Originally Posted by
twb3
I commonly work evening or overnight shifts when on work travel and thus sleep at odd hours. I have found through experience the best way to avoid being disturbed is to notify housekeeping via the front desk that I will be sleeping during the day and do not require any service that day - and to do so every day. It's worth a short phone call to the desk to avoid the unplanned wakeup.
I agree this is prudent practice in these cases. But honestly, I've had more instances where my room wasn't serviced at all when I've forgotten to remove the DND before leaving for the day than I've had being woken when the DND is on the door.
In other words, ime the system works as it's meant to.