Skip to content
Go World Travel Magazine
  • DestinationsExpand
    • Travel Guides
      Africa
      • Botswana
      • Egypt
      • Kenya
      • Morocco
      • Tanzania
      • Rwanda
      • Seychelles
      • South Africa
      • Uganda
      • Zimbabwe
      See more from Africa
      Asia
      • Cambodia
      • China
      • Kazakhstan
      • Indonesia
      • Maldives
      • Nepal
      • Philippines
      • Japan
      • Thailand
      • Singapore
      • Vietnam
      See more from Asia
      Australia & South Pacific
      • American Samoa
      • Australia
      • Cook Islands
      • Fiji
      • French Polynesia
      • Micronesia
      • New Zealand
      • Solomon Islands
      Caribbean
      • Antigua
      • Aruba
      • Bahamas
      • Bermuda
      • Cayman Islands
      • Dominican Republic
      • Jamaica
      • Puerto Rico
      • Turks and Caicos
      • U.S. Virgin Islands
      Europe
      • Austria
      • Croatia
      • Germany
      • Greece
      • France
      • Iceland
      • Italy
      • Portugal
      • Scotland
      • Spain
      • United Kingdom
      See more from Europe
      Mexico & Central America
      • Belize
      • Costa Rica
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Mexico
      • Panama
      Middle East
      • Egypt
      • Israel
      • Jordan
      • United Arab Emirates
      • Yemen
      South America
      • Argentina
      • Bolivia
      • Brazil
      • Chile
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru
      • Uruguay
      • Venezuela
      US & Canada
      • Canada
      • United States
  • ExperiencesExpand
    • Adventure Travel
      Alpine
      Beach Vacations
      Budget Travel
      Cruising
      Culinary Travel
      Cultural Travel
      Digital Nomad
      Disney
      Ecotourism
      Family Travel
      Fascinating People
      Gifts for Travelers
      Historic Travel
      International Living
      Islands
      Latest Blogs
      Luxury Travel
      National Parks
      Off-the-beaten Path Travel
      Resorts
      River Cruises
      Road Trip
      Romantic Travel
      Small Towns
      Travel FAQ
      Travel Guides
      Travel Health
      Travel News
      Travel Resources
      Travel Tips
      Video
      Western Vacations
      Wildlife
      Women Travel
      World Cities
      World Travel

  • ShopExpand
    • Travel Resources
    • Amazon Shop
  • PodcastExpand
    • Apple Podcast
    • Spotify
  • Photo ContestExpand
    • Enter Photo Contest
    • Submissions
    • Past ContestsExpand
      • Wildlife
  • AdvertiseExpand
    • Advertise
    • Affiliate Marketing
    • Travel Marketing Blog
    • Custom Travel Content
  • AboutExpand
    • About Us
    • Contact Us
Subscribe
Go World Travel Magazine

5 Awkward Hotel Situations You Can Avoid in an Apartment

Space for the whole family in an apartment
Space for the whole family in an apartment

For most travellers to big cities, staying in a hotel has become so much the norm that the idea of staying in any other type of accommodation seems bizarre. But could the grass could be greener on the other side? Below are five awkward hotel situations that might make the case for trying someplace new.

The Wrong Room Moment

With floors of identical looking corridors, finding your own hotel room is never as easy as it sounds. One innocent wrong turn and you end up trying a wrong door and giving an unknowing elderly couple quite a scare. Even more awkward than not knowing where exactly to find your room is that in a hotel others are always watching. Whether it’s someone watching on the cameras or a passer-by on your landing, an embarrassing mistake like this won’t go unnoticed.

The Clingy Fellow Traveller

When getting on the transport to your hotel, you will very often meet a fellow traveller heading to the same hotel.  That’s great for having some company and a laugh on the bus, but what about when you want explore the city later on, either by yourself or with your partner or family? Who will be waiting by the front door as you are leaving? Yes, that’s right — your new best friend from the bus.

Before you know it, you’ve been invited to spend the afternoon together or have dinner. It’s a friendly offer, but you might prefer some privacy. Refusing the invitation becomes another awkward situation.

The Last Slice of Toast

While many hotels put on huge breakfast buffets, some budget hotels have a limited amount of food at breakfast time. Sleeping in could mean you’ll be missing out. Arriving just after the last slice of toast gets taken is not the best start to your day in the city, but you wouldn’t experience that in a holiday apartment.

Every door looks the same! Flickr/lucidtech
Every door looks the same! Flickr/lucidtech

With your own kitchen you can cook when you like and take as long as you need.

The Housekeeping Team that Likes to Start Early

The general rule for a hotel’s housekeeping team is to knock, wait 10 seconds, knock again and then enter. If this is early in the morning, however, you could still be catching some Zs and won’t be awake to answer. That can lead to one of the most awkward situations as you wake up to find a complete stranger entering your room.

The Staff Who Treat Children like Aliens

Almost every parent knows that their children can be a little weird at times and act like they’re from another planet. But parents are the only one who should be allowed to think this – not the hotel staff. Walk into some hotels with a couple of children in tow and you may find strange looks coming your way from the staff. Avoid hotels that don’t make families welcome and stay in an apartment instead. You’ll feel a lot more at home!

So there you have it — five awkward situations that many travellers can relate to. Avoid all of them, though, by stepping out of your comfort zone and trying a stay in a holiday apartment. GowithOh.com is one website where you’ll find apartments in several European cities, with a website designed to make your search for your ‘home away from home’ as easy as possible. Try it out and see if the grass is greener on the other side of the hotel lobby.

Go World Travel Magazine
Go World Travel Magazine is a digital magazine for world travelers. We cover the best world travel in 90 countries. 
Sign Up For Our Newsletter
Facebook Instagram Pinterest YouTube Threads Flipboard icon

Helpful Links

  • About
  • Advertising
  • Content Partnerships
  • Contact Us
  • Destinations
  • Experiences

Download Our mobile App

© 2025 Go World Travel Magazine. All Rights Reserved.

  • Write for Us
  • Terms and Privacy
Manage Consent
To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
Manage options Manage services Manage {vendor_count} vendors Read more about these purposes
View preferences
{title} {title} {title}
  • Home
  • Destinations
    • Travel Guides
    • Africa
      • Botswana
      • Egypt
      • Kenya
      • Mauritania
      • Mauritius
      • Morocco
      • Rwanda
      • Senegal
      • Seychelles
      • South Africa
      • Tanzania
      • Tunisia
      • Uganda
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Asia
      • Bangladesh
      • Burma
      • Cambodia
      • China
      • Indonesia
      • India
      • Japan
      • Kashmir
      • Kazakhstan
      • Korea
      • Macau
      • Malaysia
      • Maldives
      • Mongolia
      • Nepal
      • Philippines
      • Russia
      • Singapore
      • Sri Lanka
      • Thailand
      • Taiwan
      • Turkmenistan
      • Vietnam
    • Australia & South Pacific
      • American Samoa
      • Australia
      • Cook Islands
      • Fiji
      • French Polynesia
      • Micronesia
      • New Zealand
      • Solomon Islands
    • Caribbean
      • Antigua
      • Aruba
      • Bahamas
      • Bermuda
      • Cayman Islands
      • Dominican Republic
      • Jamaica
      • Puerto Rico
      • Turks and Caicos
      • U.S. Virgin Islands
    • Europe
      • Albania
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Bosnia-Herzegovina
      • Croatia
      • Czech Republic
      • Denmark
      • Estonia
      • Finland
      • France
      • Germany
      • Greece
      • Greenland
      • Hungary
      • Iceland
      • Ireland
      • Italy
      • Latvia
      • Lithuania
      • Malta
      • Moldova
      • Monaco
      • Netherlands
      • Norway
      • Poland
      • Portugal
      • Romania
      • Scotland
      • Slovenia
      • Spain
      • Sweden
      • Switzerland
      • Turkey
      • United Kingdom
    • Mexico & Central America
      • Belize
      • Costa Rica
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Mexico
      • Panama
    • Middle East
      • Egypt
      • Israel
      • Jordan
      • United Arab Emirates
      • Yemen
    • South America
      • Argentina
      • Bolivia
      • Brazil
      • Chile
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru
      • Uruguay
      • Venezuela
    • US & Canada
      • Canada
      • United States
  • Experiences
    • Adventure Travel
    • Alpine
    • Beach Vacations
    • Budget Travel
    • Cruising
    • Culinary Travel
    • Cultural Travel
    • Digital Nomad
    • Disney
    • EcoTourism
    • Family travel
    • Fascinating People
    • Gifts for Travelers
    • Historic Travel
    • International Living
    • Islands
    • Latest Blogs
    • Luxury Travel
    • National Parks
    • Off-the-Beaten Path Travel
    • Resorts
    • River Cruises
    • Road Trip
    • Romantic Travel
    • Small Towns
    • Travel FAQ
    • Travel Health
    • Travel News
    • Travel Resources
    • Travel Tips
    • Video
    • Western Vacations
    • Wildlife
    • Women Travel
    • World Cities
    • World Travel
  • Shop
    • Travel Resources
    • Amazon Shop
  • Podcast
    • Apple Podcast
    • Spotify
  • Photo Contest
    • Enter Photo Contest
    • Submissions
    • Past Contests
      • Wildlife
  • About Go World Travel
  • Advertise
    • Advertise
    • Affiliate Marketing
    • Travel Advertising Blog
    • Custom Travel Content
  • Contact
Search