Rooms and its Types

Generally, wedefine room as a safe place closed by walls, windows and doors to spend a day, night for sleep with proper security. In hotel, room means a lot to a guest such as comfort, clean, safe and hygiene. Hence, the guest demands the highest standard in everything that the room stand for the guest. All the rooms are numbered systematically. First digit in a room number indicates on which the floor is situated. Suppose there are 25 rooms in a floor, Room No. 625 indicates 25th room on 6th floor. Systematic numbering also indicates that all odd number rooms may be single room, even number could be double room and rooms ending with zero may be suite room and so on. This differs from hotel to hotel. Different types of rooms are:

1. Single Room: It is a room assigned for single occupancy and consists one single bed of size- 36"x75".
2. Double Room: A room assigned for two people or double occupancy and consists one Double Bed of size- 54"x75".
3. Triple Room: It is a room assigned for three people and consists of three single bed of size- 36"x75".
4. Twin Room: It is a room with two single bed of size- 36"x75" for double sharing.
5. Quard Room: It is a room assigned for four people and consists of four single bed of size- 36"x75".
6. Queen Sized Room: It is a room with Queen-sized bed i.e.- 60"x80" for single or double occupancy.
7. King Sized Room: It is a room with a King-sized bed i.e.- 60"x90" for single or double occupancy.
8. Double-Double Room: A room with two queen bed for double or more occupancy.
9. Studio Room: A room with a Couch or sofa-Cum Bed, which can be converted into a bed during a night time and can be used as a sofa during day time. It is commonly known as Studio Room.
10. Mini Suite or Junior Suite: A single room with single bed and a sitting area could have separate living room and bed room.
11. Suite Room: A parlor or living room connected to one or more bedroom.
12. Inter-Connecting Room: Room with connecting door from onside.
13. Adjacent Room: Rooms, which are opposite of each other, in the same floor.
14. Adjoining Room: A room with a common wall but no connecting door.
15. Duplex Suite: Rooms spread over twp floor with an interconnecting staircase.
16. Cabana: Rooms attached to a swimming pool with one sofa-cum bed, meant for changing purpose.
17. Penthouse Suite: Accommodation, usually suites located on the top floor of the hotel.
18. Lanai: A Hawaiian terms for veranda, a room with porch or balcony, usually overlooking garden or water. Such types of room is usually popular in sea beaches areas.
19. House Room: Guest room set aside for hotel use.