Blackout curtains in hotel rooms: love them or hate them?
Aug 25, 2016, 12:06 pm
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Big plus, for me.
Light, and sound.
I like to come back to the room and have a nap in the middle of the day while I'm on vacation--recharge my batteries and the phone's--(particularly when I'm badly jet-lagged). They're indispensible then.
Light, and sound.
I like to come back to the room and have a nap in the middle of the day while I'm on vacation--recharge my batteries and the phone's--(particularly when I'm badly jet-lagged). They're indispensible then.
Aug 25, 2016, 1:47 pm
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Love them.
There is already too much light pollution in hotel rooms. Too many LEDs..on the TV to let you know it's OFF. On the thermostat. On the smoke detector. On the coffee maker. On the phone. Then there is light seeping in under the door, and even the light on the electrical outlet in the bathroom gets bright once your eyes adjust. When those curtains don't fully close or block out the light, whatever industrial sodium light is outside will also light up the room.
The darker, the better.
There is already too much light pollution in hotel rooms. Too many LEDs..on the TV to let you know it's OFF. On the thermostat. On the smoke detector. On the coffee maker. On the phone. Then there is light seeping in under the door, and even the light on the electrical outlet in the bathroom gets bright once your eyes adjust. When those curtains don't fully close or block out the light, whatever industrial sodium light is outside will also light up the room.
The darker, the better.
Aug 25, 2016, 2:23 pm
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Aug 25, 2016, 3:37 pm
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I don't need total darkness to sleep, but I do need the ability to block out bright and/or harsh lights. Those include street lamps, spot- and floodlights used by the hotel, car headlights, and, of course, the morning sun when it rises much earlier than I wish to.
I don't understand why blackout curtains are being posed as a love-it-or-hate-it thing in this thread. If you don't want them, don't use them! A properly furnished hotel room has both lighter curtains for people who simply need a bit of privacy and blackout curtains for people who need isolation from the problems I mentioned above.
I don't understand why blackout curtains are being posed as a love-it-or-hate-it thing in this thread. If you don't want them, don't use them! A properly furnished hotel room has both lighter curtains for people who simply need a bit of privacy and blackout curtains for people who need isolation from the problems I mentioned above.
Aug 29, 2016, 12:31 pm
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Need them, love them.
At home my wife has these thin curtains up. Enough to block out some stuff but not a lot. I'm the type of person who likes watching TV or using the computer in the darkness. So I get in a hotel room and shut the curtains and they stay shut the entire time
For some reason I get less annoyed when I wake up in the morning in a hotel room and its still pretty dark in there..
At home my wife has these thin curtains up. Enough to block out some stuff but not a lot. I'm the type of person who likes watching TV or using the computer in the darkness. So I get in a hotel room and shut the curtains and they stay shut the entire time
For some reason I get less annoyed when I wake up in the morning in a hotel room and its still pretty dark in there..
Aug 31, 2016, 4:43 pm
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Sep 1, 2016, 11:49 pm
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Absolutely need them! ^
I love my own bed too much. When I'm traveling, I need to do everything possible to not remind myself of the fact that I'm not to be my own bed. Worst case scenario, I'll put on an eye mask; it's not the most comfortable, but it's better than a restless night of sleep.
I love my own bed too much. When I'm traveling, I need to do everything possible to not remind myself of the fact that I'm not to be my own bed. Worst case scenario, I'll put on an eye mask; it's not the most comfortable, but it's better than a restless night of sleep.