Originally Posted by zigzag

I would never put any room service items in the hall way. You call room service or the front desk and have them come get it, even if you have to make repeated calls. Its rude to your fellow guests to make them look at your finished meal laying on the floor. I guess some people think that is what you do with your tray or cart after you eat. The hall should not be a place for any guest to place their garbage. Once at a really nice hotel, a room would have a tray outside its door after every meal, we slipped a note under the door to let them know we thought they were slobs. They did not care and continued to do it.

Originally Posted by newbiztraveler

Every time I've called to have my tray picked up at any hotel, I've been told to put it in the hallway. So, that is what I do.

Originally Posted by SouthernCross

Regarding trays in the hallway, a nice touch is to cover the tray with a linen napkin. (Hopefully the service included a linen napkin). And if your neighbors are sloppy, cover theirs too. They won't get the point, but you won't have to look at their dinner scraps.

Originally Posted by hhoope01

I also tend to put my tray in the hallway and agree that if the hotel tells you to do that, then that is proper.

Originally Posted by bigguyinpasadena

when houskeeping comes to clean your room they put the trays in the hall if you have left them in the room.
Seperate departments.