What common hotel room issues (AC smell, bathroom flooding, unexpected upgrades) should I expect in Sharm el Sheikh?
Based on 1 discussion with 3 participants · Last activity: 13 days ago
Based on 1 discussion with 3 participants · Last activity: 13 days ago
TL;DR
In some Sharm el Sheikh hotels, turning on the AC in the evening can produce a bad smell, and bathrooms without a shower cabin may flood the floor due to slow drainage; guests sometimes also get a surprise room upgrade at check-in.
Detail on the bathroom drying line: near the shower there's a metal peg at shoulder height — pull the cord from it and hook it onto a matching peg on the opposite wall. If intact, it holds a swimsuit, a tunic, a pair of socks and a pair of underwear.
Booking a standard double room can sometimes result in a free upgrade to a large family two-room suite, likely due to available room categories. Downside: the shower has no cabin, so water spreads across the whole bathroom floor because drainage is slow.
Guests staying in different buildings of the same resort noticed a bad smell when turning on the AC in the evening — this wasn't isolated to one room but occurred across multiple buildings.
The hotel bathroom had a drying line, but due to high humidity clothes wouldn't dry properly — had to finish drying them on chairs on the room's terrace instead.