How many square feet should a hotel room be?
I am going to be building a hotel soon and I want to make sure the rooms are plenty big. I have been in hotels where the rooms are tiny and in some where they are huge. I just want to make sure I provide the best size room. So with that being said, how many square feet do you think the guest rooms should be?
It depends on the what the rooms are intended for. If you intend for this to be a luxurious resort where people stay for a week at a time, you should have some open living space in the rooms. If this is just a hotel on the side of the freeway, serving as a place for travelers to sleep, then you can just have a bed with a few feet of space to walk around it.
Sorry I can’t give you a number, I’d just be pulling a wild guess out of nowhere if I did. But maybe you could go to some similar hotels and take a quick measurement of the rooms, and note whether they feel too cramped or it they feel roomy enough. You don’t have to pay for the rooms. Most hotels will let you view a room before you pay. Just tell them you are looking for a good hotel to surprise your wife with a romantic night out and you’d like to preview the room. Have a tape measure in your pocket, take a quick measurement, then return the key and tell them you’ll get back to them if you decide to stay there.
I prefer large and in-fact always try to get a corner room because they are larger. Nothing worst then having a huge desk pushed right up against a bed. I have been in small ones too that aren’t that bad. It also depends on the size of the furniture. I was in a small hotel in Ireland that was Amazing because it was very very modern. Even though it was small- it has a ton of walking room and everything was built in. Then I was in a room that was huge but the over sized furniture look like my great aunts from the 70s and I could barely fit between the TV and the bed.
This answer requires detailed market analysis, What is the typical room size in your market? What are occupancy rates? What market will you be competing for – high end, mid range, extended stay, economy, etc…
Get in touch with someone experienced in your market and don’t trust anything you hear on YA.