Originally Posted by
jabbered
I don't know that any hotel could or should guarantee or designate that any room had at all times been smoke or pet free.
Lots of people like to break the rules. Housekeeping may not be able to tell if a pet had been in the room if kept crated or was low shedding.
Yes lots of people break the rules but the hotel has a responsibility to enforce its own rules.
In my experience, Housekeeping is the main culprit of not reporting the scent of smoke in a room they service and some of them have admitted to me their unwillingness to report it to security or the front office.
There are $250-$300 fines for smoking in the room in the U.S. but hotel management feels uneasy about charging the guest. They give a warning or say the guest has already checked out.