En suite bathroom worth extra cost?

[ScubaJill]

For a 4 day trip to the Bahamas? Price difference is about $40 a night.

 

[BoltSnap]

For me it is for sure. Cleanliness, hygiene and privacy are supreme to me ESPECIALLY on a liveabord where you have nowhere to go or hide.

 

[redacted]

You have not lived until you share two heads with 35 people. If you think that level of privacy is worth $160, go for it.

 

[randpchi]

$40 a night sounds like it is worth it, where are you going? Liveaboard?

 

[ScubaJill]

Well, I think it's 12 divers max on the boat. If I had to share two toilets with 35 (mostly male) divers, I'd probably cough up an extra $100 a night for my own bathroom.

I just thought since it's a shorter trip and not a lot of divers, I could save that money and apply it toward some other trip. I think there are 4 toilets total for the divers.

 

[randpchi]

What boat?

 

[Altamira]

Cleanliness and privacy are very nice to have, but having the bathroom available when you need it is priceless, especially if any novo virus issues pop up on the boat.

 

[KathyV]

I have been on liveaboards with lots of different bathroom arrangements including: a single shower for the entire big boatload of people, one bathroom shared between a few cabins, a sink in the bedroom with an ensuite "wet room" where you shower with the toilet, and a good-sized private ensuite bathroom and shower. The last option is my favorite but I wouldn't settle for anything less than an ensuite wet room so that I would have a private shower and toilet.

And I can't tell you how important it is to have easy access to a bathroom if you get seasick!

 

[Damselfish]

Some people are more interested in an inexpensive trip and will happily forgo things like en suite baths, or just really don't care. Others will pretty much not even consider a trip without. Only you can say where you are on that spectrum.

 

[Lorenzoid]

Shared bathrooms, like hostel bunks, were fine when I was a penniless backpacker in my 20s. Nowadays, even a standard marine head is more than I want to deal with. I want a private room with a real flush toilet.