# Hotel rooms: why no ceiling fan?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-rooms-why-no-ceiling-fan/826041>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 13, 2018, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-rooms-why-no-ceiling-fan/826041 "2018-12-13T04:29:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-rooms-why-no-ceiling-fan/826041/41 "2018-12-14T15:24:46Z")

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> [@lingyi](#):
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> TL;DR all the posts answer: Nobody cares enough to make it worth the trouble and expense of put ceiling fans in a hotel room.

…except the Homewood Suites in Dover, NJ. 🙂

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**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-rooms-why-no-ceiling-fan/826041/42 "2018-12-14T16:28:17Z")

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Just thought of another reason not to have any type of fans. Fire hazard. A fan can cause a smoldering ember or small fire into a blaze pretty quickly.

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