With branches in Spain, Ireland and the United Kingdom, Travelodge is the fastest growing and most recognized UK budget hotel chain, boasting a total of 20,000 bedrooms. The company recently announced its decision to "appeal to the ever-growing number of families" staying in its hotels by removing the "pay per view" pornography option from its hotel room televisions. In its place Travelodge is investing £10 million in new digital televisions that will offer 18 free, family-friendly channels in order to attract more families.
Last summer, I took a trip and stayed in a hotel. Every time I turned on the tv, I got an ad for porn, with my kids watching.
That really put a damper on my vacation. I'd wanted to turn on the tv to check the weather or some other info, and I had to go through this porn ad.
I hadn't thought of checking whether I would confront this ad. It's one thing to have a porn channel that's pay-per-view on the higher end of the dial: quite another to have to have to see that thing every time I turned on the tv.
I would like to congratulate Travelodge for their principaled stand. It would certainly make me more likely to rent their hotel room if I didn't have to come across that junk during my family vacation.
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