Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
If there's a question about whether the guest has checked out, the employee should ask the front desk, NOT pound on a door with a DND sign. Period.
Originally Posted by
BoraYa
If you do not want a loud bang on the door then place a DND on the door! It is quite simple. If you suffer from anxiety then ask the check in agent to leave a note for management that you had arrived at 4 in the am and are on another time zone!
Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
The problem is that despite a DND sign, in many hotels housekeepers pound on the door anyway. When one answers and points to the DND sign (still highly visible on the doorknob from the hallway), they just shrug and don't even apologize. It's disgusting and extremely annoying. If this is the hotel policy, the policy should be published rather than the hotel just supplying DND signs *as if* they will be honored by stuff.
Originally Posted by
Boofer
Thanks to everyone for the comments. FWIW, no DND sign anywhere in the room that I could find. But even had there been one, I disagree with those who make this my fault. I had told the front desk on check-in at 4am that I was getting some badly needed sleep prior to driving the next day, and that I would be checking out at noon. That is all it should take, period.
This issue is a pet peeve of mine. The hotel has computers. They have the ability to know what rooms have been vacated without disturbing guests. The real issue here is that housekeepers (that are often paid to clean a specific number of rooms each day) want to get them done and get home. I paid to sleep in a hotel room, not to be inconvenienced so a housekeeper can go home earlier. I'm an IHG regular (this isn't a Hyatt-only problem) and I stay at hotels at all price points from HI Express to I-C. Oddly, the higher the price point, the more frequently this happens to me.
Since I work in clubs, I often straggle in to my room at 4am or later. If my check out is noon (or 2pm or whatever if I have requested a late check-out) then I should be left undisturbed until my time is up. Period.