New World Hotel, New York, NY

This is the worst-reviewed hotel I’ve ever visited. But! The reviewers were wrong! The room was fine, we did not get bed bugs, and the shower…above average!!

• Good pressure. Good heat!
• Fully closing door.
• Good shower storage!
• Complicated system to start shower—I needed to pull down on a ring around the tap. Huh?

http://www.worldhotelinc.com/1752.html

Milford Plaza, New York, NY

• Very low water pressure
• Complicated system to start shower—the knob had to be at a certain angle and then pulled. I can’t explain it.

http://www.milfordplaza.com/accommodations

Birchwood Hotel & OR Tambo Conference Centre, Johannesburg, S. Africa

I was comped a room here when my flight was delayed. Bonus shower!

• The half wall says it all. Cold. Flooding.
• Good in-shower recessed storage though!

http://www.birchwoodhotel.co.za/accommodation/accommodation.html

Giant’s Castle Camp uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park, South Africa

• Too much of a good thing.
• Highest pressure ever. And not really focused in one direction. This is the sawed-off shotgun of showerheads.
• Hot Hot Hot!
• Ow!
• Good doors.
• Decent storage—but try reaching any of your showering products through the high-pressure hot water bullets.

http://www.giants-castle.co.za/giants-castle-camp.html

Elangeni Southern Sun, Durban, South Africa.

• Good temperature and pressure.
• Tub wall high and dangerous
• Soap rack right in the water stream. Goodbye soap. Hello hotel shower gel.
• Good shower curtain—stayed away from me, and it had that window strip thing that I like.

http://www.southernsun.com/hotels/elangeni/pages/rooms.aspx

The Himeville Arms Hotel, Himeville, South Africa

I had huge doubts about this one. This is a very old hotel, with a very old bathroom.

• Handheld showerhead. But! Stayed in place just fine in its holder on the wall.
• Claw-foot tub (the stuff of nightmares!) but I was okay!
• No shower curtain. Lots of flooding.
• Good temperature and pressure. Both of which were unexpected.

http://www.himevillehotel.co.za/HHroom.htm

Sunway Putra Hotel Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Too big. Why is the back wall so far away? I need that for balance.
• Tub wall: High and dangerous.
• Soap rack in the line of fire.
• Senseless in-shower towel rack. I've found that drying myself with a dry towel is actually far more effective than drying myself with a wet towel. Hmm.

https://www.malaysiahotels.cc/accomadation.aspx?HotelRegID=HR00090