Wow, tough crowd here. I'm no compensation hound but the wx reason provided seems iffy.

+1. And glad for the OP's sake that there wasn't a real fire.

Cheers.

Of course a real fire is worse, but a false alarm is much more the fault of the hotel than a fire.

Now there is a generalization if ever there was one. There are many reasons for a fire to start and many reasons for a false alarm. I don't think I would subscribe to one or the other being more likely to be the fault of the hotel or anyone else for that matter.

Obviously, I don't believe the OP deserves compensation, because unfortunately, false hotel fire alarms happen.

But if he does, can I ask for compensation for the two times I've been woken up by fire alarms at Marriotts, especially for the Newton Marriott where they put signs up near the elevators that they were testing but didn't leave notes under the doors, ergo my parents, who didn't take the elevators that morning, didn't warn me?

Or the extreme fear I suffered when the fire alarm went off at the San Juan Marriott soon after it was (re)opened from its changeover from the Dupont Plaza?

And also, can I ask my landlord for a free month of rent because the fire alarm keeps waking me up when I'm sick? In the middle of March, the alarm went off and woke me up, and it was supposedly because of the weather, evidently a waterlogged sensor.

Thanks for all those who responded, both the tough nuts and the concerned individuals. I am not after the free handout as much as I am bothered by the honesty issue. Blaming the alarms on weather on an average Oklahoma evening was weak.

Fire alarm the other night FI Denver......

Twice but close enough together to consider it once. Took them FOREVER to turn the dang thing off.

They said someone pulled the lever on the 3rd floor.

Compensation? :p

I agree with most here -- just be happy there was no real fire. I'm sure management will look into the cause further to ensure that it does not happen again.

I hope the remainder of your stay was enjoyable.

I was at a hotel recently when the fire alarm went off at 4am (not a Marriott). Called the front desk & they said it was legit (not necessarily meaning a fire, but yup get out of the room). Trooped down 6 flights of stairs & outside next to fire trucks. 30 minutes later all clear & back to room to try & get some sleep. I put it in the 'stuff happens' category (and glad it wasn't a real fire). Didn't even think about compensation.

A few observations:

* It's really interesting to see what people will put on in the middle of the night when they evacuate a hotel ;) :eek: :D In my case, a pair of sweats, running shoes, wallet & room key.

* Next time I'd probably grab my laptop & bring it w/ since it's my main computer & I need the info on it.

* Is it a general rule that firemen are hawt?! :D

Cheers.

Ahh....I didn't grab mine either. that would have been a serious mistake.

I just put on the workout clothes I had on that evening and grabbed my wallet and car keys.

The most annoying thing for me was that dang flashing light.....even under the covers I could see it. ughh

WHAT?!?!?!? Blasphemy!

I know - what can I say? It occasionally happens.

If it makes you feel any better, I was at the Marriott Eaton Centre one time when there was a fire alarm about 3am. They actually came on the loudspeaker & told us we didn't need to leave our rooms, but they couldn't turn the thing off until the fire dept ok'd it. I was glad Marriott had multiple pillows to put over my head, but seemed like forever before the loud blaring noise got turned off.

Cheers.

4 in a week
 

Staying in hotels for the past 15 years.

I had one week where the fire alarms went off 4 difference nights. The interesting part was that it was 4 different hotels. One was a really fire in the kitchen the others were false alarms. Not all the hotels were Marriott.

Interesting had a fire alarm when staying at Sydney Circle Quay and was up in the exec lounge. The attendant told us not to bother going down the 30 floors to the ground level as it was a flase alarm. It went on for about 5-6 minutes.

SM