TV

Do you have TV in every room? Do you have a TV in the common area? Do you broadcast sports? Movie nights? Storm coverage?
We have two rooms with TVs and intend to add them to the other rooms over the winter. The PO had no guest TVs. We do not have a TV in the common room. We think people come here to get away from the constant noise of life, not to have more of it.
Thoughts?

We have a TV in the common room and one room has a TV. The only time this is an issue is - major sporting events (like right now), elections and 'something big is happening'.
My preference is for no TV at all but that is shortsighted of me. I will say that the one TV in the room is annoying as all get out. The guests crank it up and I have to hear it all night. They'll yell if it's a major sporting event, cackle if they're watching the comedy channel and basically it's just too loud all the time.
If your rooms are soundproofed then go for it.
The TV in the common room I would dump if all the rooms had TV.

One person didn't stay because they needed to watch the Pats game. Other people have said how nice it is to be TV-free.

TheBeachHouse said:

One person didn't stay because they needed to watch the Pats game. Other people have said how nice it is to be TV-free..

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TheBeachHouse said:

One person didn't stay because they needed to watch the Pats game. Other people have said how nice it is to be TV-free.

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There is your quandary. The problem with putting TV's in all the rooms and saying guests will just not watch them if they don't want to doesn't work. There is always a 'TV freak' in every couple. (Yes, it's not me.) The TV goes on at 6 AM and goes off when the person goes to bed. Annoying for the person in the couple who would prefer quiet time or me time or couples time and is forced to compete with the TV on vacation as well as at home. (You can guess who I am.)
And in a hotel room you cannot escape the TV like you can at home. (Can't do it at home, either, as we essentially have a loft with no doors.)
So take anything I say about TV's in the room with a huge grain of salt knowing I hate the TV.

Every room.
None in the common area so others won't have to watch something annoying someone else thinks is good. (ie without going political or political NEWS, consider Jerry Springer being shown and how annoying and stupid that would be at a B&B)
Can you imagine not being able to watch the world series this weekend? It would be a deal breaker for many people!

The TV can be turned on or left off. (Madds if there is a tv freak in the partnership, then that person would never allow a B&B stay without it, and it would be a bone of contention and make the stay miserable in the end...)
Our guests need the weather channel. Also business guests like to catch up on whatever they are watching (series wise) not to mention sports, college ball, and more.
We watch tv. We want a tv wherever we stay. I vote 100% for tvs.

Every room. Most don't care to sit with others and be forced to watch something they may not want to see. I think in every room is pretty much the standard these days. They can watch or not watch.

Every room, with DVD players and movies for watching.

No TV's in any of my four rooms or common room. Mostly due to the the soundproofing issues and comfort to other guests in the house. I have one in my room that I watch but only with wireless headphones while guests are in the house. Each place is different but here sound travels and will disturb others. The rooms all have CD/ipod/radio dock and that is bad enough when they turn them up louder than they should.

In the UK its expected, there are very few without and they advertise that as a very specific small niche market. You can get what they call hotel TV's which can be set that they won't go higher than a certain volume which may be a solution. Have had trouble with older guests being a bit deaf but what can you do.

All rooms have tv with dvd/vcr player.
We once stayed at a b&b with no tv in the room. It drove DH nuts, and so he drove me nuts. It won't happen again. As far as a tv in a common room, it would make me feel like I was 10 years old again. Not being able to enjoy what I want to watch when I want to watch it. Checking with 'mom or dad' if I could watch something.

I even have a TV in every bathroom! They're on adjustable wall mount arms so I know people are using them because they're often turned so they can be seen from the spa tub!

Arkansawyer said:

I even have a TV in every bathroom! They're on adjustable wall mount arms so I know people are using them because they're often turned so they can be seen from the spa tub!.

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Arkansawyer said:

I even have a TV in every bathroom! They're on adjustable wall mount arms so I know people are using them because they're often turned so they can be seen from the spa tub!

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Love it!

Joey Bloggs said:

The TV can be turned on or left off. (Madds if there is a tv freak in the partnership, then that person would never allow a B&B stay without it, and it would be a bone of contention and make the stay miserable in the end...)
Our guests need the weather channel. Also business guests like to catch up on whatever they are watching (series wise) not to mention sports, college ball, and more.
We watch tv. We want a tv wherever we stay. I vote 100% for tvs..

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DH just wants an en suite. He doesn't ask if there is a TV. But if there IS a TV, it's on the minute he wakes up. That's why we keep going around about this here.
I have an almost full house this weekend. Not a single person has asked about a TV. I'm really hoping they don't all leave when they find out they'll have to sit in a bar to watch the game.

We have a TV in each room with at least a DVD player or a media player in each room. We have just basic cable in all the rooms but we have digital in one room and almost none of the guests can figure out the digital box.
Here's is my problem and why I believe you need to have a TV in each room.... we use the TV as our way of winding down before bed and getting our minds off of other things. So even if we are getting away from things, we turn on the TV for 15 minutes before we go to sleep. In our case we travel with a laptop that has movies for when there is no TV, but TV is mindless stuff and it just seems to lull us. So, I would be wary of staying places without a TV.
Many guests don't bother using it and that's fine. In the winter we find that it's used more and more people ask us for movies. In the summer, it's less used, but since the remotes are attached by velcro to the TV when know how many do use it. And they do.
The TV in the common room is on satellite and has a lot more channels. It's used even less, but we share the satellite with our personal TVs. (There is a six TV maximum for cable, so one licence for the B&B and one licence for us.)

scrambled_eggs said:

No TV's in any of my four rooms or common room. Mostly due to the the soundproofing issues and comfort to other guests in the house. I have one in my room that I watch but only with wireless headphones while guests are in the house. Each place is different but here sound travels and will disturb others. The rooms all have CD/ipod/radio dock and that is bad enough when they turn them up louder than they should..

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scrambled_eggs said:

No TV's in any of my four rooms or common room. Mostly due to the the soundproofing issues and comfort to other guests in the house. I have one in my room that I watch but only with wireless headphones while guests are in the house. Each place is different but here sound travels and will disturb others. The rooms all have CD/ipod/radio dock and that is bad enough when they turn them up louder than they should.

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Have you considered someone needing to turn a TV up to soundproof against another room's "bed noises" of the vocal kind. ?

Joey Bloggs said:

scrambled_eggs said:

No TV's in any of my four rooms or common room. Mostly due to the the soundproofing issues and comfort to other guests in the house. I have one in my room that I watch but only with wireless headphones while guests are in the house. Each place is different but here sound travels and will disturb others. The rooms all have CD/ipod/radio dock and that is bad enough when they turn them up louder than they should..

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scrambled_eggs said:

No TV's in any of my four rooms or common room. Mostly due to the the soundproofing issues and comfort to other guests in the house. I have one in my room that I watch but only with wireless headphones while guests are in the house. Each place is different but here sound travels and will disturb others. The rooms all have CD/ipod/radio dock and that is bad enough when they turn them up louder than they should.

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Have you considered someone needing to turn a TV up to soundproof against another room's "bed noises" of the vocal kind. ?
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Good people don't do that kind of thing. That's only for degenerates!

Sugar Bear said:

Joey Bloggs said:

scrambled_eggs said:

No TV's in any of my four rooms or common room. Mostly due to the the soundproofing issues and comfort to other guests in the house. I have one in my room that I watch but only with wireless headphones while guests are in the house. Each place is different but here sound travels and will disturb others. The rooms all have CD/ipod/radio dock and that is bad enough when they turn them up louder than they should..

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scrambled_eggs said:

No TV's in any of my four rooms or common room. Mostly due to the the soundproofing issues and comfort to other guests in the house. I have one in my room that I watch but only with wireless headphones while guests are in the house. Each place is different but here sound travels and will disturb others. The rooms all have CD/ipod/radio dock and that is bad enough when they turn them up louder than they should.

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Have you considered someone needing to turn a TV up to soundproof against another room's "bed noises" of the vocal kind. ?
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Good people don't do that kind of thing. That's only for degenerates!
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Sugar Bear said:

Good people don't do that kind of thing. That's only for degenerates!

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The CEO of a major company here on business, booked the inn through the local connection here. I have never been so embarrassed in my life, as we had a good friend here for the first time, who I could tell was in his room saying "Oh this is what a bed and breakfast is all about..." we were in the kitchen and every room could hear them, and we heard the TVs going on everywhere...
I told you he called to book a stay here again this time round. He told us this was one of the neatest places... ugh. I THINK we can laugh about it now, I may still be blushing...

Joey Bloggs said:

Sugar Bear said:

Joey Bloggs said:

scrambled_eggs said:

No TV's in any of my four rooms or common room. Mostly due to the the soundproofing issues and comfort to other guests in the house. I have one in my room that I watch but only with wireless headphones while guests are in the house. Each place is different but here sound travels and will disturb others. The rooms all have CD/ipod/radio dock and that is bad enough when they turn them up louder than they should..

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scrambled_eggs said:

No TV's in any of my four rooms or common room. Mostly due to the the soundproofing issues and comfort to other guests in the house. I have one in my room that I watch but only with wireless headphones while guests are in the house. Each place is different but here sound travels and will disturb others. The rooms all have CD/ipod/radio dock and that is bad enough when they turn them up louder than they should.

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Have you considered someone needing to turn a TV up to soundproof against another room's "bed noises" of the vocal kind. ?
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Good people don't do that kind of thing. That's only for degenerates!
.

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Sugar Bear said:

Good people don't do that kind of thing. That's only for degenerates!

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The CEO of a major company here on business, booked the inn through the local connection here. I have never been so embarrassed in my life, as we had a good friend here for the first time, who I could tell was in his room saying "Oh this is what a bed and breakfast is all about..." we were in the kitchen and every room could hear them, and we heard the TVs going on everywhere...
I told you he called to book a stay here again this time round. He told us this was one of the neatest places... ugh. I THINK we can laugh about it now, I may still be blushing...
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We had a guest who checked in and was loud. Went out to dinner and was loud. Went out to see some music and was loud. Got up early and left. It's a good thing... because they were the discussion at breakfast. No one could stop smirking.

Joey Bloggs said:

scrambled_eggs said:

No TV's in any of my four rooms or common room. Mostly due to the the soundproofing issues and comfort to other guests in the house. I have one in my room that I watch but only with wireless headphones while guests are in the house. Each place is different but here sound travels and will disturb others. The rooms all have CD/ipod/radio dock and that is bad enough when they turn them up louder than they should..

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scrambled_eggs said:

No TV's in any of my four rooms or common room. Mostly due to the the soundproofing issues and comfort to other guests in the house. I have one in my room that I watch but only with wireless headphones while guests are in the house. Each place is different but here sound travels and will disturb others. The rooms all have CD/ipod/radio dock and that is bad enough when they turn them up louder than they should.

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Have you considered someone needing to turn a TV up to soundproof against another room's "bed noises" of the vocal kind. ?
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Joey Bloggs said:

scrambled_eggs said:

No TV's in any of my four rooms or common room. Mostly due to the the soundproofing issues and comfort to other guests in the house. I have one in my room that I watch but only with wireless headphones while guests are in the house. Each place is different but here sound travels and will disturb others. The rooms all have CD/ipod/radio dock and that is bad enough when they turn them up louder than they should.

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Have you considered someone needing to turn a TV up to soundproof against another room's "bed noises" of the vocal kind. ?

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That would just make it noisier I think. I had to put all the bathroom fans on timers because sometimes people would leave those running all night for white noise. Just the other night 3 rooms and myself were all in bed by 9pm and then the last room comes in from their day at 11:30pm and starts playing a guitar in their room and thumping their feet. Even though it was a private room it is still connected to the house and the vibrations carried. It woke one person up. I had to call up to the room and tell them to stop. Generally though people are pretty considerate and quiet playing games or reading books or on their laptops. I still stay busy without offering TVs.