Hotel Room Preferences

I attended a seminar recently and booked into a hotel that unexpectedly had the room doors opening to the parking lot instead of to an inside hall.

I'm not a big fan of the hotel room door facing the great outdoors. If I'm attending a show, I think there is more chance of being robbed by someone who had followed me back from the show. This is a big issue with jewelers. However, on the flip side, my car was parked within 3 yards of my hotel room - making it easier to load and unload my car.

I'm posting this in the forum - which do you prefer when you attend a show? A hotel where everyone has to pass through a lobby to get to the hotel rooms or one where it's easier to load up for the show with the room doors facing the parking lot?