Not digging the “no carpeting” new trend

[Chuck S]

My biggest reason for not liking the "no soft goods" trend is the noise. Nothing to absorb the sounds, and it is echo-y. But, as a landlord myself, if there are two identical units, one with carpet, one without, the ones with the fake wood vinyl plank flooring rents the quickest. My property manager encourages me to rip out the carpet whenever there is a vacancy.

 

[Ohiostatefan606]

I'm super skeeved out by hotel room floors so I always wear a pair of flip flops inside whether its carpeted or not.

I travel for work (well, I used to, I'm sure I will again). The first thing that goes in my bag, my "hotel flip-flops" they are thin, but they protect me from the floor, carpet or no carpet!

 

[Cheburashka]

Yup, Disney's selling out to the no carpet, no bath (only shower) trend and turning their resorts into college dorimitories.

I didn't know college dorms have rainfall showers...The new walk-in rainfall showers at Disney actually feel more upscale & are more pleasant than the traditional shower in bathtub with curtain, imo.

 

[WorldOfPooh]

I didn't know college dorms have rainfall showers...The new walk-in rainfall showers at Disney actually feel more upscale & are more pleasant than the traditional shower in bathtub with curtain, imo.

Motel 6 was the trendsetter with these type rooms with their Phoenix Project.

In March 2008, Motel 6 began a system-wide renovation program called the "Phoenix Project" to update the look and amenities of all bedrooms.[16]
Before the remodel most rooms had colorful road-trip inspired bed covers, carpeted floors, shower curtains, CRT televisions and beige furnishings.[17][18] Stained carpets and dirty shower curtains were a common complaint on online customer reviews.
The remodel was designed with an eye towards not only modernizing rooms but keeping room rates low for years to come. Designers accomplished this by making the rooms more energy efficient, easy to clean, and easier to keep clean in the long term (keeping housekeeping and maintenance costs low).[19]
The remodel earned Motel 6 Travel & Leisure magazine's 2010 design award for Best Large Hotel.[20]


Motel 6 last year announced a massive renovation of its motel rooms that the company called the Phoenix Project. About 75% of its 1,330 properties in the U.S. and Canada, have been reborn. By the end of 2017, all rooms should be updated with the new, hipper colors and amenities.

https://www.latimes.com/travel/california/la-trb-motel-6-makeover-20160324-story.html

 

[MickeyWaffles]

Unless comfort if your thing. I’ll take an old carpet for my feet (even one where millions of feet have been before, so long as it’s maintained) instead of a fake wood one or the “concrete” that’s on the floor of the AOA. So sterile, spartan, and uninviting.

Oh, it’s much worse than millions of feet. Vomit, urine, etc. Children throw up, spit up, wet their pants, have diaper blowouts. And adults can be pretty gross.

In the 90s when my sister was 2 or 3 she got a terrible stomach bug and vomited all over the carpet in our Wilderness Lodge room. My mom felt terrible. It was disgusting. Imagine how much easier it would have been for everyone (our family, housekeeping, etc) if it was an easy to clean hard floor!

Yes, hard floors are certainly more sanitary.

 

[DLgal]

Oh, it’s much worse than millions of feet. Vomit, urine, etc. Children throw up, spit up, wet their pants, have diaper blowouts. And adults can be pretty gross.

In the 90s when my sister was 2 or 3 she got a terrible stomach bug and vomited all over the carpet in our Wilderness Lodge room. My mom felt terrible. It was disgusting. Imagine how much easier it would have been for everyone (our family, housekeeping, etc) if it was an easy to clean hard floor!

Yes, hard floors are certainly more sanitary.

Ok, but do people routinely walk all over hotel room floors and then put their feet into their mouths? Wear socks, problem solved. I assure you, the stuff on the bottom of your shoes that you track all over that hard floored hotel room after a day in the parks is MUCH worse than some bodily fluids and spilled food.

 

[MickeyWaffles]

Ok, but do people routinely walk all over hotel room floors and then put their feet into their mouths? Wear socks, problem solved. I assure you, the stuff on the bottom of your shoes that you track all over that hard floored hotel room after a day in the parks is MUCH worse than some bodily fluids and spilled food.

We remove our shoes after the parks and all have flip flops or hard soled slippers that we only use in hotel rooms and wipe down between trips. Use them no matter if the floors are carpet or hard. So we aren’t tracking much of anything anywhere

My point is that when there is a disaster (like vomiting), hard floors make everyone’s life easier. Can’t argue that one.

That’s fine if carpet doesn’t gross you out. It grosses me out, and I’m not the only one.

 

[DLgal]

We remove our shoes after the parks and all have flip flops or hard soled slippers that we only use in hotel rooms and wipe down between trips. Use them no matter if the floors are carpet or hard. So we aren’t tracking much of anything anywhere

My point is that when there is a disaster (like vomiting), hard floors make everyone’s life easier. Can’t argue that one.

That’s fine if carpet doesn’t gross you out. It grosses me out, and I’m not the only one.

All hotel room floors gross me out equally, is what I am saying. I've never seen a truly clean floor in a hotel room. I wear socks at all times in hotels.

 

[WorldOfPooh]

We remove our shoes after the parks and all have flip flops or hard soled slippers that we only use in hotel rooms and wipe down between trips. Use them no matter if the floors are carpet or hard. So we aren’t tracking much of anything anywhere

My point is that when there is a disaster (like vomiting), hard floors make everyone’s life easier. Can’t argue that one.

That’s fine if carpet doesn’t gross you out. It grosses me out, and I’m not the only one.

That's fine but carpets offer more traction, less slippery and offer more cushioning and safety for kids and old people than hard floors.
So there's a safety issue to consider.

At the end of the day it's a hotel, if you are really concerned abut germs, etc then get an RV like my friend did and don't stay in hotels.

 

[MickeyWaffles]

That's fine but carpets offer more traction, less slippery and offer more cushioning and safety for kids and old people than hard floors.
So there's a safety issue to consider.

At the end of the day it's a hotel, if you are really concerned abut germs, etc then get an RV like my friend did and don't stay in hotels.

Eh, millions people live in homes with hard floors. I have 2 kids who have done just fine with hard floors in our home. Don’t buy the safety issue.

And LOL. Yeah, we are definitely not RV people. We are DVC because we love Disney resorts We usually stay in DVC villas that are often a mix of carpet and hard floors anyway.

 

[Lilsia]

I ask for extra bath towels and throw down a path regardless of the flooring type. The floors are never really clean. People really need to take their shoes off at the door to help keep the floors from getting nasty.

 

[Starport Seven-Five]

That's fine but carpets offer more traction, less slippery and offer more cushioning and safety for kids and old people than hard floors.
So there's a safety issue to consider.

At the end of the day it's a hotel, if you are really concerned abut germs, etc then get an RV like my friend did and don't stay in hotels.

Hotel carpet is 1/4" thick with no padding. It's not offering much "cushioning"

 

[JFox]

I travel for work (well, I used to, I'm sure I will again). The first thing that goes in my bag, my "hotel flip-flops" they are thin, but they protect me from the floor, carpet or no carpet!

Same. You couldn't pay me enough to walk around a hotel without shoes on. Ewww.

 

[skeeter31]

Hotel carpet is 1/4" thick with no padding. It's not offering much "cushioning"

Exactly, you face plant into that thin, bodily fluid seepage sponge, and you’re still going to be hurt.

And to the OP telling someone else to get an RV if they don’t like hotels and germs, the same could be said back to them. If they don’t like the way hotels are moving away from carpeting, they could buy an RV with shag carpets and camp away.

 

[SaintsManiac]

Do y’all wear shoes in your homes?

 

[JFox]

Do y’all wear shoes in your homes?

Nope.

 

[SaintsManiac]

Nope.

Do you make guests remove them? Genuinely curious.

 

[JFox]

Do you make guests remove them? Genuinely curious.

Yes. I provide slippers for all guests.

 

[Lilsia]

Do you make guests remove them? Genuinely curious.

My guests take off their shoes in my house out of courtesy. My family is the same way, they don't wear shoes in the house and that is how we grew up. My husband's family takes their shoes off at our house because they know that is what we do. We also take our shoes off at other's house. It is a cultural thing. I believe if they would provide a place for shoes by the door in hotel rooms, more people would take them off. It is a catch 22, people keep their shoes on in a hotel room because it's "gross" are the ones that are making it gross.

 

[Disneylover99]

Do y’all wear shoes in your homes?

I don’t wear shoes in my home nor do guests. I wouldn’t make my guests take off their shoes but everyone who comes over just automatically takes them off in the front hall as soon as they enter.

It’s what we do in hotel rooms as well. We generally take off our shoes at the entry way. It makes no difference if there is carpeting or not. It’s not really something we think about. It’s just what we do.