wifi connection in hotel room is a must

it really is better to have internet connection in the room in a hotel. like when we were out of the country, we didn't buy a sim anymore to be able to contact relatives and friends. if we didn't have the connection it would really be hard. when we were in Hong Kong, i still had to pay for the connection $12/24 hours.

I agree with you a 100%. As much as possible, I choose hotels with free wifi connection in the room. I can never be detached to it due to my work. Also when choosing a hotel, I always choose those who offers buffet breakfast. It is essential for me to eat a heavy meal before exploring a city for the whole day.

I have just come back home from traveling to Argentina, Chile, Brazil and Uruguay.I took my net book, its battery and is charger. I went out in Buenos Aires to buy a adapter plug from Argentinian to British. My net book only worked once and then it wanted a second password which was not mine nor the owner's. I went to a VIP guest lounge at the bus station. They let my plug my net book into the Internet connection directly. Amazingly it worked. I was able to use it again one time in my friend's house in Chile. The hotel in Cordoba had three of the own computers. I used one there but my daughter messed around with the water drinking fountain. Oh no I had thought and felt. I was checking in at the hotel in Rio and my daughter nearly broke an expensive looking ornament. Due to her behavior I wasn't able to use the Internet cafe or hotel's Internet. So just imagine carrying around a net book or laptop which won't work for some reason.

Hello omchesunche :) I agree with you about free wifi in the hotel room.. When I went to vacation to another country, I stayed in 2 hotels in 2 cities.. The first hotel was great, they are providing free wifi and I can contact my friends in my country and told her about the activities.. But when I moved to the second hotel, they didn’t provided free wifi.. We must pay some money to get the wifi.. :( And I cannot contact my friend when I stayed at that hotel..

Yes when I book a hotel I try to make sure I have wifi connection too. I guess we have really come to depend on our laptops and other devices, but I like that extra bit of security if I am traveling to getting in touch with my family specially if I am traveling alone. Going overseas I am not sure how things would change with your wifi. So I am not sure I would take it but then most places I know overseas has internet cafes so I would probably just use one of them if I needed to write an email. But I would not travel alone to overseas. I would probably get lost all by myself and have to live in the country LOL.

I can't help saying but it sounds very spoiled in my ears that you consider wifi as a must. Who cares about wifi if you can have a holiday? You go out to have new experiences not to sit behind your laptop and lock out the outside world again. I don't care about weeks without internet if I am abroad or staying at a hotel. I only log in in cases of need/for an update and wifi is everywhere even outside on the road for that. Even in the poorest countries like Africa you find cybercafes so ...

Yes, I also think wifi connection should be a must in hotels! I prefer it, of course, when they do not charge and offer it as a service! When one is travelling one really needs to find out information and also to keep in touch with the family and business colleagues!

Hello omchesunche :) I agree with you about free wifi in the hotel room.. When I went to vacation to another country, I stayed in 2 hotels in 2 cities.. The first hotel was great, they are providing free wifi and I can contact my friends in my country and told her about the activities.. But when I moved to the second hotel, they didn’t provided free wifi.. We must pay some money to get the wifi.. :( And I cannot contact my friend when I stayed at that hotel..

If you travel within US, many hotels are equipped with Wi-Fi. With many people having laptop, iPad, smartphones, and other mobile devices, many travelers would love to have easy access to online connection. They can check their e-mail inbox, do research on places, get directions, etc. Everything is connected. Some travelers who don't bring or own laptop, are ok with traditional wired connection to do what they need to do online.

I agree with you almost 100%. if I want to go to a quaint, rustic B-and-B in the mountains, or to an "exotic location", then I do not necessarily expect wifi. However, for every other type of trip, especially travel in the U.S. or to any city abroad, I think there should not only be wifi in the rooms, but it should be free. I have made the mistake a couple of times of staying in a place that says it offers "free wifi" only to discover that the wifi is only free in the hotel lobby or business center. That is just ridiculous. Hotel rooms are expensive enough--to have to PAY for wifi on top of the high rates is absurd.

hi, if i will stay in a hotel,i will always consider that they should have an internet connection i mean wifi,because i need it to communicate while i am in other place,so that is the number one important,i will ask that first before i check in inside.

Well for me having a wifi connection in a hotel is must for me and for everybody because How can I contact my love ones when I am away to let them know that I am safe in a hotel room and contact my friends so its really a must.