Im staying at a hotel this week, and it’ll be the first time I will be away from home in wet diapers overnight. What is the best etiquette for dealing with this situation with the hotel staff?
I was thinking that while I am being careful with my own protectors, ask for waterproof sheets on the bed. Will it be okay to put the wet diaper in the bathroom bins - will the housekeeper/maids be okay with that, or should I find a bin offsite?
Yea, just make sure the dirty diapers are closed up good, placed in a grocery bag so that it doesn’t smell. Most of the time the trash bin are tiny and doesn’t fit so I leave it next to it in the bathroom. Most of the time, I take it out to the elevator lobby where there usually are large trash bins to dispose of the diapers.
I bring some small wastebasket plastic bags with me. I bag up my wet overnight
diaper in the morning and leave it next to the wastebasket so that housekeeping
can just throw it in their trash bin. Nowadays, lots of hotels only do daily cleaning
if you request it so if I’m in a hotel where that’s the case I’ll bring the trashbag into
the hall (if there’s a spot for it to go) or I’ll find the chambermaid and throw it
in her trash. I never request a plastic sheet, I adjust my liquid intake very low so
when I wet at night there’s almost no chance that it will be enough to leak.
Generally I just make sure that I am wearing a good overnight diaper, a good pair of plastic pants, and make sure to leave a good tip for house keeping. Never had any issues.
I always scout the hotel for trash cans in the public areas. Wrap up the used diapers in Walmart bags and toss them in the public garbage.
No matter how you accomplish it, I would ask simply that you leave no mess for others to clean up after you. Thank you.
I just leave them in the room or bathroom trash bin, no one wants to smell your dirty diaper in a hall way
Well I told the front desk if housekeeping could see to my room for taking out the trash for hygiene purposes and I left a note for housekeeping. They were really nice about it - I’ve been given spare bags for my diapers and given a mattress cover too. They wrote a note back saying thank you for telling them in advance so all is good!
I travel often, and always ask for extra trash bags and then dispose of my diapers on my own. I was pretty embarrassed recently when I leaked heavily and woke up to a wet bed 
Oh no, I’m always worried my diaper will let me down all the time! How did the hotel react to the wet sheets?
I was leaving that morning, so I did not say a word. I waddled down to breakfast in my very full Rearz, enjoyed a cup of tea in my room, and packed and left
I guess at least you didn’t have to confess to the front desk. I’ve got two more nights left of my stay and now I’m kinda worried it’ll happen to me. I’ll feel rotten if I wet the protective sheets I requested be put on for me.
I wouldn’t worry about it!
Do you leave your diapers out in your room for the housekeepers to see or do you hide them?
I’ve been leaving them in my bathroom bin as it’s big enough to hold my wet diapers. The bins are clear so it’s obvious what’s in them. I was up front with them that I was wearing protection during my stay. I guess I could have been quiet about it, but I have work colleagues in the same hotel and didn’t fancy being caught carrying my wet diaper to the bin outside, where he’s vaping.
Ah. When I travel for work I use a dark plastic bag from home and throw out my diapers when I don’t expect a coworker around. I keep some of my fresh diapers out, though my AB printed ones are kept hidden
Question: did you leave a tip after? I’m in the US but from the UK, is it considered appropriate to tip a certain amount? Do you just leave a bit of cash in the room?
I do not tip at hotels as a native of the US. I don’t see or feel the need to do so - I actually don’t like the tipping culture and think it’s outdated and should be scrapped
Not to derail and hijack this thread, but..
I completely disagree that “the tipping culture is outdated and should be scrapped”… I will agree that people asking for a tip when they barely did any work is insane (like cash registers in a mom&pop shop, or “baristas” at the coffee shop), but I see value in retaining tipping in full-service sit-down restaurants.
1 Part of why prices at average sit-down restaurants can be considered reasonable is BECAUSE of tipping: due to the tipping rules/las, IF a tipped employee makes enough tips during the workweek to exceed the federal $7.25/hour minimum wage when divided by the number of hours worked, the employer is only required to pay $3.12 per worked hour. HOWEVER, what most people don’t understand is that if said tipped employee DOESN’T make enough tips to exceed $7.25 per hour average, the employer is REQUIRED BY LAW to “make up the difference” so that the employee is paid $7.25 per worked hour after factoring tips received.
2 People who work as tipped waitstaff DO NOT want the tip system to be ended, because a good worker on a good night can easily clear several hundred dollars FOR JUST ONE NIGHT. Putting them on a “standard” hourly wage without tips drastically reduces their weekly income potential.
3 While there are some “cheapskate” customers who don’t tip, removal of tipping can also result in a drastic reduction of service quality provided by waitstaff. If they will be receiving the same pay per hour, with no tip potential, what is their incentive to properly do their jobs, or better yet “go above and beyond” in ensuring customer happiness? It’s bad enough when a tipped employee is more interested in “hanging” with friends who stop in and ignoring their tables, I see that occurring even more if tipping were removed from the equation…
I always let the hotel know I about my bed wetting and sugges5 they protect the mattress. Around 50% reply and say they will.
I put my used diapers in nappy sacs doubled up and in the bathroom bin or trash outside. Hotels I use reguarly now give me extra trash bags.
I always wear diaper, plastic cover and a diaper skirt.
I carry NorthShore Diaper Disposal Bags and grocery bags whenever I travel so I’ll place a wet diaper in a disposal bag and then place the disposal bag in a grocery bag. Then I toss that grocery bag in one of the big trash bins in the hallway (so far every hotel I’ve been to has a big trash bin in the hallway and they’re usually emptied out at least once or twice a day from what I’ve seen).
As far as tipping goes, I typically don’t tip but that’s because one of the first things I do when I get to my room is put the “do not disturb” sign on my door and leave it there for most if not all of my stay to not have housekeeping (since most of the time I’m only staying a few days) and try to leave the room in the state that I found it in.