Accor hospitality group — which operates Pullman hotels — saying “additional privacy solutions” will be implemented in March this year.

One of the new Pullman Rotarua rooms. Picture: Pullman Hotels/Booking.com

It’s not the first time a traveller has come across something a little bizarre after checking in to a hotel room.

In a separate thread on Reddit last year, one traveller shared a photograph of a strange feature in the glass surrounding the shower cubicle.

“My hotel room shower has a circular cutout in the glass that lets you turn on the water without getting wet,” the Reddit user wrote.

The hole in the shower was said to both "bizarre" and brilliant.

The image alongside the post showed the man placing his hand through the hole in the shower screen glass, demonstrating how you can access the taps without stepping under the shower head.

Despite looking a little “bizarre”, the traveller said they were impressed with the idea, especially given how annoying getting the correct temperature at a hotel shower can be.