Transparent Toilets: Hotels Swap Privacy for Glass Walls

A growing hotel trend is removing a basic feature: the solid bathroom door. Many are replacing it with sliding doors, frosted glass, or fully transparent cubicles. Guests often complain online about the lack of privacy. Many call it a blatant cost-cutting move by hotel chains. They argue it makes shared rooms uncomfortable. The traditional solid door is an ancient design, used since the time of the Egyptian pharaohs. Its modern replacement is causing a very modern scandal. Hotel designers defend the change. They say open plans make small rooms feel larger and more luxurious. They also claim it improves cleanliness and saves space. But for many travelers, the new layouts feel intrusive. The debate continues over how much privacy a hotel guest should reasonably expect.