You aren't under the illusion that common decency will somehow "grow" on people simply because they age?

No not at all. In fact there's good reason to believe that a lot of them get worse as they age . I just cut them a little more slack 'cuz they've been around longer, and generally won't be around that much longer. Though any of us could go at any minute.

M8

Sadly, hotels would rather put the onus on the party who is being imposed upon rather than the guests who are doing the bad behavior. I have had this happen three times, and in two instances they insisted that I be the one to move. In the third case, they forced hallway revelers to go back into their room (it was "only" 3 a.m.), where they made even more noise right next door to me. An additional complaint fell on deaf ears, and a follow-up letter to the hotel manager was never answered. Sad to say, but many hotels couldn't give a rat's butt, even for frequent customers who they should be going out of their way to please. In all of these cases, it was me, a frequent traveler, vs. a room full of teens, and they still chose to inconvenience me as though my business as worthless and they didn't care if I ever returned.

You are correct. Seriously, I think most of us get treated this way.

M8

That's horrible.

In the few times I've had to call the front desk about disruptions, they have taken care of each and every one of them. I've never endured what you did. Maybe it's because I'm a woman that they rectify the problem? Unless you're a lady too. If that's the case, then forget what I said.

Residence Inn San Diego. Around 12:30am I get back into my room and hear noises coming from the person next door. He is a drunk "spring-breaker" and he mumbling at his friends. The walls are paper thin and as I try to fall asleep his drunken ramblings are keeping my up. After a call to the front desk some came to them and finally shut them up.

Re: OP. I think hotels, or at least the newer ones, try to design their way out of #1, 2 and 5. TVs can be kept from exceeding certain volume levels, walls and floors can have thickness or soundproofing material, and doors can and often do have automatic-shut mechanisms.

Talkers can be another matter, as can families at every level.

Since I've been using Priceline I've noticed things getting a bit segmented with hotels. I tend to get put in and favor the business-oriented extended stays or anything that's mainly business. Many of these are priced too high on a walk-in basis for families and have rules that might be a problem for them.

Then you've got the more famous names like the Hilton or Marriott or Holiday Inn that are usually OK, but have higher risk of getting a loud group (maybe for a football game or graduation), a family like those on the nanny shows, or (the worst) an entire sports team or band.

But the real problems are usually in places with posted rates or rates low enough for walk-ins, especially ones who can't pay with credit cards. These also tend to be the most run-down.

So just what would be the penalty for violating the "Code of Conduct"?

Well, I'm definitely female, but "lady" might be stretching it!
One of the hotels was a rather sleazy place, but the other two were large chains. One of those was quite upscale, and the other was a brand that supposedly caters to business travelers.

But those didn't hold a candle to the Orlando Airport-area hotel that we got via Priceline for a leisure trip once. There was supposed to be a continental breakfast, but it was absent. We stood with another man in the lobby for literally 20 minutes, as there was no counter person. When she finally showed up, with two kids in tow, she said, "I'm so sorry! I had to feed the kids." Once we left, my husband pointed out that the reason there was no continental breakfast was because the workers were carrying all the food out the side door to their cars!! If you ever bid on an MCO hotel, stick to the highest star level (that place was one notch down, although it should have been a negative-one star).

They drag you out of the hotel kicking and screaming.

I think these are borderline Elitist. Hotels aren't country clubs. If you want a code of conduct stay at a country club. Otherwise, deal with it.

I think the OP meant the code of conduct in terms of some kind of legal framework. It's the same kind of thing you get in malls or sports stadiums or movie theaters or, for that matter, Flyertalk. Every place has to have some kind of implied-consent "agreement." Any time you have to codify what should be common sense it's unfortunate. Common sense would say to avoid any kind of pollution done to such level to affect others (most commonly noise pollution).

That's just great, then. Are you saying that if we're not staying at a country club, we should just put up with other's misbehavior?

And, what would you suggest if one IS staying at a country club and this stuff happened? Would it then be OK to demand that the people behaving badly be moved elsewhere?

Please explain.

Priceline has a number of inherently elitist elements, if you think about it. In order to get a hotel through them, you have to:

1) Be organized and plan ahead
2) Have Internet access and basic ability to use it
3) Be willing to risk losing the whole amount if plans change even if it's not your fault (related to #1)
and 4) Have a credit card with credit available on it.

Your field of possibilities narrows with kids and/or pets, though usually smoking doesn't affect it.

Because of #3 you have reason to expect deep discounts vs. the rack rate (though Priceline will certainly allow you to overbid!) I didn't realize at first, though, just how much #2 and especially #4 were, in effect, screens for a large part of the population. They may be as important as #3 for allowing you to stay in some 3-star as low as $25 or $30 when the Motel 6 down the road charges $39. OTOH, "low-impact" parties of 1 or 2 (i.e. no kids, smoking, pets, or habits that give the maids fits) will tell ya they shouldn't have to subsidize the others. So there are a number of ways to look at it.

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