Hotel Blinds in Goa

In many guest rooms, the most effective way to get complete darkness is not a heavier curtain but a blackout roller blind behind it. Fitted tight inside the window reveal, it stops the light at the glass. The curtain in front then does what curtains do best: soften the room, frame the window and give a sense of comfort.

Specify a slim cassette or a neat top fixing so the blind does not show when the curtains are open. For rooms where light still leaks at the sides, side channels close the gap completely.

Hotel bathrooms with windows need privacy that copes with steam and daily cleaning. PVC and faux-wood venetians are the reliable choice: they tilt for privacy and ventilation, wipe clean, and don't warp. Avoid timber, roman blinds and standard fabric rollers in rooms showered in every morning.

Where a bathroom has a glazed wall onto the bedroom — common in newer hotels — a blind on the bedroom side lets one guest sleep while the other showers. A light-filtering roller or a venetian works; choose the control so it can be reached from the bedroom side.

Large glazed areas in a lobby or restaurant face the sun at some point in the day. Sunscreen roller blinds, in a mesh fabric with a darker colour facing in, cut glare on tables and screens while keeping the outlook. Linked rollers across a run of windows can be lowered together, by hand or by motor.

In business lounges and suites, zebra blinds give finer control — open bands for daylight, closed for privacy — and look tidier than venetians.

Every hotel has rooms guests never see: the general manager's office, sales, accounts, the staff canteen, housekeeping stores. Simple roller or vertical blinds serve them well and keep costs where they matter. We measure these during the same survey so they can be fitted while we are on site.