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    Noisy people in hotels

    I hate hotels. Why? Because I haven't had to deal with noisy neighbors since I was in my 20s and lived in apartments. Why are some people so clueless, so unaware that they are disturbing other people who, oh by the way, happen to be paying for their stay?

    The other night I was in a hotel for a conference. This hotel was $370 a night. I needed to be up at 5:30 and I needed my rest. My head hits the pillow and then I hear my "neighbors" hooting up a storm. They don't stop. Having been in this scenario before, I do what works the best, I call the front desk. They come to their door twice (others may have called) and still the noise continues. I called the desk again and when they offered to come talk to them again, I say no, they are not going to stop, I want a new room. So, at about midnight I pack up and am moved to a nice new quiet room (bigger too).

    However, I did something evil. Knowing my old room would not be used that night I programmed the clock radio to blast at full volume at 4:15 am (buzzer and radio staggered by 10 minutes). I was at the end of the hall and the noisy people were right next to me. The clock mere inches from their bed's headboard and the paper thin walls. Heh heh heh...

    Might I have also distrubed others? Perhaps, but I see it as unfortunate but neccessary "collatoral damage" against an enemy that had to be attacked. I have no idea what happened, but I get a kick out of imaginging them rudely disturbed after a night of drunken revelry and no easy way to stop the music and buzzer from the other room.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dan Karachio View Post
    However, I did something evil...Might I have also distrubed others?
    LOL, all I can say is that karma is a.....
    Last edited by Chris Padilla; 10-22-2010 at 11:44 PM.

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    In the room above me, it sounded like the people up there were stomping around. At one point it sounded like they were playing jacks, too.

    I don't get it. It seems as if people lose respect for others privacy in hotels.
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    hard to lose what they never had

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    I travel about 100+ nights a year. I travel with a small air cleaner, not for its cleaning ability but the whitre noise it produces, it is amazing how much sound it drowns out when on the night stand beside my head. My wife travels with ear plugs.


    The worst place is often next to stairwells people walking up and down often sound like elephants.

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    I've never stayed in a hotel that cost anywhere close to $370 a night, but you might think for that kind of money they would have built the hotel with proper soundproofing. It is possible without spending an arm and a leg to do decent soundproofing. We aren't talking a recording studio here. I wish they built all multi story hotels with concrete floors, but it seems onlt the high rises are built that way to save on construction costs.

    I shouldn't have to walk around like a cat burglar in a hotel to avoid bothering the neighbors.

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    I used to travel a lot and now travel only occasionally. But almost without fail, there's some clown on my floor with his TV cranked to MAXIMUM VOLUME for hours on end; often into the wee small hours. All I can figure is there are morons out there who use their TV as a white noise generator while annoying everyone else around them.

    Another problem I often have is when kids are staying in the hotel. I don't mean Tom, Marcia and the two kidlets. I mean like an entire church youth group, cheerleading team, field hocky team, FHA group or whatever. Sheesh, without fail, these kids spend all night running up and down the stairs, running between rooms, pounding on doors and slamming doors shut. Again, and again, and again, again... I've called the front desk in such situations. But what are they to do when the entire place is full of kids running around? They should have a neon sign out front clearly warning other guests, "This hotel will be full of kids tonight!".

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    Why do they design room doors to always slam shut real hard?

    I've also been a victim of a hotel filled with kids. I don't get it. Why do kids need to have a vacation or a sports excursion that requires hotel rooms? It seems a bit excessive.

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    I recently stayed in a Motel and stated I wanted the quietest room they had. They offered a "Quiet Zone" room in a specific area of the building at a cost of $5.00 extra each night. This was the best money ever spent. Absolutely whisper quite. Best night's sleep I've had at a Motel.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jeffrey Makiel View Post
    Why do they design room doors to always slam shut real hard?

    I've also been a victim of a hotel filled with kids. I don't get it. Why do kids need to have a vacation or a sports excursion that requires hotel rooms? It seems a bit excessive.

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    Seriously, I think most hotel doors are designed to close sharply for security reasons. It's to make sure it closes when you leave the room. I have stayed in one or two where the door didn't close on its own and I found myself constantly going back to check it.
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    Years ago when I was in the reserves, those of us from out of town stayed a a local hotel. At 1:00 a.m we were awakened by a group of people coming in late from their youth hockey tournament. They kept up the noise for quite a while and were even playing hockey in the hall. It took three calls to the desk and over a half hour to stop the noise. We had to get up at 5:30 so we made note of the rooms involved with the noise making and made a point to call each of their rooms while we were getting dressed in the morning. We would let the phone ring until someone answered, hang up and then call back in a few minutes.
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    I don't quite understand why youth athletic teams need to travel. It isn't like the team does a lot of tourist type stuff when they travel. They usally travel to another city, play a number of games, and then travel back home. Can't they play their sport at home?

    I don't understand why people think youth shouldn't vacation. Should everyone have to wait until they are an adult to see the tourist attractions in this country? I guess adults with families are supposed to just stay home until the kids are grown or hire a babysitter while they travel without kids.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian Elfert View Post
    I don't quite understand why youth athletic teams need to travel. It isn't like the team does a lot of tourist type stuff when they travel. They usally travel to another city, play a number of games, and then travel back home. Can't they play their sport at home?

    I don't understand why people think youth shouldn't vacation. Should everyone have to wait until they are an adult to see the tourist attractions in this country? I guess adults with families are supposed to just stay home until the kids are grown or hire a babysitter while they travel without kids.
    It also seems like an opportunity to learn respect for others and how to not be little jerks. That falls to parents and chaperons. I doubt they'll learn it watching teen oriented TV programming.
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    Don't you folks carry earplugs?

    A pair of good foam earplugs cost less than a buck. My wife and I always keep some in our toiletry bags for traveling.
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    I used to travel 6 months out of the year but, fortunately not anymore. I learned early on to make sure my room was not near the stairs, elevator, or ice machine/vending area.

    I kind of got used to not getting much sleep due to noise and being in a different bed. Once I had two rooms near me (one next door and the other across the hall) that were drinking a lot of beer and going from room to room talking and laughing. I stepped out and asked them if they could do one of two things? Either hold it down or give me a beer? No since it starting a problem with drunks. I got the beer.

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