| Ever Been Scalded or Frozen by a Tricky Hotel Shower? Barbara Delollis - USA TODAY | |
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| (Photo: Grand Velas Riviera Nayarit) |
How many times have you been scalded - or frozen - by a tricky hotel shower?
Perhaps you couldn't figure out how to use the hotel shower at all. Or, perhaps you've gotten unexpectedly drenched when the water spurted out of the shower head/handle instead of the bath faucet.
I'm posing this question now because the luxury Grand Velas Riviera Nayarit in Mexico recently did something clever.
The resort added an instructional card - prominently attached to the water controls, so you can't miss it - that illustrates which way you should turn the central faucet to get hot and cold water. The type's also even large enough to be read by people who wear reading glasses. The hotel's sister property, Grand Velas Riviera Maya, has the cards, too.
An informal survey of USA TODAY Road Warriors shows that it's not uncommon for travelers to be frustrated by hotel showers every now and then.
"Don't get me started on that subject," road warrior Michael Nugent tells me via email. "Left? Right? Up? Down? Pull? Push?"
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