Saturday, August 27, 2011

So, what is a "Euro-Style" room, anyway?

Most of our rooms are what we call "Euro-Style."  What the heck is that, anyway?  Quite simply, it is a room that doesn't have its own bathroom ensuite, but rather, uses the shared bathrooms in the hall.  Whoa there, don't panic.  It's not like your junior-high locker room or anything like that.  It's an individual, locking bathroom and you're the only one inside while you're using it.   (Although I suppose you could invite a friend or two in, if you really wanted to.  There's only seating for one, however.)

We clean them every day, so chances are pretty good they're cleaner than your bathroom back home.  (Be honest now.)

People who are actually from Europe laugh at us when we tell them what our term "Euro-Style" means, but we picked out that name as a shorthand mostly for Americans who never see a room-without-a-bathroom-ensuite unless they travel to Europe and stay at ancient hotels where shared baths are quite common.  More than a few of these historic hotels in Europe still have only one bathroom per floor, often with a dozen or more rooms all sharing the same bathroom.

Our ratio is more like 3:1, since we have four centrally located bathrooms with shower stalls, all on the 3rd floor where our twelve Euro rooms are.   Consequently, it's pretty rare to see all four in use simultaneously, so there's almost always one open when you need it.

If you can think of a relatively succinct term that you like better than "Euro-style," please offer it up in comments, below.  Until then, we'll keep listening to the Dutch and French folk snickering.

4 comments:

  1. @Anja - Rooms 2 through 9 face west, which give you a downtown and water view. Room 10 faces north, with the best view of the straight, looking out over the Coho ferry dock and north to Victoria BC.

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  2. Really enjoyed staying there a couple of years ago. Are you familiar with any other hotels in the u.s. comparable to yours?

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  3. Really enjoyed staying there a couple of years ago. Are you familiar with any other hotels in the u.s. comparable to yours?

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