I have been privileged to have had a very strong relationship with the Hilton Group over many years. I have found their hotels to be a solid bastion for launching my businesses, a venue for some truly delightful weddings, including one of my own, and a refuge at times of marital crisis.

So yes, I have been proud to associate myself with them, including through wearing a variety of hilton-branded products, and drinking Hilton-brand water.

Here are the values of the Hilton Group: if, like me, you share these values, why would you not avail yourself of the full suite of their products?:

Our Values

HOSPITALITY - We're passionate about delivering exceptional guest experiences.
INTEGRITY - We do the right thing, all the time.
LEADERSHIP - We're leaders in our industry and in our communities.
TEAMWORK - We're team players in everything we do.
OWNERSHIP - We're the owners of our actions and decisions.
NOW - We operate with a sense of urgency and discipline.

I do not buy things with logos. If they want to make me part of their advertising budget, I would. Without getting paid, I'm not considering it.

Anonymous wrote:I have a Breakers baseball hat.

I have one, too, with a flag on it.

Anonymous wrote:Funny question OP. I've never consciously thought of it, but my mom had a thing that she'd never wear anything with someone's logo on it. She thought it was tacky. So no, I must have gotten that from her w/o thinking of it. I would never buy that junk. I've stayed at hotels all over the world. And, I've never bought anything like that.

This. Logos make me feel like a walking billboard. Avoid them as much as i can.

No. I have no interest in wearing items with resort/hotel names on them.

Speaking of logos and branding, on a recent trip to London I happened to walk past a crowd of teenage kids, probably around 15-16 years old. Two of them were wearing Hard Rock Cafe t-shirts. Can't remember which cities.

I had flashbacks to my days as a teenager in the 1990s when it was *so cool* to have a HRC t-shirt from another city. It was surprising to see someone 20 years younger than me wearing those t-shirts. Have they gone retro now?