Hotel etiquette - has it been forgotten?

We stayed overnight at a Travelodge before an early flight, and had the same experience ordinarygirl in spite of notices asking guests to be considerate.
People just don't seem to "think" any more!

Unfortunately many don't care, and it is me, I and myself and stuff you.

I agree that if people pay for something they expect to be able to be as rude as they like, is so entitled. Air travel is rife with rude entitled passengers is not just hotels, and I imagine the same is true of much of the service industry.
The good thing about PremierInns is that they make a promise of a good nights sleep and you can get a refund if loud noises in the night prevent this from happening, or at least a friend of mine got a full refund after a drunken bunch of women partying in their room all night kept her and her DH awake.
We always kept noise to a minimum and if we put the TV on turned down the volume and didn’t put it on last thing at night or first thing in the morning.

My bug bare. I’ve opened the door before now I politely asked people to be quiet, only after putting up with same two couples talking into the small hours outside our door for a few nights in a row. TBF I never heard them again.
I now ask for a quiet room away from the lifts.

I did once get a refund on a hotel room because it was next to the AC unit and the din it made cutting in and out all night made sleep impossible.

Nowadays, there seem to be so many disturbances in hotels that I think it’s best to be prepared and take ear plugs, annoying as that is.

My is the early leavers who let doors bang, then seem to have a loud conversations in the corridor.

Visgir1

My is the early leavers who let doors bang, then seem to have a loud conversations in the corridor.

This & scraping of furniture from room above 😖

What is the scraping of furniture all about? We once had a room below someone we swore must have been training to be in furniture removals, imho that tends to happen more in hotels abroad with tiled floors, thankfully most floors in hotels over here are carpeted.

Did you phone down to the hotel reception to report it? That's usually the way.

My friend always takes ear plugs. I'd rather know what's going on and be ready to react.

Fallingstar

What is the scraping of furniture all about? We once had a room below someone we swore must have been training to be in furniture removals, imho that tends to happen more in hotels abroad with tiled floors, thankfully most floors in hotels over here are carpeted.

Either checking they haven’t left anything, or the cleaner perhaps FS

hi FALLINGSTAR- the refund is no longer standard policy. In the past we've had refunds ( especially when the bathroom ceiling collapsed on our bed due to faulty plumbing). You will see it that refunds are no longer advertised.

We got a full refund from an Irish hotel because the fire alarm accidentally went off in the middle of the night. We all had to troop out in our jimjams! Not the same thing i know.

We did not phone down as there is no phone in the room any longer - it is expected everyone has a smart phone

We went to Malta many years ago and stayed in a lovely big hotel. It was over Easter which is a big celebration there. A family moved in the room next door. It was horrendous that night. Screaming, shouting and the sound of furniture being smashed up. They were gone the next day. I can't imagine the damage that was done.

Yes, sadly the 'good night's sleep guarantee' is long gone from Premier Inn, more's the pity

Unfortunately it seems that nowadays so many people are ignorant and have no respect for anyone else, whether it is loud conversations in hotel corridors, letting doors slam shut late at night or early mornings, loud televisions or radios at all hours etc etc. I know I am a grumpy old woman, but it seems these sort of people don’t give a about anyone else. Don’t get me started on mobile phones on speakerphone - I don’t want to have to listen to other people’s inane conversations! Grrrrr…….

Most of the Premier Inns we have stayed at have been reasonably quiet but we have had a couple where people were charging about all night. I think it's the luck of the draw and depends n what is happening nearby.

One was a hen party - girls in three rooms all collecting in the room next to ours, drinking and screaming into the small hours. They kept going back and fore between the rooms for some reason and the door closing was noisy.

The other was being used by guests at a big wedding close by and included a number of children. That wasn't quite so noisy or so late but the constant running up and down past the door was annoying.

I don't do hotels very often but have stayed in the Ibis Borehamwood several times over the last few years, both weekends and during the week. I can honestly say that apart from a couple of doors opening or closing along the corridor it has been so quiet. I love staying there because of this.

MartavTaurus

Did you phone down to the hotel reception to report it? That's usually the way.

My friend always takes ear plugs. I'd rather know what's going on and be ready to react.

@#£%&-

In most hotels the reception desk isn't manned during the night. At least I've not seen that for ages.

Sadly, it’s always been a bit like that with the entitled minority who seem to believe the world exists around themselves and their (ghastly) children.

Most of us brought/bring up our children to be well mannered and considerate.

I still think the majority of families do this still, sadly, the ignorant and the rude tend to be the loudest!!

Is the answer to use more "upmarket" hotels?

I admit we always ask for a quiet room. There's always a few it seems yo me.

DH always asked for a room away from the lifts and the ice machines, seemed to work.
My worst experience in a 5 star NY hotel was a couple of American men with very loud voices talking loudly outside my room at around 5am, I had only landed just after midnight and was desperately tired I got out of bed opened the door and shouted at them, they just stared at me and walked on, I must have looked a fright but I didn't care.
When I checked out of the same hotel, a porter collected the luggage and I left the room a few minutes after him. I found my jacket which had been hanging on the luggage trolley on the floor in the corridor! Didn't stay there again.

Wherever and whenever possible we opt for smaller boutique hotels, never had a noise problem like some explained on here.

Nanny27

Yes, sadly the 'good night's sleep guarantee' is long gone from Premier Inn, more's the pity

No, they still have this.