Hampton Inn

[Turkeytop]

For the past several years our preferred hotel chain, whenever we’re on the road has been Hampton Inn. Clean, up to date rooms and a good breakfast. All for an affordable price.

Last Saturday night we checked into the Hampton Inn in Cincinnati. As I was sitting there having a beer, I noticed the clock on the bedside table was missing. My first thought was that the previous guest had stollen it from the room.

I went down to the front desk to report it. The guy said “we’ve removed the clocks in all of our hotels. It’s a corporate decision by Hilton. We want all of our guests to have their best room experience. We’ve determined that having a clock in the room makes the room appear outdated. Nobody uses a clock anymore. People just use their phones.”

I told him my phone is on the kitchen wall and it doesn’t display the time. Even if it did show the time, I wouldn’t be able to see it from three hundred miles away.’

The guy offered to give me a wakeup call in the morning.

Looks like I’ll have to start carrying my own clock with me when I travel. I’ll need to book a room on the first floor. Might be a little awkward trying to carry a grandfather clock up in the elevator.

[Matt]

I've traveled a lot post covid, and for the life of me, I can't tell you if any of the places have had a clock. It does seem outdated.

[Turkeytop]

I've traveled a lot post covid, and for the life of me, I can't tell you if any of the places have had a clock. It does seem outdated.

A clock comes in handy when you want to know what time it is.

[Matt]

As I type this on my phone, I can see that the time is currently 9:25. Very convenient.

[Turkeytop]

As I type this on my phone, I can see that the time is currently 9:25. Very convenient.

So when you wake up in the middle of the night in a dark room and you want to know the time, you just fumble around to find your phone? Seems a lot easier just to glance at the clock beside the bed.

[ZenithCKLW]

I've seen little wind up or battery clocks meant for travel in antique stores. Some of them even have a little backlight. I'm sure you'll be able to find something to tell you the time while traveling.

[Motown322]

I just spent 6 days at a Hampton Inn down in West Palm Beach. It had a clock. Plugged my phone into the USB port on it to charge it every night. Hell, I spent 13 nights in one in Scottsdale back in January and that one had a clock too. I think this is a hotel decision and not a corporate one.

[Turkeytop]

I just spent 6 days at a Hampton Inn down in West Palm Beach. It had a clock. Plugged my phone into the USB port on it to charge it every night. Hell, I spent 13 nights in one in Scottsdale back in January and that one had a clock too. I think this is a hotel decision and not a corporate one.

We stayed at two different Hampton Inns on our way to Florida in January. They both had clocks in the rooms. Really good clocks with a display on the front and on the left and right sides too.

But some new marketing whizz has decided the clocks have to go'

There is a store near our place in Florida that liquidates old hotel furniture and accessories. The next time we're in Florida I'll see if I can get one of those nice clocks from Hampton Inn.

[Deleted User 15835]

I don't travel too much, other a day trip here and there. I'm more of a homebody. Yeah, they have removed clocks from most motels, mainly because people just use there phones for an alarm clock, heck even a cheap flip phone has an alarm clock on it these days.

I believe the last motel I stayed in was a Motel 6 in Parkersburg WV about 2 years ago. They do sell small travel size digital clocks that run on a battery. Perhaps maybe people were just stealing them and they got tired of having to get new ones all the time.

My parents tend to like Hampton inn's when they travel.

[Robert Faygo]

The actual owner of that particular Hampton Inn was probably not Hilton itself. Most likely the so-called corporate decision to dump clocks / clock radios was made by the franchise owner.

I feel pretty confident in guessing that the Hilton corporation doesn't care one way or the other what their franchisees decide to do with bedside clocks.

[Turkeytop]

They used to have smoking and non-smoking rooms. The guest could request their preference'

Now they could have clock and no-clock rooms. Anyone who felt embarrassed or offended by seeing a clock in their room could request a room with no clock

[SD45]

It's a personal preference. They could keep a couple alarm clocks at the front desk. In room telephones are likely gone next.

I haven't stayed in a hotel since 2019. I'm more worried about the key working and no bedbugs than if they have an alarm clock.

[Deleted User 15835]

They used to have smoking and non-smoking rooms. The guest could request their preference'

Now they could have clock and no-clock rooms. Anyone who felt embarrassed or offended by seeing a clock in their room could request a room with no clock

I believe Kentucky still has smoking and non-smoking rooms.

[Turkeytop]

It's a personal preference. They could keep a couple alarm clocks at the front desk. In room telephones are likely gone next.

I haven't stayed in a hotel since 2019. I'm more worried about the key working and no bedbugs than if they have an alarm clock.

I never use the clock as an alarm clock. I just like to see waht time it is.

Some hotels have stopped placing Bibles in the rooms because having a Bible in the room offends some guests. I don't know why that is. It's usually tucked away in a drawer. Nobody forces them to read it. They now keep Bibles at the front desk for anyone who requests one.

The Hampton in we were at had both a Bible and a Book of Mormon in the room. Neither of them offended me. But I would have liked to have a clock in the room.

[Deleted User 15835]

It's a personal preference. They could keep a couple alarm clocks at the front desk. In room telephones are likely gone next.

I haven't stayed in a hotel since 2019. I'm more worried about the key working and no bedbugs than if they have an alarm clock.

I never use the clock as an alarm clock. I just like to see waht time it is.

Some hotels have stopped placing Bibles in the rooms because having a Bible in the room offends some guests. I don't know why that is. It's usually tucked away in a drawer. Nobody forces them to read it. They now keep Bibles at the front desk for anyone who requests one.

The Hampton in we were at had both a Bible and a Book of Mormon in the room. Neither of them offended me. But I would have liked to have a clock in the room.

I can understand all that. It drives me nuts at night not knowing what time it is, if I wake up. I'm atheist/pretty strong agnostic but a Bible doesn't offend me whatsoever nor does the book of Mormon. Likewise for The Torah or The Quran.