# Do you sleep well in hotel rooms? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 25, 2014, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sleep-well-in-hotel-rooms/696468 "2014-08-25T17:22:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sleep-well-in-hotel-rooms/696468/21 "2014-08-25T19:17:42Z")
> [@UncleRojelio](#): > > Like a baby Wake up crying every 3 hours? šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sleep-well-in-hotel-rooms/696468/22 "2014-08-25T19:28:05Z")
I tend to sleep pretty well. I often bring my own top pillow with me (it doesnā€™t take up that much room in a suitcase) and that helps. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sleep-well-in-hotel-rooms/696468/23 "2014-08-25T19:37:40Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > I usually sleep great in hotels. Most of the reason I donā€™t sleep well at home (when I donā€™t) has to do with my responsibilities for the house- creaks I wonder about, which leads me to remember I wanted to fix the whatever in the basement, which leads me to plan out a renovation project or twoā€¦ But in a hotel, Iā€™m in a place where someone else is responsible for everything, leaving me free to catch some necessary shuteye. Same thing for me, in a more general way. When Iā€™m at home, my mind is filled with things I need to do at work the next day or with the house the next weekend. Away from home, the fact that I canā€™t do a thing about any of that eases my mind. Even if Iā€™m traveling because Iā€™m presenting a paper at a conference, I still have only that one thing to worry about, which is nothing compared to the usual. IOW, I sleep better on the road than at home. ---
**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sleep-well-in-hotel-rooms/696468/24 "2014-08-25T19:41:31Z")
Yes, I sleep well in hotels. However, I do some petsitting and have come to accept that I will not sleep well the first night. Houses that are supposed to have families in them just seem too quiet. Not scary quiet. Just quiet. Somehow that keeps me awake even though Iā€™ve lived alone most of my adult life and should be used to it. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sleep-well-in-hotel-rooms/696468/25 "2014-08-25T19:43:45Z")
I didnā€™t cast a vote because none of the answers quite fits me. See, I usually sleep GREAT in hotel rooms. Partly because hotel rooms have such frigid air conditioning settings, which I love! So I get a great nightā€™s sleep, most of the time. The problem is, I usually wake up in the morning with a terrible back ache! ---
**Author:** ![emilyc95](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c6cbf5/32.png) [@emilyc95](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emilyc95)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sleep-well-in-hotel-rooms/696468/26 "2014-08-25T19:45:46Z")
Iā€™m doing travel study in France, and for about a week, the program took us from our dorms at the university that weā€™re studying at, to a really nice hotel in downtown Paris. The beds were luxurious, but the rooms were freezing! šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![iljitsch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/77aa72/32.png) [@iljitsch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iljitsch)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sleep-well-in-hotel-rooms/696468/27 "2014-08-25T20:04:51Z")
I had trouble sleeping anywhere other than in my own bed until about twelve years ago when I started to travel somewhat regularly. Now I sleep well enough in hotels etc, but not quite as well as at home. Pillows are indeed often too soft and too thin, but usually I can fold them double and then they work better. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sleep-well-in-hotel-rooms/696468/28 "2014-08-25T20:16:09Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > Wake up crying every 3 hours? > > šŸ˜ƒ And a steaming pile in his shorts. I sleep great in hotels. They often have a selection of different firmness pillows and I spend too much time deciding on which one(s) I want to use than I should. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sleep-well-in-hotel-rooms/696468/29 "2014-08-25T20:29:45Z")
Usually not on the first night, but better afterward. If I can manually turn the fan on to ā€œhighā€ without changing the temperature on the thermostat, Iā€™ll sleep much better. ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sleep-well-in-hotel-rooms/696468/30 "2014-08-25T21:09:56Z")
Usually very badly, for two reasons: first, my parents made the mistake of putting a fan in my room as a white noise machine when I was in elementary school and now Iā€™m completely addicted and dysfunctional without it. If the power goes out and the fan cuts off, I wake immediately, and trying to fall asleep without one usually takes at least 2-3 hours and involves tears and waking up every 30 minutes thereafter. So unless the hotel has a climate control system that can be set to blow constantly with a similar sound, or I bring a fan with me or buy one there (not usually easy or practical), that makes it pretty hellish. Second of all, pillows. Hotel pillows are always too big and squishy and I feel like Iā€™m about to suffocate, so I wind up throwing them all on the floor and going without. I hate sleeping in hotels. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sleep-well-in-hotel-rooms/696468/31 "2014-08-25T21:18:57Z")
I have to buy over-the-counter sleep aids or I get no sleep at all in hotels/motels. ---
**Author:** ![Lowdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Lowdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lowdown)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sleep-well-in-hotel-rooms/696468/32 "2014-08-25T21:22:38Z")
_At hotels I donā€™t refuse to stay in (like a $39/night motel off the interstate)_, I sleep pretty well. Unfortunately, a few times Iā€™ve had the misfortune of getting a sleep number bed in an otherwise nice hotel. Those things are terrible. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sleep-well-in-hotel-rooms/696468/33 "2014-08-25T21:27:35Z")
I sleep very well in hotels. Of course Iā€™m one of those people who can sleep well anywhere and isnā€™t bothered by noise or light conditions. The only issue I have is that I hate complete darkness, but itā€™s rare to find, and I can usually get by with the glow of a digital clock, or opening the curtains. ---
**Author:** ![Itself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d07c76/32.png) [@Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sleep-well-in-hotel-rooms/696468/34 "2014-08-25T21:31:18Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > See, I usually sleep GREAT in hotel rooms. Partly because hotel rooms have such frigid air conditioning settings, which I love! Iā€™m the same way. I turn down the air-conditioning as low as possible and sleep well. In such a small area, the room gets colder much faster than it would with central air or a stand-alone fan. ---
**Author:** ![iljitsch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/77aa72/32.png) [@iljitsch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iljitsch)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sleep-well-in-hotel-rooms/696468/35 "2014-08-25T21:33:44Z")
People needing sound and light to sleepā€¦ insane. I need to cover my alarm clock because the light bothers me, and people/machine noise is also a problem. (But I do like to fall asleep playing some music.) Once Iā€™m asleep Iā€™ll sleep through morning light coming through the curtains and the traffic outside as it gets going in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sleep-well-in-hotel-rooms/696468/36 "2014-08-25T21:39:50Z")
I rarely sleep well anywhere but at home, and even at home, sleeping can be a struggle. Itā€™s worse if Iā€™m away from home and I have to share a hotel room with someone, because I do embarrassing things in my sleep (snoring/drooling/tooth grinding. Also, the other personā€™s noises can keep me awake, even though I usually wear earplugs.) Itā€™s the worst if I have to share a bed with someone, but thankfully that hasnā€™t happened in a long time. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sleep-well-in-hotel-rooms/696468/37 "2014-08-25T22:23:40Z")
I like my lightly-upholstered rock of a pillow at home, but I generally sleep fine in hotels. Partially, thatā€™s due to the fact that if Iā€™m staying in a hotel, Iā€™m usually exhausted by the time I hit the mattress. (I can rest at homeā€“if Iā€™m traveling, itā€™s to _do_ stuff.) The other part is that I spent a couple of years traveling a _lot_ for work, and if I hadnā€™t adjusted to sleeping in hotels, Iā€™d have gone months at a time without a decent night of sleep. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sleep-well-in-hotel-rooms/696468/38 "2014-08-25T22:35:08Z")
I checked ā€œIt can go either wayā€. If the hotel has thick walls and is quiet, I sleep very well. If it has drunks returning to the hotel at 2 a.m., and standing out in the hall to shriek and have faux kick-boxing matches, then no. If it has a couple in the next room indulging in a noisy rough-play sex marathon for hours, with vomiting interludes, then no. These last two events happened the last two times we tried staying at hotels. Nowadays we like to rent a modest vacation condo or home. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sleep-well-in-hotel-rooms/696468/39 "2014-08-25T22:40:46Z")
Nn ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sleep-well-in-hotel-rooms/696468/40 "2014-08-25T22:42:56Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > I rarely sleep well anywhere but at home, and even at home, sleeping can be a struggle. Yep, unfortunately this aptly describes me too. Itā€™s one of the many reasons Iā€™m super excited to be going on a work trip with a four night hotel stay in November. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sleep-well-in-hotel-rooms/696468.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sleep-well-in-hotel-rooms/696468.md?page=3)