Let’s hope so.
According to a 2018 study involving 2,000 U.S. adults, most check their phones an average of 80 times a day, or once every 12 minutes, while on vacation. Some even check their phone more than 300 times each day. A second study conducted in the same year and of the same sample size determined that 43% of U.S. adults find it difficult to completely unplug, specifically from work, while on vacation.
This was, of course, prior to the pandemic, which โ thanks to the introduction of apps like Zoom and Slack โ exacerbated the issue greatly.
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Fast forward to 2022, and โtechnology-freeโ is now being pedaled as an amenity across several notable properties, whose guests seek them out because of it. Sheldon Chalet, for example, doesnโt have any TVs, phones โ save for the emergency phone system โ or wifi on the entire property. That, according to owner and property manager Marne Sheldon, is mostly due to Sheldon Chaletโs location โ on a nunatak 10 miles from the summit of Denali in the Don Sheldon Amphitheater inside Alaskaโs Denali National Park. In other words: the signal strength isnโt excellent. If anything, Sheldon counts it a selling point. ยป