This Is Why We Prefer Having Sex In Hotel Rooms

When couples feel like their relationship is going stale, they often opt for a ‘dirty weekend’ away to rekindle the flames of passion.

Researchers now believe that they know why it works.

A sex expert says that the sheer novelty of a hotel room causes a rush of the brain’s ‘pleasure chemical’ dopamine to the brain.

'The novelty of the hotel room is going to stimulate dopamine transmission in the brain, which plays a big role in arousal and sexual excitement,' said sex therapist and author Ian Kerner, in an interview with Huffington Post.

'There's a psychological mindset when people check into a hotel that they can pamper themselves.

'There's something a little luxurious, languorous, and sumptuous about a hotel that lends itself to feeling sexual.'4

'So often I advise couples to turn their bedroom into a love nest that's free from distractions,' said Kerner.

'I think a hotel – as a sort of generic luxury – automatically helps people tune out the anxiety.'

'You're in a place out of time, out of your life.'

'And shutting down or the pushing away of the anxiety, creating a boundary of anxiety and stressors of everyday life, is going to contribute to sexual arousal.'