Do any of you host provide a clock radio for your guests , and do they appreciate it ???
We used to provide a clock radio. A guest set it for midnight. We overlooked that it was set and didn’t turn it off. The next guest was woken from a deep and much needed sleep at midnight. We figured that most guests have smart phones so we removed the clock radio from the guest room.
I have a clock [not sure about radio] in the room. It has a USB charger which a few guests from other countries have appreciated. We have had a few folks set it to their local time which is easy to overlook.
At least one reviewer has appreciated it explictly. Several others have used it. I have a Bose clock radio with an aux cord so guests can use it as an external speaker for their smartphone or other device if they are watching a movie or listening to music. So it may not be the clock radio they are appreciating so much as the speakers.
One guest suggested I get a clock…he hadn’t even noticed it apparently. LOL.
I just have a digital clock - with massive lettering (2"x2") in the guest room.
Now that’s interesting. Might have been a nice touch to have a dual-zone timepiece also set to their timezone if they came from a different one!
To be honest, I don’t think so. Most people are using their phones, so the ROI isn’t high enough to get a fancier timepiece.
Agree, hence the might-have-been. If I had found a dual-zone clock when I was looking and at no additional cost, I might have gone for it (if I had this idea in mind.)
So essentially I’m talking about a hypothetical hypothetical!
I have a very cool modern one bought specially for the room that had digital date and time etc that I bought for the room. I have recently removed it and placed it in the kitchen as guest after guest kept unplugging it to plug something else i- despite me providing 3 extra plugs on the power board for phone chargers etc and having a label ‘do not unplug’ on the clock. it was giving me the sh@ts resetting it.
If I had the $, I would get one with a docking station that automatically sets the time when you put a phone on it and has a basic button to turn off the alarm to avoid Ellen’s issue. If you can’t afford this kind of model or the radio reception is rubbish in the room- Don’t bother.
Maybe, like me, they didn’t want the light that the clock emits interfering with the need for a dark room. I tape over all the led lights that seem to be on all sorts of appliances. My window ac plug has a light as does a tabletop fan.,
I used to have one in the unit. Every single time I went to turnover the place, it was unplugged, I assume to plug in a phone. Every time, I would plug it back in, reset the time, and put a default alarm time of 8am with the alarm set to off.
After a year of this, I removed the damn thing.
Two weeks later, I got private feedback that an alarm clock would be nice. I put the damn thing back in the room, unplugged. It had never been plugged in. That was two years ago.
So I would say it’s not worth the investment.
No, people use their phones. Instead we added LOTS of ways to charge stuff.
Right. Clock radios are 20th century technology, and we are in the 21st century now. We have never had a guest ask for one. We also make sure to have USB ports on the night stand and tons of electrical outlets available for phones, computers, tablets and a variety of other devices that provide the time of day, alarms, music…whatever guests need.
No, never. Last weekend I went to a hotel and woke up early because the alarm of the clock radio went off too early. I unplugged it. I dont no how those radios work and will not spend time learning it. They never seem to work at all. People all now use phones. I have my own at home though, accustomed to it