Phone charging stations for hotels.
Guests check in drained from the airport, the station or the road, then head straight back out with maps, tickets and translation running on one battery.
Where the station sits.
- Guests
Rent a power bank at check-in, spend the day out and return it to the station on the way back.
- Station
Sits at the front desk and becomes part of check-in.
- Venue
A service moment at the desk, and a revenue share on every rental.
The Compact-8 fits most front desks, where surface is short and the unit has to share it with a screen and a card machine. A hotel busy enough to run it down moves up to the Pro-12, which takes the same footprint.
- Recommended model
- Compact-8
- Form factor
- Countertop
- Dimensions
- 26 x 18 x 28 cm
“We used to keep guests’ phones behind the desk. Someone always came back for the wrong one. Now they rent a power bank and take it to the table instead and it’s nothing to do with us.”
Hotels & stays, in detail.
- Does this replace charging guests’ phones behind reception?
- It is the usual reason a hotel installs one. Storing guests’ phones behind the desk creates a queue, a drawer of devices and a question of who is responsible for them. A station moves that to self-service: the guest keeps their phone and takes the power with them.
- How long can a guest keep a ZAPT Powerbank?
- Up to 24 hours, which covers a full day out. The £15 deposit is released within two minutes of the power bank going back into a slot. Past 24 hours the rental becomes a £25 purchase and the guest keeps the unit, which is stated on the screen before they tap.
- What if a guest checks out without returning it?
- Nothing lands on the hotel. The rental is between the guest and ZAPT, settled on the card they tapped, and the hotel is never charged for a power bank that does not come back. Your liability for loss, damage or theft is £0.00.
Other sectors on the network.
- Pubs & bars
Guests stay for the next round instead of leaving to find a charger.
- Clubs & lounges
The table that cannot pay is the table holding up the cash up.
- Restaurants & cafés
The seats by the sockets stop being the only ones anyone wants.
- Gyms & fitness studios
Members finish the session instead of leaving when the music stops.
- Stadiums & festivals
Crowds stay ticketed, paying and findable across the whole site.
- Shopping centres
Visits run longer across every unit in the centre.
Written about hotels & stays
- 2026 UK hospitality report: charging at the bar
What charging a guest's phone costs a venue in staff time, liability and lost service, and what changes when it moves off the bar and onto a station.
- Three ways a venue handles phone charging
A wall socket, a drawer behind the bar, or a self-service station. What each of the three answers costs in table turnover, staff time and liability.
- UK smartphone use: 3 hours 50 minutes a day
93% of UK adults own a smartphone and the average is 3 hours 50 minutes a day. What that dependency looks like from behind a bar or a gym reception.
Put a phone charging station in your venue.
Placement is free and installing it means plugging it in. The revenue share is paid quarterly against a statement itemising every rental.