Oh yes, an absolute bugbear of mine.
All of theses recently - a child encouraged to do a loud singing dance with clapping adults outside my door (their room was elsewhere), boys playing football in the corridor (I advised they were allowed to do it at their own room, but not allowed to disturb guests like this in other (my!) areas, loud family with 2 rooms opposite in Premier Inn who were using the corridor till midnight as party central (I had a 3 a.m. alarm for a flight). “Of course we are going to be making a noise” proffered the mother unhelpfully to me…
I have strategies…
Shoes outside the door, and the litter bin (subconscious signal that there are people about and that the room is occupied)
If it’s loud adults calling repeated “goodnight” down the corridor at 1 a.m. - I am up early having fake Kalimera/ buenas dias conversations with the non existent cleaners…and loudly expressing how we were woken by loud noisy people - .it always quietens off totally the next night.
There is never a hotel stay where I don’t have to go out in the corridor - deliberately undressed, naked, but the scantest of towel or sarong just covering the absolute bare essentials….and that alarms people. I do it on purpose - except I did recently get accidentally locked out of my room in that state - to an audience of 4 sniggering adults in the rooms opposite…
Only last week in a european resort with international well behaved respectful, quiet guests….4 Brits being unbearably shouty on the balcony such that the Croatians and other guests in the entire block were badly impacted. My companion asked me if I had access to The Archers theme tune on my ipad and could I play it….Surprised at his strange suggestion, I did. They heard, the sound entirely oit of normal context, became absolutely silent…everything just stopped.
