Comments on: Tv-free lodging

By: LezCruise Blog » Quiet Hotel Chain?

LezCruise Blog » Quiet Hotel Chain? — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:47:25 +0000

[…] One of the things I really DON’T like about traveling is listening to my next door neighbors.Â I don’t want to hear them talk, I don’t want to hear their phone ring, and I REALLY don’t want to hear their tv.Â I wrote an earlier post on hotels that don’t have tvs, which is myÂ preference,Â butÂ IÂ recently read an excellent article in the New York Times called “Blessed Silence is the Newest Amenity”.Â According to the writer, a chain called AmericInnÂ is as obsessed as I think hotels should be with providing quiet rooms.Â According to the Times article, last September, “the fast-growing chain began advertising a new sleeping amenity called SoundGuard at its 213 hotels. Itâs not an electronic gadget or a bedding accessory, but a construction material. Instead of wood-frame construction, the hotel uses masonry blocks filled with sound-deadening foam, in addition to drywall that is 5/8-inch thick, instead of Â½-inch, to muffle noise.”Â AmericInn is also putting their tvs on tables rather than mounting them on walls.Â Yay to that!Â I’ve never figured out why the majority of hotels elect to put the tvs in one room right against the beds in the next room.Â Oh, if only I was in charge.Â Anyway, the Times article has lots of other interesting information about Sound Transmission Class Tests and tips on how to possibly get a quieter room.Â If you’re a quiet freak like me, you might enjoy the article. […]

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 02:19:41 +0000

My partner and I are going to stay at the Kona Village Resort the first week of July and I would like to know how any other gay or lesbian couples liked it / didnt like it or any other specific occurances that you would like to share.

Heather

By: cruise

cruise — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 01:50:56 +0000

Hi Stephanie – Thanks for posting about Kona Village Resort. I have one question. Has the lack of AC ever been a problem? I worry about that since I have a tendency to sunburn. Nothing worse than lying around in a hot room with a sunburn.

Lis

By: Stephanie Fitzpatrick

Stephanie Fitzpatrick — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 21:55:02 +0000

HI – I know of a wonderful place – no tvs, no radios, no phones, no AC etc. – on the Big Island of Hawai’i – Hawai’i island. It is called “Kona Village Resort,” on the west (Kona) coast. Wonderful, secluded, “old-Hawai’i” feel, your own individual rooms/houses called “hale” Polynesian-style buildings, 3 fabulous meals included – is not cheap. I’ve stayed three times with girlfriends (room with one big bed) – one night, two nights, one night, over 10+years, Very friendly, on the ocean (many hale have ocean views, some on lava rock etc.) Ocean swimming, snorkeling, tennis etc., pools, massages, the Fri. night Luau is great too. Things for kids to do too, plus (two?) months in the year the kids are not encouraged to stay, so just for adults. They will pick you up at the airport, so no car needed. Check them out!