How to Find a Public Bathroom in the U.S.
How to Find a Public Bathroom in the U.S.
July 17, 2014 3:23 pm by Patricia Magaña
It's not something most people take into consideration
when planning a day of travel, but it's something each one of us does every
day—several times a day, actually. When nature calls, locating a loo—quickly—is
crucial. We did the research, so all you have to do is go. Here are three apps
that will help you locate a public bathroom wherever your travels take you in
the U.S.
Where to Wee
Restroom facilities are never far away with the Where to
Wee app. This is easily one of the most comprehensive lists of restrooms
available, and it's no surprise, because the app developers cleverly partnered
with Cintas Corporation, a company that stocks more than a million businesses with
bathroom supplies. Cintas' expertise in the field also gives the company the
privilege of honoring the most-proper loo with the highly coveted America's
Best Restroom Award.
The Where to Wee app provides its info in map and list
form, and it also permits users to rate by cleanliness, soap and toilet tissue
availability, and odor. The facilities' business addresses and types are also
extremely helpful. It's easy to scan the list, which is color coded, to find
the cleanest restrooms in your location.
Where to Wee is free on Android and Apple.
SitOrSquat
The makers of Charmin toilet tissue know a thing or two
about their customers' needs, and they've created one of the most useful
toilet-locator apps on the market, SitOrSquat.
SitOrSquat finds the closest toilets to your location and
then indicates on the map a green toilet paper roll for sanitary conditions
("sit") or a red roll to indicate unsanitary toilets
("squat").
Listings can be filtered to display those with handicap access,
those with changing tables, those that are complimentary, and only the
"sits." The names of the businesses are included, as are the
addresses, and the app links up with your phone's GPS to provide directions.
Users can also add new restroom sites and leave comments.
SitOrSquat is free on Android and Apple.
ToiletFinder
ToiletFinder claims to have the world's largest public
database of restrooms (60,000 facilities). Its database is user generated and
relies upon the public to report crucial information about available restrooms.
The app quickly generates a list of the closest restrooms
to a location, both in list and map form. Adding a bathroom to the database is
quick and easy. However, ToiletFinder does not list the name of the business in
which the facility is located, a significant weakness compared to Where to Wee
and SitOrSquat.
ToiletFinder is free on Android and Apple.
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