Why aren't there night lights in hotel bathrooms?

Good idea. Maybe they have not thought of it before.

That drives me crazy as well. I figured they did that to reduce energy costs. Rather than bump my toes or trip over the toilet I usually leave the light on and the door closed. If they cheaped out and put in one of those stupid fans that go on with the light setups I just let it run – all night. Let’s see how much energy that saves.
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I’m thinking that one of those little glowing LED nightlights would cost them, what 25¢ a year? $1 tops?

I’ve left the bathroom light on all night, too, @LuckyGuy. It still pretty much wakes everyone up, even if it saves your toes.

Maybe we need to contact Tom Bodet and and ask that he leave the light on in the bathroom. @RedDeerGuy1

@ibstubro Sure.

Sensor lighting in restrooms and other public areas is becoming increasingly common.

Yeah, that’s a great innovation, @Pachy, but I don’t want full-on bright light in the motel bathroom. I want just enough ambient light to see if the toilet paper is reasonably clean after I wipe!

Some of the sensor lighting I’ve seen is extremely soft. I’m just thinking a variation of this technology could be applied to motel bathrooms.

I stayed at a Quality Inn last night, and it had an odd switch in the bathroom. Looked like it should have been either sensor or night light, but did neither. Although I ponder this question every time I stay in a hotel, that finally prompted me to ask this question.

Theft, perhaps.

^Theft?

I find that some hotels have a low light option in the bathroom but I don’t prefer any light when I’m half asleep. I do ok in the dark.

@chyna Theft.

Night lights piss me off. I would remove it immediately upon arrival. If ¾ of the guests do that, and all put them in different places, it would probably significantly slow down the cleaning routine.

And yeah, theft.

I’m inferring a built in night light, non-removable.

If that’s a problem, @dappled_leaves, there could be an off switch. Easiest thing for you to do if there was a low grade night light in the bathroom would be to shut the bathroom door.

I can’t see where the glow of an ambient night light in the bathroom could be more disturbing that the light around the door from the hall. Only more directed and useful.

I don’t have a night light in my house, but I appreciate them in the home of friends, especially in hallways or a communal bathroom.

@ibstubro If it’s built in, then obviously I would expect there to be an off switch. If it’s a plug in, I’d probably just yank it out, rather than crouch down and fiddle with it on the floor.

If I’m staying in a place where I worry about not being able to see after dark, I bring a flashlight or headlamp. But I’m talking about cottages, camping, etc. I’ve never felt the need for a night light in an urban house or a hotel. Don’t all hotels look exactly alike these days? I don’t find it hard to find my way around if I need to get up in the night. I do find stray light irritating when I want to sleep.

We stayed at one that had one built into the hair dryer that was mounted on the bathroom wall,but haven’t seen that since.

I’ve seen the hair dryer, but not the night light, @SQUEEKY2.
That was probably in the sink area, not the toilet area?

This hair dryer had light on it strong enough to act like night light if it wasn’t and could see the toilet just fine with it.

I keep a small nightlight in my Dopp kit, just for this very reason.

That’s a good idea, @Love_my_doggie.

I haven’t yet read the other answers, will do so after posting (apparently my slump is abating).

I’ve often wondered that myself. I always bring one with me, because the idea of becoming disoriented in the middle of the night and running into something is not very appealing.

I had a night light similar to this that I loved.
The light output was so low it was almost like night vision, and you could hardly see any spillover into the hallway. 2¢ a year!