• TTH4P
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    372 months ago

    So much. There’s so much potential in the ambiguity of these spaces. It makes you feel new.

  • @ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    282 months ago

    One time I went to a conference at a hotel with like 12 stories and they put me on the first floor. I was so upset.

  • @moakley@lemmy.world
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    202 months ago

    I never understand when people complain about work travel, because hotels are so enjoyable to me. Like I get wanting to stay home because you’ve got things going on there that make you happy. But if you have to be away, why not go to a magical place that has none of your stuff. What color will the walls be? What will be the pattern on the bedspread? What will it smell like?

    All of these answers will be surprises, and none of them will be unpleasant. You were consulted on none of this. It’s all new. I love it.

    • @ameancow@lemmy.world
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      I fully relate, I adore “strange experiences” and hotels can absolutely provide that.

      People look at me like I’m strange for loving airports. I’ve been to so many, all around the world, and it’s always this constant, always this focused energy and constrained anticipation, everyone, everywhere scrambling to this fantastic act that we do with casual ease, flying across the world and we treat it with such outward indifference, but you see it in almost everyone’s eyes, as soon as the plane starts to move, people’s masks fall and you see either the fear or excitement, the glances out the windows, the building intensity, the sudden launch into the sky as we all collectively break the apparent rules of nature and do something fantastic.

      It never gets old.

      • @moakley@lemmy.world
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        92 months ago

        YES. Even just waiting for my flight, there’s this pleasant mix of tension and purpose. And I’m not relaxed, per se, but it’s one of the few times in my life when I don’t have a nagging feeling that there’s something else I should be doing.

        I’ve just got everything I need, and I’m waiting for something amazing. It’s perfect.

        • @ameancow@lemmy.world
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          42 months ago

          I’ve just got everything I need, and I’m waiting for something amazing

          This, it’s a feeling of weird freedom… you’re packed and have your most essential things and you’re leaving the bounds of Earth.

      • @Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world
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        I’ve nailed it a few times but I love falling asleep before cruising altitude and waking up at landing. Feels like I just teleported a thousand miles.

  • @fossphi@lemm.ee
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    152 months ago

    Yes, the post describes it very well. I don’t/can’t go on vacations very often, but apart from walking outside, I really like chilling in the hotel/hostel. It’s so peaceful and calming. Serene

    • @UnwittingSenior@leminal.space
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      62 months ago

      My parents worked at the same place for awhile as a kid. My mom worked days and my dad worked nights. I was too young to be left alone at home so my mom would take me in to work, they’d have shift change, and then my dad would take me home. They thought I was sitting in the breakroom watching TV but occasionally I’d go wander through the administrative offices. It was late enough that nobody was working in that part of the building so I’d go wander. I wouldn’t touch a thing (except for the candy bowls some desks had) but the feeling of “nobody knows you’re here” plus “you’re not supposed to be here” plus “nobody may EVER know” resulted in a tingle throughout my whole body.

      • @flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works
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        22 months ago

        Thats cool, they’re very adultey-orientated spaces, too.

        I’ve never had an experience like ths but i can imagibe the ‘i dont belong here’ vibe

  • @grrgyle@slrpnk.net
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    72 months ago

    That feeling when you first walk into your room, and the door closes behind you with a mechanical clunk, and you realise you are totally alone.

  • Sibbo
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    52 months ago

    All of these reasons are why I hate hotels. There is just nothing in there that feels like a home.

      • Dr. Bob
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        22 months ago

        If you stay in one too long it becomes your space and you know the staff. Ruins the vibe.

    • @Aidenwill@jlai.lu
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      72 months ago

      Road trips where every night is in a different hotel/B&B at dozens to hundreds kilometers apart are so great, reaching them like checkpoints, comparing them on every aspect but finally just staying from 22h to 8h, as a refreshing moment of washing, sleeping, until a new long day of discovery is coming.