The perpetually clean bathrooms, plush bath towels, fresh sheets, and anytime room service make hotels divinely liberating. There's another element of home life I've noticed some people ditch when they're staying away, and that's flipping off the light switch when they're not in the room.
According to Claire Newell, author of Travel Best Bets, being conscientious about your energy use in your hotel room is a travel rule to live by, just like the middle seat person on a plane getting both armrests. She encourages people to "pack their environmentally friendly habits when they travel," meaning turning off the lights and not taking longer showers than you would at home.
Tory Burch
We don't travel that much (once a year) so when we do, staying somewhere that is all made up for us is nice, we enjoy the quiet and usually aren't in our room but out doing other things. I guess at most I'll take a really long hot shower or bath but that's about it.
1This post/poll just made me think of this great new book out called "The Power of Small" by Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval. It's a quick and easy read from the two marketing whiz ladies who wrote "The Power of Nice." Honestly small things can have such a huge impact which I know people say all the time, but it's so true! I think everyone should read this so they can see black on white true anecdotes about the importance of paying attention to small things (even small talk!). Especially when it comes to the environment small actions can have a huge impact and I hope that just because people stay at a hotel does not make them forget that and become wasteful of energy.
2not really - i'm pretty much the same at hotels that i am at home. i don't leave lights on that i don't need, and i don't leave the tv on when i leave...it's pretty much a routine for me. just cause i'm not paying for the electric bill doesn't mean that someone else isn't
3The main difference is when I get a hotel room, I get one with a whirpool tub, and I know that uses a lot more water than my standard shower. Othwerise, I turn off the lights, etc.
4Yes, sometimes I'll turn the air conditioning up higher than I would at home, or take a slightly longer shower. I make sure to turn off lights and turn that a/c back down before I leave the room though.
5I always turn off the lights if I'm not using them. That's just me. I don't necessarily pay for the utilities in apartment and I still try to conserve energy. I just think it's common sense.
6The only difference is that I'm more liberal with the air conditioning in a hotel room.
7I turn off lights and actually don't care to use hotel air conditioning so I am about the same.
8It's about the same for me, but when I was in Honduras, we stayed in a room with a nice little window AC unit. It stayed in the 90's at night, so we ran that sucker 24/7...not something I'd typically do.
One of the coolest things I ever saw was at a hotel room in Frankfurt, Germany that I stayed in. It was a sort of docking station for your hotel key-card. When you entered the room, you put the keycard in the station and only then could you turn on the lights and use the outlets. That way, when you left and took your keycard, you wouldn't inadvertently leave the lights on in your room. I was sort of surprised that more hotels in the states didn't have a similar system.
9same as most people above, i run the AC more, and i keep more lights on if im in the room and need them obviously, like for makeup application etc. otherwise, im good about keeping them off if they dont need to be on.
10I don't consciously use more energy when staying in a hotel. I usually behave the same as at home, so no problem there.
11Not so much, it's force of habit for me...
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