Americans are used to hotels in the US which normally offer big rooms with either 2 queen sized beds or 1 king bed. It is very important to be aware that Africa does not follow those same standards, unless maybe you opt to stay at a familiar chain property.

This is the dilemma that is faced by many tourists or travelers when visiting other countries. It cannot be stressed enough that different countries have different bed size standards which also translates into certain hotels not carrying certain bed sizes.

For example, most hotels in Africa offer twin beds as the default bedding. The configuration could be one twin bed (for single occupancy, normally the smallest rooms in a hotel), 2 twin beds separated by a nightstand or 2 twin beds pulled together to form a double bed, but may not be as large as king or queen-sized beds.

Special Requests:
Special Requests are forwarded to the hotel when requested. Remember that these cannot be reserved ahead of time, they are provided to the hotel so that the Front Desk can do what is possible to accommodate you but are subject to availability on your day of arrival.

Connecting Rooms: Rooms with individual entrance doors from the outside and a connecting door between. Guests can move between rooms without going through the hallway.

Adjoining Rooms: Rooms with a common wall but no connecting door.

Adjacent Rooms: Rooms close to each other, perhaps across the hall.

Room Location: Request a room on a higher or lower floor, close or far from the elevator, etc.

Room Quality: Request a quiet room, or specific room location, but requests are not guaranteed and are solely at the hotel's discretion.

Guest Rooms are assigned the morning of the arrival of the guest by the front desk agent who blocks the room according to the room category purchased and at that time, tries to accommodate any specific room requests, such as adjoining rooms, non-smoking rooms, etc.