Many of us must have travelled for work alone. Some of us have to do it on regular basis. Many of us have also taken to solo tripping. When travelling alone, hotel rooms matter more than usual. Some of the hotel rooms are beautiful in their own right. But often, they are dull and boring.
A study by Columbia University in 2011 discovered the presence of emotional residue and its effect on a physical space. This means that if the previous owners of a physical space were happy, then the emotional residue they leave behind will be that of joy, and that this joy could then potentially be felt by the majority of future occupants.
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But do hotel rooms really carry the baggage of their past residents, or can you do something to spruce things up and make them more cheerful? The mood of a room is determined not by its past, but by what you, a traveller, bring to it.
So, what can you do to make hotel room friendlier, especially when you are travelling alone?
Spend few minutes in the room instead of returning at night, only to sleep. Doing so will help you familiarise with the room. All places look and feel different at night. So, if you return alone to a new hotel room at night, you may feel apprehensive or strange. But spending some time prior will also help you know where all the switches and plugs are.
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Hetvi Sethia, a singer who has to travel often for her shows, takes along some memorabilia for her bedside. She also loads her laptop with movies and series that she has been wanting to watch. She sees the time alone in hotel rooms as her escape from the busy routine life.
You can also bring some flowers to the room. Or any small memento, as if to mark your territory. This can spruce up the room and make it feel more comfortable, than a bare room with no markings of your personality.
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If you do it right, the hotel room can become your haven in a new city. It can become your den. Embrace the room with your positive energy. So, when you return to it after a day of travel, work or discovery, the predominant energy in the room is that of joy. Not somebody’s emotional residue.
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