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Where does this leave people who do not want to use their phones for literally everything? I do not want a lot of apps on my phone, and I do not want to instal
by EFreethought 4y ago
Where does this leave people who do not want to use their phones for literally everything?
I do not want a lot of apps on my phone, and I do not want to install something just for one trip.
- foepys 4y agoI have stayed at multiple hotels where a machine hands out key cards or numeric access codes when you enter your name and date of birth. When you leave you just throw the key card into a box or feed it back into the machine. No smartphone necessary.
- EFreethought 4y agoThanks for the info. I haven't traveled since COVID, so I don't know how things have changed. I bet hotels made a lot of changes due to COVID. I know this is OT: But I am tired of every business I go to bugging me to use their app for everything. I don't want another app to keep track of, and I do not want to get texts all the time.
- eybbus 4y agoThankfully some companies just send you a QR-code via email to interact with what ever system they are using. If I remember correctly one of my hotels I used sent me a pin code or such via email and then they had a self service to get a keycard, which used the pin code.
- ghaff 4y agoI've rarely seen this as well. Mostly at a Yotel in Manhattan.
- scarface74 4y agoThen suffer the inconvenience.
- rajamaka 4y agoHonestly it's such a small minority of people that it doesn't make business sense to accomodate for this sort of customer
- Dma54rhs 4y agoTo the place where it leaves people who don't want to use modern banking - somewhat possible but difficult.
- ghaff 4y agoWhich itself becomes less convenient in various ways without a smartphone.
- ghaff 4y agoIncreasingly marginalized and having to go through time-consuming hoops. There are a lot of things you're not technically required to have in the US like credit/debit cards, bank accounts, and government issued ID. But living a typical middle class lifestyle without them is... difficult.
- ProllyInfamous 4y agoI was recently denied opening a PO Box because I no longer have a working phone number. This is apparently "required contact information" (by USPS regulation). Parking in my town is largely paid for via an APP — which is frustrating for somebody not using a mobile phone. The coin-accepting meters are rapidly disappearing.