Not only is she serious; I agree with her.
Yay for you Ellen! Must be 20 characters
Heck, in my house itās dad who actually gave them the tablet and bought them chrome booksā¦ while they were in lower elem school. I (mom) was livid and confiscate regularly.
For OP - in each room I have a clock radio with 2 USB slots. Also, plenty of outlets. In the living room, I have a small ācharging towerā with both plugs and USB charging slots.
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@CA_grandma -
I havenātest many of the USB adapters. but that might be just luck so far. Thatās why I mentioned the multi-AC oulet and USB ports from CostCo. Itās larger than the small USB adapter so itās probably less likely to be taken. I double-checked: 6 AC plugs and 4 USB ports per unit, and two units per package at a cost of $15.
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wow what me worry?
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do people travel with usb cords without the wall charger?
@Rolf -
We have the cords, too. And I think people forget parts or leave them at the airport or in the plane, so I never assume they have anything they need to charge their device.
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Do you leave the cords in the room, or have them on request? How do you let them know etc
I offer the same set up as Mike with a multi port usb craving station @ multi-tip micro usb charging cable. I purchased all from amazon. Total investment per station $15 + $7 = $22.
@CA_grandma
Because the charging station & cable are easily packed, I zip-stripped the charging station electrical line to the leg of the table and chain zip stripped the multi micro usb cable to the charging station. Anyone with a pair of scissors can walk off with it all but the zip stripping makes sure it is deliberate (hopefully less likely)
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They may not supply them automatically but most of them have chargers available. I asked at a Marriot and they pulled out a whole box of them. They collect so many left behind they offered to let me keep the one they lent me.
Most important thing to have are plenty of receptacles. Iāve paid for some extras. So there is one on each side of the bed, easily accessible. There is one up high next to the desk with a built in USB. There is a portable USB that can be moved to any plug. I also have a surge protector extension cord. All that in my one little room.
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Funny, in all the years I have been doing this I never had anyone ask me for a cord, charging block or anything else. Never had a leave behind either.
Same here! Never had anyone ask for anything at all. But I have found the nightstands moved around away from the wall. And the alarm clock unplugged from behind the bed, etc. So I know guests do have a need. The nightstands are small and one has a lamp, the other has an alarm clockā¦and sadly no room really for much more than a glass of water 
Weāve had lots of guests ask for cell phone chargers. We leave one for iPhones and one for Androids in the guest room. We also have an adapter for European electric appliances in the guest room. Guests are very appreciative of this.
I have never been asked about a charger eitherā¦until four days ago., so what a co-inky-dink that this came up!
The wife emailed and said she couldnāt find the charger that was listed on the inventory (I have a detailed one in the rental). I called the housecleaner and she said, āOh, that disappeared years ago.ā Who knew.
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OMG, can you imagine relying on that? And traveling without your charger. Wow.
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I was going to ask the housecleaner to get another but then I figured, heck, they were a honeymooning couple, had only one night to go and could probably think of āsomething elseā to occupy themselves for an eveningā¦
I told the housecleaner to scratch it off the Inventory. 
ā¦problem solved.
[Wonder what happened to my hospitality gene.]
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I have power bars in each bedroom. Then they can plug in more than one device and it is handy to the bed.
Re kids and iPads I see every reason for them to start young. My twin nieces were 4 when they started using my Apple Mac many years ago. They learned touch typing, problem solving and many other skills. Far better than a tv. My sister always supervised them online til they were 16. Both are successful grads with jobs in the area they studied. One is an entomologist who as well as her science work, manages social media for Biobus, which does DNA bar coding. The other is in business. Both had very limited access at school and wouldnāt have been able to use spreadsheets etc without home access. They are in their 30ās, my nephew is 18, his computer access at school was no better than his sisters. I see ipad/tablet access as just as important as having books in the home. Many families have no books.
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I offer a USB hub with about 8 slots. It has a couple of chords on it by default and I am happy to say they are rarely taken. If anything I keep inheriting forgotten chords. I also keep visible power strips near the sofa and TV to encourage use rather than UNPLUGGING stuff like TVs and WiFi routers which only results in phone calls to me saying āthere is no wifi.ā I have resorted to labels.
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Completely agree Louise! I was more talking about younger toddlers. Not on the older end of the spectrum. It was reading things like getting an 11 month old an ipad that was kind of disturbing.
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