Locals seem to have a cultural taboo with these hotels, but as a Western traveler it is a pleasant and fun experience. The Taboo seems to be against talking a

Locals seem to have a cultural taboo with these hotels, but as a Western traveler it is a pleasant and fun experience. The Taboo seems to be against talking about them, not using them. My wife's brother got very flustered when the topic of love hotels came up in a conversation among family -- yet in another conversation (which involved much more alcohol), he revealed that he and his girlfriend/fiance were regular love hotel visitors before they had a place of their own.