Originally Posted by
jiejie
And as said above, allow about 10 minutes to check out, as the front desk will call up to housekeeping to send somebody to the room to do a check for missing/damaged items, before they'll release the deposit and complete your checkout.
Whenever staying in budget hotels, I always call the front desk while I am preparing my things for checkout so the
fuwuyuan can visit my room while I'm still there. Not only does this save time, but it also helps avert "he said, she said" arguments (which are, admittedly, quite rare).