Just Wondering

I’ve stayed in two separate hotels since coming up here, a Red Lion Inn and a Shilo, and both of them do not offer local TV on their televisions. The only thing available is pay movies. Is this a recent development or some local thing? Those of you who do a lot of travelling, what are your experiences with that?

Last year, I had basic cable in some of the place I stayed in other states, like California. But I can see hotel chains getting all greedy and going in this direction. 

That’s a new one on me. I don’t think I’ve ever stayed in a hotel without at least basic cable channels. Offering only pay-per-view seems like a good way to make sure that you never stay in that chain again…

Posted by  on  07/08  at  01:15 PM

I’ve never come across anything like that. That would seriously piss me off.

Posted by  on  07/08  at  04:14 PM

Either they made it hard to fiind, or they didn’t offer it. But you get a menu when the TV comes on and it does not offer local programs. Just movies, porn, previews and then a channel that replays a commercial for what the hotel offers

Posted by James Hudnall  on  07/08  at  04:30 PM

I recently stayed in Hotels and Motels in Texas, Arkansas, and Oklahoma; they all had cable and local TV. I stayed in some Hampton Inns, Best Westerns, and Days Inns.

At least one had a clumsy menu system; but it did have some reasonable stuff.

Posted by  on  07/08  at  07:34 PM
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