How to tell hotel maid staff not to come following day?

[Johnjohn1]

I am planning on doing SN at some point. I will be doing it in a hotel room around 11 p.m. to 11:30 pm. I guess it would be prudent for me to book the hotel room for two days and ask that the housekeeping maid service not come the following morning just in case I am still alive. What is a good reason to tell the hotel maid service not to come the following morning? I don't want to make them suspicious. Thank you very much for any feedback!

 

[blackwidow92]

Most hotel rooms have a do not disturb sign you can put on the door handle, this should stop anyone from entering the room.

 

[profoundexperience]

As far as preventing them from entering a hotel room... Perhaps in addition to telling them... a sign, securely attached to the door with something like painter's tape (will stay put very well, but won't damage the door)...?

On the sign, you could say something like, "I'm working nights [or otherwise indicate you are sleeping during the daytime], so please don't disturb for any reason. No housekeeping needed."

 

[Spitfire]

I would plan on expecting them to knock on the door to ask if you need anything in the morning. They usually do that unless maybe you stay at hotels frequently on a business/professional financial lodgings card or something. Even then, the next day staff may not get or follow the message to stay out of the room.

 

[Donk]

"Hello, I will not require room service tomorrow. Please do not disturb"

- make sure DND sign is visible

 

[Johnjohn1]

Spitfire - what would be a suggestion then? I like blackwidows advice but I don't know what else would be helpful. Thanks.

 

[0siris]

If you aren't gone after 10 hours, I think the attempt failed anyway.

 

[Johnjohn1]

I think you were right. Also I wonder if I should leave a note on the floor explaining my severe chronic pain and that I committed suicide and to call the police? I have a pre addressed envelipe and postage stamps on it to mail to my two sisters that I will place on the counter to be mailed.

 

[Brick In The Wall]

Most hotel rooms have a do not disturb sign you can put on the door handle, this should stop anyone from entering the room.

As someone who works in the Hotel industry I can tell you that the sign you refer to is often little to no deterrent. I'm not saying they don't work. But I'd advise informing the front desk staff that you don't want housekeeping first. Then use the sign and make sure the latch is secured afterwards.

 

[Spitfire]

Spitfire - what would be a suggestion then? I like blackwidows advice but I don't know what else would be helpful. Thanks.

I lived in hotel rooms every day for about two years. A lot of traveling here and there, plus extended stays at places. Some places had policy to check each room once per day, and others knew after a week or so to just bring towels once a week, etc...

If it is a new hotel room most every time they would check on my room by knocking the next day though.

 

[Throwmyselfaway]

Most hotels right now are not offering housekeeping while staying there. They don't come to clean til after you check out.

 

[Manford]

Don't most hotels have a chain type lock from the inside for privacy ? That and the do not disturb sign should do it. I'm also planning on using a hotel

 

[Itsjustme21]

Just put one of those "do not disturb" things on the door. I haven't seen a hotel that doesn't have them.

 

[Gnip]

Most hotels right now are not offering housekeeping while staying there. They don't come to clean til after you check out.

This is an excellent point with COVID.

My experience with the industry is now dated, but I worked in housekeeping as well as the front desk along with auditing, and the Do Not Disturb sign meant exactly that. Plus, housekeepers usually did not have access to who was staying for how long, communications between the front desk and housekeeping wasn't always up to snuff, and unwanted disturbances could result in a free comp/gratis compensation for the guest.

Regardless, they work for YOU, so you do not owe them any explanation. I audited for Motel 6 and in the early internet era, M6 was a popular chain for producing porn (which everybody who stayed or worked at Motel 6 knew because of their distinctive corporate standard bedquilts), and hotel and motel rooms are still the usual venue for producing smut images and clips. Anyhow, most housekeepers are not interesting in interrupting, seeing or walking in on something like that.

Arranging for a ground floor room might be a good idea, since if something goes wrong, you won't risk disturbing somebody in a room beneath you.

Neither I or any staffers I worked with ever called anybody on grounds of any kind of suspicion. These businesses are looking to make money and survive by renting rooms, particularly during quieter times of the week and year, so stay away from holidays and weekends. (People only got turned away if they had a bad previous history with the establishments I worked for.)

Suicides took place at every single establishment I ever worked at, although incredibly, nobody died at any of those places when I worked at them.

You can call ahead without identifying yourself to try finding out when business is slowest and rooms are least expensive.

 

[AutoTap]

Put a do not disturb sign on the door and they won't come in until it's time to make sure you left the hotel room.

 

[Gnip]

To CTB at a hotel or motel, I might book it for two people in a room with a single bed, a ploy which can work with a place like Motel 6 where the front desk usually only sees and identifies the person renting the room as the responsible party. (The lobby at every Motel 6 I filled in at was separate from the rooms themselves, never a central lobby where everybody going to the room had to pass through. Especially in an internet age, if these places are not discreet or otherwise drop the ball on guest satisfaction, a savage review can easily result. I'm glad I was able to retire before my name could be associated with any positive or negative reviews.)

 

[Toonloon]

Put the Do Not Disturb Sign out and look at rooms that have dead bolts on the room. Or just traditional chain locks that keep maids from entering the room with their own keys. Most places let you do a cyber tour before booking the room.

 

[Gnip]

Put the Do Not Disturb Sign out and look at rooms that have dead bolts on the room. Or just traditional chain locks that keep maids from entering the room with their own keys. Most places let you do a cyber tour before booking the room.

I agree with finding a place with dead bolts if possible, a type of lock which unlike chains does not allow for peeking inside.