Hotel Etiquette

Matty36

No idea where to post this so feel free to move it. And it's probably a ridiculous question but here goes...

So I am having a new boiler, new radiators, new piping, the lot fitted in a few weeks which they say will take a few days to complete.

As I work a night shift and cannot get time off work, I obviously cannot go 3 days without any sleep as it will be incredibly noisy and they need access to all the rooms. So I was thinking of staying in a hotel for a few days. (Family/friends not an option due to lack of space) However, its a very long time since I stayed in one and not faced this situation before.

Is it generally ok to use a hotel just to sleep during the day and not be there throughout the night? Something like
sleeping between 8am- 4pm. Do I need to inform them of this so I am not disturbed during the day? As I guess they want to change the sheets each morning, which would be a pain as I will want to sleep. Its only a few days so I can ask them not to bother changing them?

Or do rooms have to be empty at certain times throughout the day? Or does none of this matter and I can do what I want?

thriftylass

No it should be no problem to sleep there during the day. Also every room has a small sign that you can hang outside your door "do not disturb". So they won't be coming in to change beds or towels. If you're booked in for 3 days they probably wouldn't change the bedding or towels anyway unless you want to.

MovingForwards

You could always look at booking an Airbnb for the few days, means you potentially have a flat or studio, can come and go as you please, won't have to concern yourself with getting woken up to have the room given a vacuum and can cook; will probably be the same/cheaper than a hotel but more comfortable.

iammumtoone

You can use the room in the daytime as you please as long as you are booked in for the night before and after that day.


You may find it difficult to sleep during the day in a hotel though as there will be lots of coming and going of staff and guests. Maybe mention your intentions when you book and ask them to place you in an end room to try to minimise disturbance.

comeandgo

I have stayed in plenty hotels where there are night workers staying, and some hotels even serve them breakfast early evening. Tell the hotel you are a night worker and would prefer a room in a quiet area of the hotel, ask if you could get breakfast at whatever time. You are paying them, hopefully they will be obliging to you.

Nile

When I stay in a Premier Inn room for 2 nights, I always put the 'Do not clean my room' sign on the door. It means reusing the towels and your bed won't be made but the bonus is you won't be disturbed.

I take a small roll of sellotape with me, to tape the sign onto the door handle so it doesn't fall off.

I ask at reception for an extra bath towel, so I have a spare towel when the other is damp.

I agree with others, definitely ask for a room at the end of a corridor so you have fewer neighbours. It's also better to have a top floor room so you won't have noise from guests footsteps above your head.

When you speak to the reception staff (to mention that you'll be sleeping during the day), ask them if they can avoid allocating the next door room to a young family with (potentially noisy) children.

My other tip is to take ear plugs, so you're not disturbed by other guests or the staff cleaning neighbouring rooms. The blackout curtains in Premier Inn will ensure your room enough is dark to sleep during the daylight hours.

Best of luck with your central heating work.

Regards

Nile

Matty36

Thanks for all the advice guys. Looked on airbnb but not too many available. Will look again closer to the date.

@Nile do hotels have "Don not clean my room" signs, or did u mean write it on a bit of paper and stick it on the door lol

ShandyAndy_2

Matty36 wrote: »

Thanks for all the advice guys. Looked on airbnb but not too many available. Will look again closer to the date.

@Nile do hotels have "Don not clean my room" signs, or did u mean write it on a bit of paper and stick it on the door lol

They have the signs in the hotel room for hanging on the door handle

Peter999_2

I'm staying in a hotel at the moment with my wife and daughter.


I had to work today so VPN'd to my work from the hotel room and stayed in the room working from 7am to 5pm. As everyone has said, I just hung the "40 winks" sign outside my door and haven't been disturbed all day (well apart from the young children playing in the corridor but I do like to hear kids enjoying themselves).

Matty36

When's the best time to book a room? Are they always cheaper closer to the day? Like when using Trivago, if i booked a room to stay in today, it would be twice the price if i booked it 2 weeks in advance

p00hsticks

Matty36 wrote: »

When's the best time to book a room? Are they always cheaper closer to the day? Like when using Trivago, if i booked a room to stay in today, it would be twice the price if i booked it 2 weeks in advance

It very much depends - there's no hard and fast rules.

Many hotel chains these days have 'dynamic pricing', so the price rises or falls depending on how many rooms have been booked for a particular night - if it;s getting a lot of bookings the price rises, if not it falls.

Travelodge and Premier Inn have cheaper non-refundable 'saver rates'. I'm not sure about Premier Inn ,but I think Travelodge saver rates are available up to a year in advance until two weeks prior to the date of stay.