Why do the windows remain closed in hotel rooms, why can’t guests open? Hardly anyone knows the reason!

Last updated:March 22, 2025, 07:01 IST

Some big hotels have balconies in the room, which can be opened, or in many small and big hotels, there is also a chance to open windows (why Hotel Room Windows Locked). But the windows are usually closed. K…Read more

Why do the windows of the hotel room remain closed? (Symbolic Photo: Canva)

In your life, you must have stayed in a hotel at some time. There you must have noticed one thing, that most of the hotel rooms are always closed and guests cannot open it. Some big hotels have balconies in the room, which can be opened, or many small and big hotels also have a chance to open windows. But the windows are usually closed. Do you know the reason behind this?

According to the report of the Mantle Floss website, the windows of the rooms are sealed in the hotels of most countries, so that it cannot be opened. People can see outside only through glass. Many times guests demand such rooms whose windows are opened because many times the room starts feeling suffocated. So the question again arises that why do hotels keep the windows closed?

There are some major reasons behind keeping the windows closed. (Symbolic Photo: Canva)

Opening window can cause accidents
The biggest reason for this is that the hotel staff does not want to take responsibility for anything untoward on themselves. Many times it is possible that people who try to commit suicide book the hotel and come to the room and die. Such people can also jump out of the window. Because of this, the windows that are in the room of the tall building hotels are sealed. According to a research published in the Social Science and Medicine Journal in 2008, the number of suicide has increased twice in those who come to visit Las Vegas in America. This is because many people lose in gambling, after which they commit suicide. Falling intentionally is one of the reasons, the other reason is to fall into the unknown.

Many times people go out to hang out and drink alcohol in hotels. After getting drunk, they can also fall down the window. Not only big, an accident can happen to children. You will feel that such accidents are very rare. But in 1945, a man had a case on the hotel because a chair fell from the hotel window when he was walking on the road. Similarly, in 2015, a woman in Los Angeles jumped from the 11th floor window and fell on a man.

Windows do not open to maintain room temperature
Apart from not taking responsibility for any accident, hoteliers do not want to increase their electricity bills. Because of this, they do not open the windows. Actually, the temperature of the hotel rooms remains cold and fixed according to summer. If the window is opened, the temperature will change. One reason is also that insects can also come from outside in clean interior.