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Re: Bad behavior at the hotel
By: DaDancingPsych Date: November 27, 2021, 4:41 pm
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When I was in Las Vegas, I was anticipating loud hotel
neighbors. It was one of the quietest hotel stays ever (well...
minus the music that came from the pool, but that I was only
during the day.) Maybe I got lucky. Maybe being a single woman
they assumed I belonged in the "quiet section" (I have
definitely had hotels do that before*). Or maybe it was the fact
that they were renovating the hotel and I had one of the
outdated rooms... I'm not sure that anyone was staying in the
rooms next to me!
Atlantic City. Much different story. I was in a much nicer (read
expensive) hotel, but the neighbors in the adjoining room were
having a bachelorette weekend. Luckily I was super tired and not
a light sleeper, so they only interrupted my rest a few times.
(However, that whole hotel experience was one big
disappointment!)
I once stayed in a hotel that I knew was going to be a problem
as I walked to my room. My neighbors had their door propped open
with loud music and loud party voices (and a stench...) that was
all too much. This was before dinner. They were all middle aged
adults, so I guess one is never too old to party. I never
understood why they just didn't close their door, as that would
have helped greatly with the noise.
But yes, the worst experience was having the room next to the
elevator with a youth event going on. Kids running up and down
the hallway to the elevator at all hours of the day and night. I
do understand that the kids get excited and forget their
manners, but I think that the adults forget their chaperoning
skills!!!
*I once checked into a hotel and the clerk took one look at me
and said, "You're not here for the youth baseball tournament,
are you?" When I confirmed his suspension, he told me that he
would put me in a different part of the hotel. I don't know if
he did me a favor, but I witnessed no poor behavior at all.
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Re: Bad behavior at the hotel
By: jpcher Date: November 30, 2021, 5:00 pm
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There's a quaint Inn that I drive by every time I go to visit my
parents. It has great reviews, themed rooms, antiques and
historical displays all over the Inn. Every time I pass it I
think "I'm going to stay there one time."
When my father passed away I booked a room there for two nights
because my mothers house was full of other guests. Even though
it was a sad occasion I was looking forward to a bit of a side
distraction, taking my mind off of the funeral and all that.
DD#2 and I arrived at the Inn around 9:30 p.m. on Friday night.
While we were exhausted and depressed for the reason of our
trip, I was immediately taken in by the warm atmosphere. The
log-cabinish decor: a board game sitting area, another sitting
area that consisted of old time barber chairs, old photos on the
wall, the scrapbook on the check-in desk . . . it looked lovely.
Until my tired mind started noticing the other patrons. There
was a bare chested young man in swimming trunks sitting in the
game corner, looking like he was trying to drink his can of beer
before he passed out.
After we checked in and when we were walking to our room we
passed and heard! a group of young men and women yelling at each
other "You shouldn't have gone into that room!" "Why? I just
wanted to see it!" "You shouldn't have gone in alone with
GirlsName!" "What's the big deal? It's a cool room!" "What's the
big deal? You owe OtherGirlsName an apology!" etc.
DD#2 and I looked at each other and thought the same thing "What
are we getting into?" While we were unlocking our door a herd of
people came stomping, laughing and giggling down the stairs
which were right across the hallway to our room. I wish they had
elevators because, I think, that would have been much quieter!
;)
I think that the room directly above us must have been
party-central. Loud music, stomping on the floor (dancing?)
conversations, etc. along with people running up and down the
stairs and yelling at each other through the hallways.
Around 11:30pm I called the front desk. Asked them if they could
please, possibly move us to a different room. No other rooms
available. I asked if they could, please, at the very least ask
the other patrons directly above my room to turn down the music.
To the Inn's credit I heard a knock on the upstairs room door.
Someone said "You need to quiet things down." The music was
turned down and I was able to get an hour or so of semi-sleep.
At 1-ish a.m. I woke up and noticed the music was, again, much
louder. But what really woke me up was the sound of someone
retching. Very loud comments of "Ewww!" and "What's wrong with
you!" and such.
I called the front desk. Told them that the music was, again, at
high levels plus someone just threw up on their floor. A few
minutes later I heard a knock on the upstairs room door and
someone saying "This is your last warning!" Apparently not. The
music, stomping through the halls, etc. was still going on while
I tried to sleep until 4am. I thought about calling the front
desk again but didn't because any of my earlier complaints
didn't solve the problem.
At 7am DD#2 and I stumbled down to the worst breakfast buffet
ever.
We checked out that morning. I asked "We booked this room for
two nights, and I understand you have a cancellation policy of
24 hours prior to cancelling. Is the same group going to be here
tonight?" I was told "Yes. It's a fraternity/sorority party,
they book it every year at this date."
They waived the cancellation fee plus they gave me a voucher for
1/2 off of my next stay, which sadly I don't think that I will
use.
Do you think that quaint little Inns should give a heads-up to
guests when they are hosting a loud group of other guests?
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Re: Bad behavior at the hotel
By: DaDancingPsych Date: December 2, 2021, 5:28 am
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[quote author=jpcher link=topic=2217.msg72125#msg72125
date=1638313229]
Do you think that quaint little Inns should give a heads-up to
guests when they are hosting a loud group of other guests?
[/quote]
Actually, no. I think that they should insist that noisy groups
rent the entire inn. Then noise is not an issue at all. Although
I have to wonder what sort of damage this group leaves every
year... I wonder if hosting their party is really worth it.
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Re: Bad behavior at the hotel
By: Snowfire Date: December 2, 2021, 5:02 pm
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I'm not sure which is worse, the bachelor/bachelorette/wedding
parties or the youth groups. It seems as if all inhibitions get
left elsewhere with the wedding parties and it seems to be a
"how drunk and stupid can we get". The youth groups it seems to
be the chaperones who are in the get drunk and stupid camp and
the teens turn into clones of the Tazmanian Devil.
When I was in high school, back when dinosaurs roamed the earth,
I went to a weekend conference with other journalism students.
The only upside was they didn't have soccer balls or something
to kick around. My room mates kicked me out of the room because
both of them were getting laid. I ended up spending the night in
the hallway with two other students who had also been kicked out
of their rooms for the same reason. We tried knocking on our
advisors door & having the desk call her. No answer. From what I
knew of her, she was probably in someones room which she
shouldn't have been. Hotel wouldn't let us sit in the lobby and
wouldn't do anything about finding our advisor. Back then I was
a mouse and didn't have the backbone to raise #&$@ with my
roommates. Now, I would.
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Re: Bad behavior at the hotel
By: Aleko Date: December 3, 2021, 1:28 am
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[quote]Do you think that quaint little Inns should give a
heads-up to guests when they are hosting a loud group of other
guests?[/quote]
Or just not take their booking at all?
Some decades ago at a skiing resort the chalet girl told us that
a few weeks previously the whole chalet had been booked by what
she had been told was a group of florists. She thought it was
kind of quaint that florists should get together for their
holidays, and when they arrived they admitted they weren’t
florists at all but junior doctors. Medical students and junior
doctors were traditionally given to letting off steam from the
pressures of medicine by drunken raucous behaviour and dangerous
or annoying pranks, so much so that the chalet company simply
refused bookings from groups of doctors; so they had booked
claiming to be florists. Happily, she said that this lot were
perfectly polite and more interested in bashing the pistes than
trashing the chalet, so all was well.
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Re: Bad behavior at the hotel
By: DaDancingPsych Date: December 3, 2021, 6:00 am
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[quote author=Aleko link=topic=2217.msg72194#msg72194
date=1638516530]
Some decades ago at a skiing resort the chalet girl told us that
a few weeks previously the whole chalet had been booked by what
she had been told was a group of florists. She thought it was
kind of quaint that florists should get together for their
holidays, and when they arrived they admitted they weren’t
florists at all but junior doctors. Medical students and junior
doctors were traditionally given to letting off steam from the
pressures of medicine by drunken raucous behaviour and dangerous
or annoying pranks, so much so that the chalet company simply
refused bookings from groups of doctors; so they had booked
claiming to be florists. Happily, she said that this lot were
perfectly polite and more interested in bashing the pistes than
trashing the chalet, so all was well.
[/quote]
It sounds to me that the reputation of others has spoiled things
for this group. So, they provide a little white lie so that they
aren't locked out of renting certain places! I feel for hotels;
they don't always know how different groups will behave!
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Re: Bad behavior at the hotel
By: Soop Date: December 3, 2021, 7:38 am
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When I worked at a large resort in the mountains, we had a
conference for a large retail health and beauty company. Lots of
retail staff that were in their 20's. I was working in the
kitchen. So for banquets, we would get forms for every person
that had allergies and what they were allergic to. This group
had an incredible number allergic to Garlic. Well over the
average you would find in the general population. Mentioned this
to my friend who worked front desk. She said they had been a
nightmare to deal with because there was a lot of room/bed
hopping going on. They had to be warned that if they switched
rooms, they had to notify front desk. So the avoidance of garlic
made sense. Don't want to have garlic breath when you are trying
to hook up, I suppose.
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Re: Bad behavior at the hotel
By: holly firestorm Date: December 3, 2021, 12:39 pm
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It probably wouldn't be right just to assume a group is going to
behave like savages. But, it would be right to give any large
group a list of rules they had to adhere to and kick them all
out (without refund) if they don't. Of course, it should be made
very clear, from the get go, to ALL participants that this is
the policy and it will be enforced.
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Re: Bad behavior at the hotel
By: DCGirl Date: December 8, 2021, 11:07 am
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DH and I did once stay at a hotel that had a clearly posted sign
about "quiet hours" and the consequences of disregarding same in
the elevators, so some places do a good job of this. We've just
had one too many experiences of staying in places where there
were no rules and management can't or won't do anything about
noise complaints (and I do feel for situations where one young
desk clerk is left by his/herself to deal with a group of rowdy
partiers all night).
We once stayed at a timeshare resort near Opryland in Nashville.
The people in the unit above us were incredibly noisy and very
active, to the point where the chandelier in our unit was
actually swinging from whatever was going on upstairs. After
numerous complaints to the front desk and some sleepless nights,
we were loading up our car to leave the resort only to see that
the people in the unit above us were getting ready to check out
as well. Turns out that there was a convention of aerobics
instructors at a large, nearby convention hotel and we'd had a
group of aerobics instructors practicing their routines all
night at our expense.
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Re: Bad behavior at the hotel
By: DaDancingPsych Date: December 8, 2021, 11:58 am
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[quote author=DCGirl link=topic=2217.msg72293#msg72293
date=1638983248]
Turns out that there was a convention of aerobics instructors at
a large, nearby convention hotel and we'd had a group of
aerobics instructors practicing their routines all night at our
expense.
[/quote]
Not hotel related, but I used to live on the third floor of an
apartment building. The guy below me would watch the football
games at a high volume every Sunday. I decided that this was an
invitation to be noisy, too, so I practiced my tap dancing on
Sundays! I never reported him to management and I never received
a complaint about my noise, so I always looked at it as a silent
agreement between the two of us!
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