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Since you're an international traveler, I'd like your thoughts on our idea. Would you think it's a life saver if the hotel you checked into at your destination
by throwaway123945 9y ago
Since you're an international traveler, I'd like your thoughts on our idea.
Would you think it's a life saver if the hotel you checked into at your destination gave you a smartphone that gives you access to the Internet, Google Maps, and other travel-related apps while you can also use it to Wifi hotspot your own personal phone?
- nicpottier 9y agoI travel a lot and to many different places and I can say no, this isn't a useful service to me. A local SIM card yes, and those are the first thing I do upon arrival at airports (I have a pouch of 30 or so I keep as momentos). My wife was just in Accra and received an Android device like you described at her hotel. My advice to her was not to use it for anything that involved logging in, because honestly, that just sounds shady.
- tluyben2 9y agoThere is something called a Handy (I think) which is an Android phone; it works well for browsing and maps. I have gotten one for free to borrow in a number of hotels around the world. Usually I have a local SIM though.
- a13n 9y agoNo. I don't stay at hotels, I stay at airbnbs. Most hotels / airbnbs have Wi-Fi, so you don't need the separate device. I'd rather just have a SIM card. I buy these at the airport anyway.
- throwaway123945 9y agoThanks for your input.
- shawnsheikh 9y agoDefinitely, not one of our Solve team members but would love feed back on this person's post!
- peteretep 9y agoI've had a Korean hotel offer this. It wasn't really that useful; I bought a SIM instead.
- karthikb 9y agoI've had this option several times, however I never actually used it...