hotels without in room coffee maker
 

I've only been to europe a few times and haven't stayed at that many hotels, but noticed an annoying trend. Many hotels that cater to business or leisure traveler don't have an in room coffee or espresso machine.

to list, FRA's hilton and HGI, paris holiday inn, barcelona hilton, a boutique 4star hotel in florence. Further the radisson by rome train station didn't even have a kettle and I had to get them to fetch me one.

so is this a thing? every hotel i've stayed at in the us had some kind of coffee machine.

Am I right in thinking that plug-in kettles aren't really a thing in the USA, though?

Most places I've stayed in in Europe have had a kettle and a variety of different things to add hot water to.

I'm not a tea drinker, but I understand it impossible to make decent tea with a coffee machine. And Chinese and Russians, and to a lesser extent, Brits, big nations of tea drinkers, bring a lot of money to European hotels.

It varies. Some hotels would expect you to want it prepared fresh by room service or in the cafe. Some will provide a kettle. Some provide a decent Nespresso machine (and two capsules - come on!) Some provide a cafetiere and a couple of bags of decent coffee. Some provide only on request. But I wouldn't say there's a standard. Lots of variations in coffee (and other hot drink) culture across the continent.

Out of the ~40 hotels I've stayed at in Europe, I'd wager at least 2/3 of them had either a coffee maker or an electric kettle with instant coffee. The ones that didn't typically had free coffee somewhere within the hotel.

Personally, I agree with the OP that in-room coffee and tea should be available in all mid-size or large hotels. I usually need a cup of coffee while I'm waiting for my spouse to get ready to go to breakfast :). But as long as I can get one within the hotel, I won't be too bothered.

One of the things I love about the UK budget chain Premier Inn is that, not only do they always have a kettle in every room (and decent tea), they also make it clear that you can go to reception at any time and they'll give you more.

I can't help thinking the attitude in some countries would be that you simply wouldn't drink coffee unless it's from an espresso machine (or at least a moka) and so they wouldn't consider putting it in the room. Conversely, in Germanic and Nordic countries where filter/press coffee is much more the norm, then it's far easier. Ditto Central and Eastern Europe with their (to me unfathomable) preference for Nescafé! But that doesn't match the OP's list, so I suspect other factors at play...

The european hotels I have stayed in do have either a coffee maker like a nespresso or a kettle and sometimes both. But I tend not to stay in budget ones.

If they havn't then a quick call to reception got me one. I don't even need them to provide me with tea, coffee and milk as I bring my own plus things like cup-a-soup and oxo to drink as well and I can find milk in a local store.

One hotel I stayed in in Chicago had neither in the room and nor did they have any at reception on an 'on request' basis! This was a supposedly 4 star hotel and other than that did have other in room facilities such as a fridge.

I can see why hotels may not want to have them in every room - issues with keeping them clean and safe and the cost of providing tea and coffee etc but if chains like Ibis and premier inn can provide them then so can supposedly better hotels.

If it's a plot to get me to pay for expensive room service coffee then it won't and dosen't work with me.

You're calling this black liquid prepared in US hotels coffee? Yakh!!! ;)

I have never used a coffee maker in a hotel room, and few of the hotels I stay in have them. To think what could have been in there before...and I doubt they are regularly cleaned.

BBC - Travel - What hotels won?t tell you

Is just one article...

When you get a kettle in a room in many European hotels, you usually get some instant coffee. Its not great, but usually its not too bad. Good and strong.

In the US/Canada I like the mini Kuereg's at Hilton Garden.

The filter packs at Hampton are ok, but usually just as something to kick start me in the morning.

I agree with you on all 3 examples. You obviously have excellent taste.

In the US i've never needed to drink "instant" coffee, so I react to it as I would any substitute for the real thing.

i just think its strange that europeans find instant coffee an acceptable substitute.

I stayed at two of the beijing hiltons, they had nespresso machine and kettle!

I think I have only ever stayed in 2 or 3 hotels in Europe without a kettle. They were in Scandinavia. But free tea and coffee were provided in the lobby.

A large proportion of the hotels in Europe I have stayed in (at the upper scale, however I don't really do "luxury" hotels) have both kettles and a coffee machine - including in the UK.

Well if the water is boiled you can put a teabag into it. But the cups provided with coffee machines are often the wrong size for tea.

I don't think hotels are thinking of Chinese and Russian visitors when they provide tea-making facilities... otherwise they would have a selection greater than just English breakfast

It's why I give them a good rinse out and a full boil before using them

Most if not all Kimptons will provide a Keurig and pods upon request, but you do have to ask for it.

The Virgin hotels in the US have electric kettles and coffee packets, which are nice but the truth is I'm not up for preparing pour-over coffee in the morning before I've had my coffee, if you know what I mean.

Well I think it might be a little hazardous to have a μπρίκι in every hotel room. :D