A lot can not be expected from the accommodation in Tibet.  The luxury tourist hotels, as it is said to be are generally cold (figuratively & literally) cemented buildings set amidst fenced-in compounds.  Apart from few hotels in Lhasa, the hotels in the places like Zhangmu, Xegar and most guest houses are poorly maintained gives shabby look with dirty carpets and broken window panes.  Only few hotels are comparable to the average standards in western terms.  Some hotels even with bathrooms may not routinely have either hot or cold running water. Several hotels (except in Lhasa) make hot water available for bathing ring certain hours in the evening only, which are announced, when guests arrive in the hotel.