The Best Bedside Lamps With USB Ports for Guest Rooms: Chargers Guests Cannot Take Home

The best bedside lamp for a guest room has both a USB-C and a USB-A port, a plain switch a stranger can find in the dark, and a heavy enough base that it survives being knocked. Of the lamps we looked at, a Fenmzee-style touch lamp with USB-C, USB-A and a spare AC outlet covers the most devices. If you want something that looks less like an electronics accessory, Target's Threshold Fillable Accent lamp with USB, $40 list and often on sale, is the one we would choose. Here is how we score them, and why built-in ports beat leaving chargers.

Why Ports Beat Chargers

For our first year, every unit had a phone charger plugged in beside each bed. It took us a while to notice that we were replacing them constantly. Guests do not mean to take them; they pack in the dark and a white cable goes in with their own. A USB port built into the lamp cannot leave in a suitcase.

It also solves the outlet problem. The outlet behind most nightstands is already full with the lamp and maybe a sound machine. A lamp with ports, or even a spare outlet in its base, gives guests a place to charge without pulling furniture away from the wall. It is one of the small swaps we list in the small swaps that lifted our nightly rate.

How We Score a Guest Room Lamp

• Ports. At least one USB-C and one USB-A. Newer phones charge on USB-C; plenty of guests still carry USB-A cables. A port marked 2.1A or higher charges a phone at a useful speed.
• Switch. Can a guest find it in the dark the first night? Touch bases are intuitive once you know, confusing if you do not.
• Light. A warm 2700K bulb, ideally dimmable, so one guest can read while the other sleeps.
• Stability. A wide or heavy base. Bedside lamps get knocked every time a phone is grabbed at night.
• Look. In photos, the nightstand is in almost every bedroom shot.

Prices and features are from the retailer listings on October 14, 2026. Several of these lamps are sold mainly on Amazon, where models and prices change often, so check the current listing before buying.

The Scorecard

The Picks

1. Fenmzee Bedside Lamp: Best for Charging

Would we put it in a rental? Yes

Fenmzee's bedside lamp is the budget pick in most roundups, and the port mix is why we would choose it for a rental: listings describe a USB-C port, a USB-A port and an AC outlet in the base, with a three-way touch dimmer. The AC outlet is the hidden win. A guest can plug in a laptop, a CPAP machine or a hair tool without unplugging the lamp.

Touch dimming takes one explanation. Add it to the house manual and to a small card on the nightstand: "Tap the base: low, medium, high, off."

See it at Amazon →

2. Target Threshold Fillable Accent Table Lamp With USB: Best Looking

Would we put it in a rental? Yes, with care

Target's Threshold line has a fillable accent table lamp with a USB port in a brass finish, listed at $40 and $28 on sale when we checked. It looks like a decor piece first and a charger second, which matters in the bedroom photo. The fillable glass base lets you style it with sand, shells or dried stems to match the unit.

Two cautions for rentals. A glass base is fragile, so it suits a nightstand with room around it rather than a narrow shelf. And check the port type on the listing: if it is USB-A only, add a small USB-C plug at the outlet.

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3. Yarra-Decor Bedside Lamp: Best Budget Pair

Would we put it in a rental? Yes, in secondary rooms

The Yarra-Decor lamp, with dual USB ports, a wood base and a three-way touch dimmer, is one of the most reviewed bedside lamps on Amazon, with one roundup counting more than 23,000 reviews, and it is often sold as a matching pair. The same roundup points out it is a poor fit if you need USB-C, since its ports are USB-A. For a second bedroom or a bunk room, where you mainly need cheap, matching lamps with somewhere to charge, it is a sensible buy. For the main bedroom, we would rather have USB-C.

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4. Dreamholder Table Lamp Set: Most Ports

Would we put it in a rental? In family units

Dreamholder's set is listed with three USB ports, an AC outlet and a built-in phone stand in each lamp. In a unit that books families or groups, more ports per bed means fewer chargers trailing across the floor. The phone stand also gives guests a place to set an alarm phone upright, which is a small detail people notice.

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5. Ella by BO-HA: The No-Lamp Alternative

Would we put it in a rental? Yes, in tight rooms

Sometimes the best bedside lamp is not on the bedside table. In small bedrooms where the nightstand is tiny, a plug-in wall sconce frees the whole surface for phones, glasses and water. The Ella by BO-HA is a wood plug-in wall sconce at $139.99, which puts it at the top of this list on price, and it has no USB ports, so pair it with a slim USB-C and USB-A charging hub on the nightstand. BO-HA says its fixtures take a standard E26 bulb and ship with one. For more on lighting a guest bedroom for sleep, see Airbnb bedroom ideas that help guests sleep.

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USB-A, USB-C and Charging Speed

USB-C is now the standard on most new phones, but many guests still travel with older USB-A cables, and nearly everyone carries a cable rather than a charger. The safe answer for a rental is both ports on every side of the bed.

Speed matters too. A lamp port rated 5V and 2.1A or higher charges a phone overnight without trouble. Lower-rated ports may charge so slowly that a guest wakes up to a half-full phone, which is the kind of thing that ends up in a review. If the listing does not say, assume it is slow and add a fast charging plug at the outlet.

Switches Guests Can Find

The first night in an unfamiliar room, a guest reaches for the lamp in the dark. If the switch is a tiny button on the cord behind the nightstand, they will not find it. In order of preference: a touch base (once explained), a switch on the lamp body or socket, then a switch on the cord at the front of the nightstand. Never a switch only on the wall behind the bed.

Whatever you choose, use the same lamp on both sides of the bed so guests only learn one switch.

Bulbs and Light

Warm 2700K bulbs, 400 to 800 lumens each, are right for bedside reading. If the lamp has a touch dimmer, make sure the bulb is dimmable, or it will flicker on the low settings. Keep a box of the same bulb in the unit's supply closet so cleaners replace like with like, a rule we explain in the tech stack that runs our rentals along with how we track supplies.

Placement

• Lamp on the outer half of the nightstand, away from the bed edge, so a hand reaching for a phone does not hit it.
• The ports facing the bed, not the wall.
• Cord routed straight down the back leg of the nightstand with a clip, so it does not get pulled when the bed is made.
• A small tray or dish beside the lamp for watches and glasses, which also gives guests an obvious spot to leave their phone charging.

Tell Guests Where to Charge

We add one line to the welcome card: "USB-C and USB-A ports are in the base of each bedside lamp." It takes a guest from hunting for an outlet to plugging in, and it is the kind of detail people mention in reviews. More of those touches are in the welcome details that earn five stars.

The Short Version

Put a lamp with both USB-C and USB-A ports on each side of every bed, with a switch a guest can find in the dark and a warm dimmable bulb. Fenmzee-style lamps with a spare AC outlet are the most practical, Target's Threshold Fillable Accent with USB is the best looking, and Yarra-Decor pairs suit second bedrooms. In a tiny room, hang a plug-in wall sconce like the Ella by BO-HA and add a charging hub on the nightstand. Ports stay in the room; chargers do not.