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Emergency No Slip Mat for the Bathtub


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Just a very simple suggestion - we stayed at a Hampton Hotel with no anti-skid treads in the tub. Yep, it was slippery.

On the spur of the moment, I threw a towel onto the the tub floor for resistance. It actually worked! If it didn't, we were going to head for the nearest store and buy some suction treads or a rubber mat.

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Was wondering if the towel would bunch up and head for the drain area (it did) but I managed to shower without slipping and only had to retrieve the towel once.

Much better than an accident! Other than that, it was a nice hotel and I'll stay there again next time we go out of town.

By Holly from Richardson, TX

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By Terry (Guest Post)
August 16, 20070 found this helpful

I always bring my own bathtub mat whenever i travel. It keeps me happy to know our feet are the only ones that touched it! Folds flat and drys fast!

 
August 16, 20070 found this helpful

Holly, We have done the same thing. I wonder why the hotels don't get a clue! Judy in Alabama

 
By Sandra (Guest Post)
August 16, 20070 found this helpful

I stayed at a M.....t and that happened to me and my daughter so I left and went to the embassy suites across the way form this hotel and did complain to the manager when I got home and they sent me a gift certificate for a free night.

 
By Marie Smith (Guest Post)
August 17, 20070 found this helpful

I purchased a placemat for this purpose. It is the kind with tiny squares and is plastic. It also comes as shelf liners. I keep it in my suitcase for times like this.

 

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August 17, 20070 found this helpful

That placemat suggestion is a great idea. Real bath mats are cumbersome.

 
By joesgirl (Guest Post)
August 24, 20070 found this helpful

When vacationing in EUROPE and staying at a hotel in ITALY I was taking a shower and the area of the tub was completely marble, sides and bottom. There were no grab bars and no tub grids or bath mat. Yep, you guessed it. I fell and broke my arm in 2 places. My vacation was short changed as I ended up going home to seek help with my hospital back home.

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The personnel in ITALY spoke no ENGLISH and when I went to their hospital I finally found an interpreter. I was told by the doctor, after taking x-rays and putting the arm in a huge wrapped ace-like bandage, that I could return in 1 week. If the arm was healing, fine. If not, they would operate. Now I travel with a tiny bath mat which is always in my suitcase. Better safe than sorry.

 

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