Originally Posted by
OskiBear
I'm always hopeful that there's some technological efficiency but am likely to be disappointed
I'm with
Norri and
Duke787 on this one. It's highly unlikely that this is anything other than an electronic version of the door sign. Only people in the hallway will know your preference.
Originally Posted by
OskiBear
Is it bad form to notify Housekeeping when one is leaving the room for the day? Or should I just accept they will get to it when they get to it?
[The following opinion is coming from someone that worked in hotels for over a decade.]
Not bad form, at all. In fact, any decently-run Housekeeping Department will welcome this request. Just give them a window of a few hours. Let's say it's 11am. Calling and saying something like this would be fine: "I'm leaving my room now. If it's possible, can you have my room cleaned before 2pm?"