Originally Posted by
nevansm
I've walked in on and been walked in on once. Not great times for either occurrence.
I always flip the deadbolt and secondary lock when I enter a room for more than 5 minutes. I know there's ways to get the bars/chains/etc open, because it's happened to me on the other end when nobody was in the room. (check youtube, it's quite easy).
It’s happened to me too - once was room service popping in by mistake when I was exiting the shower. Wrong room, no problem as I just wrapped the bath towel on the way out. No “privacy” hang tag by me.
More common has been the room service entry very early - like 0830 - in resort properties Vail, Waikiki et al on the day of checkout when they are trying to clear rooms to accommodate early checkins.
Sometimes I benefit from that plan in Resorts (when inbound) but in a few FS Marriotts not so much. Depends on the property. Usually the hang tag works and I have never had the unwelcome or no knock entry when one of those is in place.