Ah, the Sunbather. The sun-kissed, SPF-averse, swimsuit wearing guest of your hotel empires. If you’re building a resort in Hotel Architect and you’re not catering to these solar-powered guests, you're missing a trick!
Let’s break down what makes these radiant visitors tick.. and how to keep them blissfully baking under the sun in game!
Who Are the Sunbathers?
Sunbathers are the bronzed of vacationers of your guest list. They don’t care about your five-star dining or your avant-garde art installations. No, no. These folks are here for one thing and one thing only: maximum UV exposure!
They’re drawn to hotels that offer ample tanning opportunities. Think of the average sun worshipping vacationers that have a craving for anywhere they can stretch out like lizards on a hot rock!
What Do They Want?
Let’s be honest - Sunbathers are simple compared to Upper Crust but sometimes we jump straight past them because we want 5 stars straight away so here’s their wishlist:
Sun, and lots of it (or the artificial kind!)
This means sunbeds to sunbath on! Sunbathers will show up to any location, as long as you’ve got the goods. Ended up in Snowy St. Anton with no sun? No problem - a tanning bed inside will do!
A 3-star hotel rating or higher - they’re not savages like backpackers, after all 🤭
3 star hotels need at least a gym, restaurant and a bar, plus 3 star standard rooms. You can see all the details about your ratings and reviews in the Financial overview tab. Clicking on the last critic review button will show you more indepth areas to cover.
Bonus points if you have things Sunbathers like! You may have noticed in the Guest tab of the People Area that sunbathers also enjoy certain items. They will like your hotel more and give higher reviews if they have access to these things in your hotel:
Salad on the restaurant menu
Surf simulator for some entertainment
Exercise balls in the gym
Guests don't have to have these items, and will use others but they will rate more highly when they have their favourites.
Struggling with that sunbather goal in Santorini? (yes that one!)
We've had a few of you mention that you are struggling to understand why the sunbathing guest goal in the Santorini Scenario isn't increasing when guests use the sunbeds.
If the guest is not a sunbather guest type, then it will not count. You can click on the sunbathing guest to see what type of guest they are. See below, this is a backpacker, not a sunbather!
If you are finding you aren't getting any sunbathers use the sunbeds, follow the wishlist above to tick the boxes for sunbathers to come to your hotel!
To help with this, you can also click on a room, and hover over sunbathers in the right hand side panel to see what's missing from it for sunbathers to stay in it.
We hope this helps you under one of the six guest types a little more, and if you want one of these blogs on another guest type, let us know!
You can find more info on guest types on our Wiki too! https://hotel-architect.fandom.com/wiki/Hotel_Architect_Wiki