Hotels and Privacy

No. Like, whether you want housekeeping to have access or not, they need to be able to get access because their job is cleaning rooms. Like, you wanting hotel staff to not have access to your room suggests to me that you just literally don't understand how hotels work. Particularly nowadays when afaik pretty much all hotel room keys are just electronic cards rather than actual metal keys. That's why you use the "do not disturb" sign so they don't actually use that access to go in.

We've just been talking about how I don't really want them to have access to my room and you've said I can already stop them getting in my room with the do not disturb sign. Then when I say them not even having the ability to get in my room at all would be preferable, you can't even understand how that would work or why I would ask for the because they need to be able to get into my room? Well... no they don't need to be able to, for the reasons already given right there. Also, rah has already explained how the electronic key system actually makes the idea more workable not less. I could have the ability to set some electronic "do not disturb" option (either from my room, or via reception or when booking) so that they literally can't get in without some management level override. That would be perfect actually. So it's completely workable, and makes perfect sense. So yeah... I don't believe you really don't understand that.

Also, for someone who's such a big fan of change and who is so anti-status quo, it's rather bizarre that your response to an idea for (as I see it) an improvement is just "well it is the way it is so deal with it". They need access to my room because they need access to my room, regardless of whether or not they're actually going to go in and whether or not I want them to, because reasons. Okay.

You just leave cash out in your room and they pick it up when they come to clean it, it's that simple

How does that work if I have my "do not disturb" sign up permanently? Also this is getting comically bizarre. I'm saying I don't really want people going in my room for various reasons, just one of which is that they could rob me. The "solution" to this is to just let them in my room and leave money out for them? Is that how you'd suggest dealing with burglars too?

Also, can I just reiterate that I just brought this up as a comment in a thread specifically about reducing privacy in hotels. As in... "well while we're on the subject I'd rather have more privacy actually".

Your habit of asking questions that have already been addressed in the post you are quoting while clipping those answers out of the quote is really annoying. Did you know that?

The bit I clipped out was you basically just saying "but you know that rule I just said? Well there's an exception to that". Obviously a big enough exception for you to think it worth writing a paragraph about how to deal with it.
 
I could have the ability to set some electronic "do not disturb" option (either from my room, or via reception or when booking) so that they literally can't get in without some management level override. That would be perfect actually. So it's completely workable, and makes perfect sense. So yeah... I don't believe you really don't understand that.

This is what I'm talking about though. The difference between the "do not disturb" sign and this are not great given that the hotel itself is able to give staff access if there is some actual need (like, if you die in your room or something).

How does that work if I have my "do not disturb" sign up permanently? Also this is getting comically bizarre.

Let me explain. When I go to stay at hotels, which I do frequently for work-related reasons, I leave a "do not disturb" sign on my room when I'm out and about during the day because I don't need my bed made every day and it's pretty inconvenient to get enough small bills to tip housekeeping for four or five days in a row. When it's time to check out, I get up in the morning, pack my bags, and leave a tip on the bedside table in the room, then leave the room with no "do not disturb" sign on it.

Also, can I just reiterate that I just brought this up as a comment in a thread specifically about reducing privacy in hotels. As in... "well while we're on the subject I'd rather have more privacy actually".

I don't know why you keep repeating this. I know what the thread topic is.

I'll conclude by just quoting this for posterity, this is some really weird stuff imo:

So have I actually, but that's not even really the point. They might just want to go in and prance around in my underwear for all I know. Or you know, just be nosey.
 
I mean you'd think that, in a thread specifically about hotel privacy, including advocating for reducing it, a comment basically saying "actually I'd prefer it if privacy/security was actually increased because, after all, I don't really need my room cleaned on a daily basis anyway" would be fairly innocuous. But no, the **** Tag Team™️ have to wade in and turn it into another pitched battle for absolutely no reason whatsover. Well done guys. What an absolutely lovely place you make CFC. What a joy you both are. What a tragic loss to the world it would be if you were both to die under mysterious circumstances any time soon.
 
What a tragic loss to the world it would be if you were both to die under mysterious circumstances any time soon.

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I also put the dnd sign out when I leave the room at night (for the exact reason that tim stated) But it doesn't always work. @tim, yeah funny you should mention, but it was in Vegas and I was the moderator for a tech convention so my schedule was indeed well known. I was in a luxury suite since I was the one that had made the arraignments for the conference so I got all the comp. (back in the days that meant something) They continually flew me out there for free years afterwards until they tore it down (Dunes)

But I do think that there's money to be made here for both side when daily cleaning is not a requirement. Fewer maids would be necessary so savings there, and a slightly reduced rate for guests (and additional piece of mind)

I also tip just at the end of my stay but make sure I put the tip on a sheet of paper that says thanks, so there's no confusion. When I'm overseas or other places where tipping is routine I want to be clear. I had one maid mention that to me in Egypt since they weren't allowed to take any money left in rooms.

And yeah the thread is about hotel privacy so we should lighten up a bit.
 
And I always preferred the general hotel safe (where you would state exactly what you gave them to store) I never really trusted those in the room since I new they could be reset. (but I still used them since I'm not an absolute paranoid.) ;)
 
I liked to use the hotel safe in Vegas when I was laundering money because it gave the impression I was a high roller and I got comp offers for years afterwards because of it.
 
Comp isn't what it used to be. A sorry state of affairs.
I never laundered money, but the conventions I used to organize were worth 25 to 30k way back then.
Good enough for them to send the private jet. And they had a golf course attached. *sigh* It was sad watching the clip of it being torn down.
 
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