I think hotels end up balancing the lost business from smokers to the savings on insurance as relates to fire, folks who go out on the town then come back to their room for a cigarette and fall asleep (pass out?) on the bed.
Any Hotels Allow Smoking......ANYWHERE ?
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Birmingham is not a place I try to stay, there is a lot of business being done there though. If I was traveling, I'd skip it. Haha
I believe mobile and b-ham have city laws against it. Like you say, then you have the corporate rules for the chain Hotels.
If I'm traveling alone I'll just pick the nicest crappy motel I can find. They usually allow it, or I'll bend the rules a little.. and they won't notice. If I'm with my family I wouldnt smoke in there anyway, so we'll find a nice place to stay. Basically, smoking is still allowed around the country. Just in crappy hotel rooms..
Nah we went a few years ago and you can smoke anywhere outside. Even at cafes, in parks, etc.
When I was traveling for work, I always upgraded to a room with a balcony just for this purpose.
I know it was like that because of severe drought conditions and the risk of massive fires. Not sure if that is still why it's like that. But that's somewhat better then just being anti smoking.
Latin America may be more favorable for smoking as there's many independent hotels that may be more likely than not allow you to smoke. Also, maybe Vegas, baby!My wife has certain relations who are insufferable, and she has recently sanctioned a total escape when they are coming. Is there any hotel anywhere in the U.S. or England or France that will still allow smoking, even on a porch or veranda ? Or Mexico maybe ? Assuming someday Covid 19 disappears, miraculously
But I haven't been in several years so not ?!
Hope you can still evade the relatives! Good luck!
Things are changeing quickly. Here in Sweden and in most countries of the EU smoking is now banned in public places, including outdoor seating areas. Still allowed in parks though, as long as you stay away from playgrounds, bus stops, etc.
I was in Europe in 2010 and the hotel rooms and hostels I stayed at we could smoke in. Man that was a fun trip.
Any major brand hotel will not have smoking rooms. Personally, like many above, I can't imagine sleeping in a smoking room, I'd almost rather sleep in my car.
I too often ask for a balcony room. I primarily stay in Marriott properties. My company owns/operates those, so I get an employee discount, plus they are usually super clean. I will usually find area of the patio at Courtyards to enjoy my pipe and have never been challenged. I also keep a camp chair in my car for properties without a patio (Fairfield Inn's), but that only works in the summer.
I too often ask for a balcony room. I primarily stay in Marriott properties. My company owns/operates those, so I get an employee discount, plus they are usually super clean. I will usually find area of the patio at Courtyards to enjoy my pipe and have never been challenged. I also keep a camp chair in my car for properties without a patio (Fairfield Inn's), but that only works in the summer.
They fixed this by adding more chemicals. They go out now if you don't take a drag every 30 seconds. They also go out if you drop them..
With medical MJ becoming routine, I think smoking may go back into tolerances. So the Supreme Court isn't hearing arguments that prescription drugs will have to be prohibited in hotel rooms. It gets convoluted fast. Some sort of outdoor accommodation seems feasible. won't burn down the parking lot. Interesting about the safety features of cigarettes; I guess I'd heard that, but not retained it, not being a cigarette smoker.
Last time we came across a smoking room, on a road trip, a couple years ago, the place stunk so bad I will never do it again.
We stay at Hampton Inns/Garden Inns/Hiltons because like Marriots, super clean.
Unfortunately you have to smoke outside, but worth it.
We stay at Hampton Inns/Garden Inns/Hiltons because like Marriots, super clean.
Unfortunately you have to smoke outside, but worth it.
Thanks to all. I think I will try to time travel back to the 40s.
You used to be able to smoke in Hotel Kamp in Helsinki but sadly no more!
I think everyone here is right. Unless you want to stay at the Bates Motel smoking is a no no here in the land of the free. I have had issues with even chewing. My favorite hotel the Fontainbleau in Miami has a very nice cigar patio by the pool that you can fire up your pipe without a word being said.
Here in Tennessee it's tough. You can have smoking rooms in your hotel but they can account for no more than 25% of your room count, and then only if there is a break between the rooms. If you have a two story line of 20 rooms, if there is no stairwell/elevator/veranda inbetween those four rooms you can't have any, and if you have a break, but there are more than 25% on either side, you still can't have them. You also can't allow guests to smoke on a balcony attached to a non-smoking room, and you can't smoke within 10 feet of any entrance. Oh, and if they think we aren't enforcing it, the hotel starts getting fined.
I don't have any smoking rooms at my hotel, because I can't fit the intentionally tight parameters of the law. At my smaller motel, I still have a few. Unfortunately, they are the worst rooms as the bulk of smoking room patrons are cigarette smokers, and no matter how often we air out/ozone/deodorize, they still smell like an ashtray. But all my patrons are welcome to join me on the bench exactly 11 feet from my front door.
I don't have any smoking rooms at my hotel, because I can't fit the intentionally tight parameters of the law. At my smaller motel, I still have a few. Unfortunately, they are the worst rooms as the bulk of smoking room patrons are cigarette smokers, and no matter how often we air out/ozone/deodorize, they still smell like an ashtray. But all my patrons are welcome to join me on the bench exactly 11 feet from my front door.
I’m not sure if anyplace allows smoking indoors but when I stayed at the Royal in playa del Carmen, Mexico they had their own cigar bar with a view of the ocean sitting next to a waterfall.
Tashkent - capital city of Uzbekistan. You may smoke wherever you want, literally. We were in a business meeting with high profile people and one of the guys took the cigarette pack out of his pocket, couldn't find his lighter and asked us if we had one. Then he asked one of his employees to go and check his drawer. After the lighter had been found, he lighted up one and continued the conversation.