How to handle noisy hotel neighbors
Mar 9, 2015, 10:10 pm
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Mar 10, 2015, 11:21 am
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No actually I don't need to be considerate of people in other rooms. Unless my activities are disturbing to the point that the front desk gets involved then I shall continue on undeterred.
Get yourself a good pair of ear plugs. That way whether it's sinuses, snoring, boisterous sex, an early riser or a loud television next door you will get a good night's sleep.
Get yourself a good pair of ear plugs. That way whether it's sinuses, snoring, boisterous sex, an early riser or a loud television next door you will get a good night's sleep.
B) Ear plugs? How safe would that be in the event of a fire or other emergency?
I'm sorry your neighbor was sick.
As for up at 530? What if he was from a different time zone. We can assume he was staying at a hotel because he wasn't at home, therefore it is likely he was from some other place. And I can't count the number of times I get up at 3AM to catch a flight or get prepped for a meeting.
As for up at 530? What if he was from a different time zone. We can assume he was staying at a hotel because he wasn't at home, therefore it is likely he was from some other place. And I can't count the number of times I get up at 3AM to catch a flight or get prepped for a meeting.
I echo the ear plug advice. I have a pair in my travel briefcase as well as in my shaving kit.
Or you can do this: My brother and I were at the Le Meriden Philadelphia last year and on our floor was a big wedding party. Some of them finally came back to the room around 6 AM and were quite noisy. My brother jumped out of his bed, stalked outside in his boxers and yelled "it's 6 o'clock in the morning, SHUT THE F-WORD UP!"
It was quite effective
Or you can do this: My brother and I were at the Le Meriden Philadelphia last year and on our floor was a big wedding party. Some of them finally came back to the room around 6 AM and were quite noisy. My brother jumped out of his bed, stalked outside in his boxers and yelled "it's 6 o'clock in the morning, SHUT THE F-WORD UP!"
It was quite effective
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Mar 10, 2015, 12:41 pm
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the sound of headboard banging against the wall from the adjoining room
kept me awake almost all night. we fought back with the same noise.
Mar 10, 2015, 2:10 pm
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Ear plugs aren't going to drown out a fire alarm. I wear ear plugs every night when I'm in a hotel but a ringing phone for the wake up call gets through just fine. And fire alarms are considerably louder/more peircing than a ringing phone. But they do a great job filtering out the sounds of loud TVs a room over, people talking, kids running in the hallway, stuff like that.
Mar 10, 2015, 3:57 pm
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" would you believe a couple of hours" ?
Mar 10, 2015, 7:31 pm
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Nope. I'm not going to stick something in my ear to drown out inappropriate levels of noise from a neighboring room. The OP's complaints were excessive, IMO, but if someone is blasting music after 8:00PM or partying late or kids running in the hallway I won't just hide from it. One request to them to keep in quiet. Next request is to the front desk.
Mar 10, 2015, 8:35 pm
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Nope. I'm not going to stick something in my ear to drown out inappropriate levels of noise from a neighboring room. The OP's complaints were excessive, IMO, but if someone is blasting music after 8:00PM or partying late or kids running in the hallway I won't just hide from it. One request to them to keep in quiet. Next request is to the front desk.
Mar 10, 2015, 9:55 pm
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Mar 11, 2015, 1:40 am
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I honestly cannot believe how many people say to use earplugs, if I have paid money to stay in a nice hotel, I should not HAVE to wear earplugs just because of some idiot next door.
Earplugs seem to be the first and only method some people have of "dealing" with problem noise but the problem using a passive approach is the noisy idiot never knows they have inconvenienced anyone and thus never even have a chance of changing their behavior.
Too many people just put up with things instead of at least trying to change it.
Earplugs seem to be the first and only method some people have of "dealing" with problem noise but the problem using a passive approach is the noisy idiot never knows they have inconvenienced anyone and thus never even have a chance of changing their behavior.
Too many people just put up with things instead of at least trying to change it.
Mar 11, 2015, 9:39 am
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Last year at the Residence Inn in Center City Philadelphia we had a room that had an adjoining door to a room populated with a group of college students who planned on partying all night long. After repeated requests to the front desk, finally at 2 in the morning they finally got tough with the students .
The next morning I talked with the manager. It took 4 complaints before his staff did anything, and several afterwards before they got serious -- before that, they called the room to tell them to quiet down. He offered me a couple of thousand points. I refused, and said I wanted a refund for the night. They advertise a quiet place to relax and rest, and they didn't deliver. If his staff had made an honest effort to quiet the students down from the start, I would have been more understanding, but they didn't, and at one time told me to go confront the students (that would not have been pretty).
They gave me credit for the night plus 5000 points, probably because I was a platinum with them at the time. By the way, my wife sleeps with earplugs, and even though the bed was around a corner from the adjoining door, she was kept awake.
The next morning I talked with the manager. It took 4 complaints before his staff did anything, and several afterwards before they got serious -- before that, they called the room to tell them to quiet down. He offered me a couple of thousand points. I refused, and said I wanted a refund for the night. They advertise a quiet place to relax and rest, and they didn't deliver. If his staff had made an honest effort to quiet the students down from the start, I would have been more understanding, but they didn't, and at one time told me to go confront the students (that would not have been pretty).
They gave me credit for the night plus 5000 points, probably because I was a platinum with them at the time. By the way, my wife sleeps with earplugs, and even though the bed was around a corner from the adjoining door, she was kept awake.
Mar 11, 2015, 11:50 am
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Crowne Plaza LAX gave me a new room, and vouchers for three free drinks, when I reported that I wasn't interested in hearing the guy next door spank his wife/gf through the connecting door.
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Mar 11, 2015, 6:28 pm
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Pushing notes under the door or telling me to [Moderator edit] are not going to have the desired effect.
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