Bring Back Doors

Hi, I’m Sadie, a long time believer that sometimes public shame is good.

After spending years running and traveling across Europe, I realized that the bathroom door problem was not just an isolated incident, but a growing trend in the hotel industry.

And while it may be too late to stop the airline industry from shrinking our seats, it’s not too late to stop the hotel industry.

Thus Bring Back Doors was born. A crowd sourced database of doorless hotel bathrooms to help anyone who’s tired of hotels that lack in privacy but ooze in awkwardness.

My Villain Origin Story

It’s January 2025. I’m traveling through England with my dad. I’ve gone out of my way to make sure each hotel room has twin beds. And when we arrive back in London for our final night we find a horror waiting in our room.

There was no bathroom door. There was space for a bathroom door, there was a cut out that easily should have been a bathroom door, but there was no bathroom door. And suddenly I wasn’t just mildly inconvenienced as I had been in previous no door situations. I was angry.

Over the last few months I’ve had a few people reach out to me about if I take donations to help support the cause, and I wanted to say no, my frustration can fuel this alone. But the reality is that this does take time and money to run this movement.

If you choose to support monetarily, here are some of the things your donation will support:

• The subscription used to host this page
• Building a more searchable and useful database
• Maintain my current work to privacy crusade ratio so I can continue to dedicate time to the cause

But if you don’t have the funds to support monetarily, that’s okay! I did not build this site to make money. If you’re looking for a free way to support, sign up for my newsletter instead!