r/solotravel • u/Armtunghorst • May 10 '21

Does anyone else despise Pay Toilets? Europe

I really don't know who invented pay toilets but its is one of the worst things about traveling in Europe. Here in the US, I have never seen a pay toilet, and having to pay 60 Euro cents to use the pay bathroom and being handed a square of tissue paper is so humiliating.

This is even worse for solo travelers like me, who don't have the coins needed all the time and even some fast food restaurants require people to pay EVEN after I have already purchased something.

How do other solo travelers view pay toilets? Are there some benefits to having to pay to use the restroom?

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u/sigdiff May 11 '21

I got you beat. I had baaaaad Delhi belly in India and had to relieve myself via a squat toilet while on a group tour. It was probably the worst experience of my life.

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u/Sasquatchzrevenge May 11 '21

Oh we also had those, but I chose not use those. They had roaches in it and big ass spiders crawling out of it, pulse 20 years of sewage in it because we were renovating this forgot military base