The Truth About Do Not Disturb Signs ⛔ | Hotel Worker Explains
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ธ.ค. 2023
- Do Not Disturb signs DO NOT guarantee complete and utter privacy in a hotel room... But for a very good reason.
I hope you found this video both educational and entertaining! Do you think I did a good job explaining why hotels do not completely honor the DND sign? Have you ever stayed in a hotel that performs daily wellness checks? Please feel free to share your stories!
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As a victim of rape if someone just entered my room if I was sleeping or changing or whatever that would be traumatic. Hotels need to disclose that. That way I know where to stay and not feel violated.
They disclose it in the documents that no one reads.
I understand it can be traumatising, but the other way around people could get seriously hurt if no checks are done...
As a victim of rape why wouldn't you put the lock on from the inside for peace of mind?
@@WellISaidItduh, they're hotel staff of course they have keys for it. 😅
@@HanonxCandyPop duh. They can have all the keys they like they are not getting through the security chain or lock that is engaged from the inside unless they break the door in. By then even if you're deaf you will know something is going on.
Do you feel stupid yet or should I carry on telling you what a tw*t you are? 🤣
@@myra0224 "They disclose it in the documents that no one reads." -- Sometimes I try to imagine each guest reading every line and asking for clarification every once in a while before signing and being allowed to check in. Maybe the complete chaos that would ensue would force hotels to concentrate on the essentials.
This video just makes me never want to stay at a hotel ever again. I am a person with autism and having someone coming in when I had put the "do not disturb" sign up, would have scared me to a complete panic attack. I only use the sign when I'm in my room and don't want to be disturbed, having that violated would just make me feel unsafe. I would much rather do the inspection like you suggested. I have a big issue with people coming into my room, especially when I am asleep, and that is usually when I put up the sign.
If you are in the room, all you need to do is put the safety latch on.
Put a chair under the doorknob.
@dawnmichelle4403 Why would you need to do that when most hotel room doors have a safety latch?
Personally I've never seen this latches but I usually stay in tiny hotels on the country. But if this checks are done to find out about maybe existing illegal activities in there, wouldn't those people use the latch as well and prevent hotel stuff from entering? So which kind if sense does it make then?
@UntotesSchaf Hotel staff can still enter if the latch is on. However, they would need tools to do so. The point of having the latch on, as an average traveler, is to stop anyone from entering the room without waiting for you to let them in, giving you time to get dressed, get off the toilet, or request that they come back later.
Make no mistake! The "Wellness Check" is ONLY to check the "Wellness" of the hotel for the hotel. It has very little to do with guest safety but everything to do with liability and litigation.
Exactly this
i mean cooking zippy no no is both a probablem for the hotel and all the people in it.
Whats zippy no no @@maryguokas8018
Can you blame them ?
@@maryguokas8018 I can't tell if that refers to drugs or bombs? Since you said cooking, drugs make more sense, but how is the phrase "zippy-no-nos" possibly a reference to drugs.
The idea of someone walking in on someone during their intimate time or in the middle of getting dressed, or just getting out of the shower, etc, are all super valid reasons to not like this new rule. Even if I can also understand completely why this would be important for hotels to do. Especially since I was also at a hotel where a guest had died and was not discovered until the next day when they didn't check out. The death was avoidable, and I wondered if someone had done something like a wellness check, if that person would still be alive.
There are a million ways to prevent preventable deaths, mainly in traffic and health policy - violating hotel guest's privacy is not one of them. I do not believe for a moment these checks are done on the off chance to find a guest randomly on the verge of dying.
But done because gun laws aren't enforced or taken seriously enough to fix them. Don't believe for a minute this can't happen ANYWAY, ANYWHERE OR ANYTIME.
And giving employees access without the guest present is asking for disaster.
@@ivveG I think it's more about finding the body before decay sets in. I have had MULTIPLE people pass in my current and previous apartment buildings and not be found until people start complaining about the odor, extra flies, or worse. (Even people whose case managers were supposed to check on them every 72 hours.) This is traumatic even to residents who don't really know the person who passed, and who keep smelling it in the building...
knocking. exists.
@@jeancassup8878 you.... do realize they still clean rooms, right? do you like not know how a hotel works?
A "fun" fact! I was for a long time, a single female and I always traveled with a very large dog. Pet friendly hotels only. Security/protection trained dog and necessary for my job. He was never left in the room. I always told the desk clerk and management when I left and when I returned. The word didn't get passed at change of shift at the desk. I was in the bathroom, heard the door open, a muffled shreak, a low woof and a thud. The new head of housekeeping after opening the door saw Champ and fainted from fear. He was in his sit/stay position in the entryway and never moved. She thought that we were still out and was doing room checks after maid service. I called for help and she came to on her own. She was fine and actually "met " Champ and liked him. My dog was a Irish Wolfhound and I miss him very much. He passed 3 yrs ago.
Okay, Irish Wolfhound explains why she panicked and passed out. If you are not familiar with that breed and walked in on a dog of that size I can imagine that could happen to a lot of people.
@@RiverWoods111I've seen mini horses that are smaller 🤣
Irish Wolfhounds and Scottish deerhounds are beautiful breeds. I saw them at an AKC circuit show and an AKC meet the breed events. I can't remember which owner had five of her dogs with her but they all surrounded her and they were all so friendly. I asked if I could pet one and she said that was fine they were beautiful. At the AKC meet the breed event the other reader had a puppy in the mama and some of the others and they also were super friendly and just so beautiful.
Sorry your protector passed.
I travel with my 200 pound great pyrenees quite often (trained service dog). Though friendly and obviously service trained, she is a protection breed by nature, and we live on a farm and she does work on it when we are home. No one bothers me. Word spreads quickly when I am in a room. Though unless someone posed a threat, she wouldnt harm a fly. More than likely, she wouldnt even bother to get up. ;)
I understand that they can and should come into the room at least once a day regardless of whether I want it cleaned. But here's my problem with this. I had my do not disturb sign on at a hotel in Mexico. The hotel employee just opened the door without knocking. I literally had just come out of the shower and was completely naked and some strange man now is standing there staring at me! I felt so violated. I did go talk to management and let them know what had happened and they said that it was a mistake that the person thought they were reentering a different room bringing something that had been requested by the room next to mine. Three days later it happened again. This time I was dressed. They knocked and then immediately opened the door. No pause in between for me to actually answer. This time I was in the bathroom So I was right next to the door. I realized that there are some problems with trafficking, guns, and other things. But I am sorry there should be a required knocking (More than once) and at least a 15 second pause before letting yourself in to make sure that someone isn't in a state of undress. Nobody has the right to come in and see me naked after my shower. As someone who travels alone pretty frequently this is very disturbing to me.
Use the Safety latch! Only the head of maintenance has a device that can get through it.... which they use if they suspect someone died in the room. And, it's not used often as sometimes it breaks the hardware.
@@InfoSecGuardian I stayed at an older hotel recently. The chain on the door was missing (unscrewed from the door and frame) and there wasn't a deadbolt. I dragged the dresser in front the door while I was in the room (i was on the first floor so i could climb out the window if there was an emergency). I checked in late and was too tired to argue for a new room in the already booked up hotel, but I made sure management got an earful when I checked out. In hindsight I guess a chair under the doorknob would have worked just as well.
You can get very inexpensive wedges and even wedge alarms to put under hte door so it cannot be opened. I bought some 20 years ago and have them in every suitcase. The alarm ones still work just as well as they always have.
@@InfoSecGuardian trust me as long as there's one on the door, I will be double certain to use them in the future. I still think they should be required to knock and wait a few moments first!
@@suestarmom Good idea
I have traveled since I was 8 weeks old. I NEVER have the expectation that I am alone. ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS keep your valuables out of sight when you aren’t in your room and lock every lock on the door when you are in the room. This makes boundaries and privacy still feel intact.
This is why, whenever I’m in the hotel I always use that safety lock that is usually provided by the hotel. I try to remember to bring a spare security lock from home but I haven’t remembered thus far. As a solo female traveler, my worst nightmare is having a stranger (even a hotel employee) just casually walk into my supposedly secure room.
Same! I travel a lot for work by myself. As a solo female traveler, I use a door alarm that I take with me when I travel!
You can buy a decent portable hotel door lock online for less than $20.
Just keep in mind that if the hotel has a legitimate reason to access the room & the lock causes them to have to damage the door to gain entrance, you'll be charged for the damage.
Those locks are good to bring however, as not every hotel has security latches & a hotel employee accidentally entering the wrong room *does* occasionally happen.
As a woman travelling solo, i would NOT appreciate any random 'wellness' check. Plus, if youve just gone off to sleep after a 16-hour flight. Sorry, but Do Not Disturb means that to me.
knocking. exists.
Then don’t go stay in a hotel and instead by a tent and sleep in that outdoors, Karen
@@NaeniaNightingale She is hardly a karen, sounds to me like you are.
Respectfully it’s a matter of safety and the hotel’s necessity to operate safely and ensure the safety of ALL their guests definitely trumps your little piece of plastic on the door and desire to sleep. Like Jessica said, there are multiple ways to ensure it is indeed a wellness check by latching the door shut and calling the front desk.
@@princesstonilol9228 those that willingly give up inherent rights for PERCEIVED safety, deserve neither. Enjoy licking boots princess
When I was in training for the hotel I was hired at, I learned that luxury hotels are huge targets for sex trafficking because of how pretty they are.
Jesus christ...
It’s ok because I can’t afford those anyway 😅
I think you mean that they bring women to luxury hotels because they have lots of lonely men away from home with money to spend. They also have a room and a bed, which makes it easy to have sex.
Are Hotels the Sex Police? Is that really your jobs?
This is also a major problem. There's an app and network that lets you upload photos of your hotel rooms to help authorities locate women. I can't remember the name of the none profit organization unfortunately.
We stayed in a hard rock hotel in Las Vegas in 2013. Hubby and I were cleaning up after a long day of travel and a person unlocked our door (the door security thing didn't work) and walked in. We were both less than pleased and less than dressed. This person stared for a little and backed out. We tried calling the front desk but no one answered. Very unsafe and unsettling feeling. This person was not wearing a hotel uniform either or name badge.
As an owner of a little guest house... it baffles me thinking about hotel staff opening guests rooms with no consent or some previous call.
What about Deaf guests? Many hotels only have one or two ADA kits, and they often do not set the devices up correctly, if at all. We won't hear the knock, and a door being opened on us can be pretty scary!
This is a great question & I hope it gets answered!
This is my concern. My last stay in a hotel they told me that they would be checking, but I was only there long enough to shower and sleep on a road trip.
Very good question!
Still: What does ADA exactly mean, please?
@@UntotesSchafto a US law Americans with Disabilities Act, that requires public businesses to accommodate the disabled.
I'm a hearing, able-bodied man. I would nope the f out if someone came into my room without my consent, no matter the reason! That is a blatant privacy violation, end of discussion.
This makes me feel even more unsafe than I already do at hotels. 😔
Same
It makes my stuff feel unsafe. I don’t even let hotel staff clean the room and when I need towels or something I just call down. I have known too many people getting their luggage rummaged through and stuff stolen even out of the safe for this to make me feel safe. Now I’m going to have deadbolt the lock when I sleep now and stay in the room the whole stay or take everything out of the hotel with me every time I leave. 😵💫🫠
New fear unlocked
No thank you
Airbnb seems better now than yesterday 😐
As much as I hate going through airport checks, I'd take that over "being a nervous wreck over unannounced visitors to my room" any day of the week. Being both autistic, and a sexual assault survivor having the threat of my privacy being invaded is traumatic on 2 fronts. Like this isn't even about the moment "someone enters". Just knowing that someone COULD come and do a "wellness check" at any moment would make me on edge, anxious and probably nauseous for my ENTIRE STAY.
Anyway, thank you for bringing this up! I am gonna invest in some locking mechanisms so that I can keep unwanted visitors out. Deviant Ollam has done a couple of reviews of these kinds of devices, and while most designs seem to completely suck, at least I feel informed enough to identify some that would keep out unwanted visitors. I might even try and create something of my own that works for me.
I am neither autistic, nor do I share your painful experience of assault, but the thought of someone violating my private space is absolutely unacceptable! Hope you're doing ok, fellow Deviant Ollam fan :)
I also feel like the fact that the hotel has a copy of my ID, my credit card on file, and usually my License plate number, means they should trust me enough to not invade my privacy without a valid complaint/concern
but if the room next to me has an accident cooking zippy no no's ...i could be in the hospital or worse.
@@maryguokas8018 So on the off chance that is the case, you're willing to sacrifice your own and every other guest's privacy? Like wtf
Stephen Paddock did too. Didn't stop him from killing 60 people and injuring nearly a thousand (directly or indirectly) people before taking his own life.
Unfortunately for you, the US is more worried about protecting gun owners than travelers so this is what you get.
This makes me want to never stay in a hotel again. If a stranger came into my room I would be pretty shaken up. I dont even usually let family over to my apartment. I hate having my space invaded.
Yes, the hotel owns the property, but if I'm away from home, I want a place to feel safe. I dont know how people can sleep knowing someone can enter at anytime.
Exactly! Also I don't know what messed up laws govern american hotels, but in the EU, if you rent a space, even for a short period like a hotel, it's basically yours for that period of time and your privacy is paramount
Your house can be entered by anyone at any time.
Not legally. And especially not by some random person.
@@eileenmcdonald1599 [In the US] unlike a house or apartment rental, you do not have the same legal privacy rights when staying in a hotel. The hotel has the legal right to enter at any time, but they must announce themselves first.
Obviously it's not great customer service (and makes for bad reviews) if hotel employees were to enter rooms constantly, but sadly enough illegal stuff goes on in hotels that many hotels feel like they need to protect themselves by checking on rooms regularly.
Btw, if housekeeping is allowed to access the room that usually counts as a "wellness check." It's usually only rooms that haven't allowed anyone in to clean for more than 1 day that will get a check (although it varies by hotel).
One thing the Mouse House is awesome about is safety/security. Years ago, we had an incident where a man we didn't know stopped me and my cousins because he had "noticed" we were in a specific suite, and "was curious" what it looked like inside. He didn't get an answer. I went to the concierge, while the dude made a break for the elevators. They put security on alert, sent someone to our room to double check the door lock, windows, etc, change out our keys (just to be safe) and did what they could to find the guy. It was so weird, and so uncomfortable, but the staff was immediately on top of things.
my sister and i had an incident where a guy who my sister was dating was with us (she's not with him anymore) decided to be abusive while we were at our resort. A front desk guy saw this pulled us aside telling us, "You need an escort to your room?" We said we were fine since this guy went to the bar. He then told us, "Hey there is a security button on the room phone if you don't feel safe." We needed that later that night as my sister told him she was breaking up with him. Security escorted him off property and the next moring they called us to make sure we were ok.
I’m sorry that sounds awful whatever happened… I’m glad u were safe. Disney takes safety and magical experiences seriously.
Yeah, that doesn't happen anymore
This might have saved my brother’s life. He called off work not feeling well. He then collapsed in his room while working away from home. He died and was lying on the floor a couple days later when work and my sister in law got concerned.
I hope I never wind up staying at a hotel with this implimented. I have PTSD and extreme anxiety. I had a friend suddenly come over today at my home and pull me out of what I was working on, and it still left me shaking. If I was in a hotel room and that happened? *-shudders-* I can understand why hotels would need to impliment this but I hope they have better ways to update this policy because someone just stepping into my hotel room would be terrifying.
Yes, this is terrifying, and you my fellow being have absolutely no reason to accept it. There are NO valid reasons to implement such privacy violations. There was a shooting in Las Vegas? Solve the gun epidemic. Somebody might be sex trafficing? Let the police take them on the way to or from the hotel. This is beyond 1984, wtf
Well, I would check my belongings everyday at a hotel if I wasn't in the room for a period of time, because that's a great way for thieves to scope out someone's things and able to steal them.
You know, for wellness checks. I just say they have every right not to trust us, because of the world we live in. But we also have every right not to trust them, because of the world we live in.
I would rather going through security check and having my bags scanned every time I enter the hotel, than having hotel staffs randomly walk in my room. Please violet my privacy when I am fully dressed and awake!
I stayed at a hotel like this in Jordan. It is a nice alternative.
I agree with this, especially because I was in a shooting on New years. Luckily, only one person was reported hurt, but it wasn't even a guest who started shooting it was some drunk off the street.
Awww. "Violet your privacy" sounds so ... floral.
Note I said floral, not smart.
If on a ship & something happens. They will search every single cabin on-board for the missing person.
Part of the room check is to confirm the occupants are safe and well, no medical emergencies. Can't do this with incoming bag scanning.
It's appreciated that you communicate the reality of what's going on.
Whether we like it or not, knowing the reality beats the pants off of being caught off guard by the unknown.
This makes me reconsider ever visiting America. I've never heard of this in European hotels, I sincerely hope it doesn't happen here. It freaks me out when I cannot even have privacy in my own room. "9 times of 10, everyone is innocent, but..." is such a weird way of justifying an invasive practice like this. Surely not even in America 1 out of 10 people stay in hotels because they want to harm someone? Of the millions of people who stay in hotels every year, one started shooting people, and instead of doing something about the core issue (we all know what it is), you guys decide you will now have to make every single person unwell with a violating "wellness check" every single day to make sure they are not planning to commit mass murder in the room?
This!
Agreed!
Yes, even in America the 1/10 people do stay in hotels bc they want to harm people. Hotels are popular sex trafficking locations. If you think something doesn't happen in America, it does. I've lived here all 26 years of my life and TRUST ME when I say it happens. Even the worst things you can think of, it happens here. We do need to do something about the core problem but they're more concerned with banning tik Tok.
I refuse to stay in places that do this. I know they reserve the right and had asked at check in to please ensure no disruptions during a set timeframe due to my schedule that week for the trip. She told me she would put a note in my record or whatever but sure enough the very next day a burly security guard lady came knocking on my door sternly telling me she needed to check my room an hour before my dnd hours were about to end. Luckily I was dressed and somewhat ok with letting her in but was furious. She was kind once I let her in and searched my entire suite, calling the desk from my bedroom phone and apologizing but I was so pissed at the blatant disrespect of my wishes. I was a Diamond level member of that hospitality group and have since stopped staying at their properties.
I don't understand why they have to barge right in without knocking even a single time.
@@xuploadsthey don’t… they’ll knock first and announce themselves, just as the person you responded to stated.
I hated that in London. We had just checked in and had horrible jet lag, so we wanted to catch up on our sleep. The next morning, we get a knock on the door. I got up and told maid service that we didn't need the room serviced because we were going to sleep in and not leave the room at all. She was upset. Not even 5 minutes had passed by, when we had her along with the hotel manager, standing at the foot of beds, saying that she had to clean the room. My friend told them, we had gotten in late last night and we just wanted to sleep. They didn't care. They gave us 30 minutes to get ready and leave the room. We left and got back a couple hours later and found that "they" had gone through our stuff and stolen things from us. We called the police and a report was taken. The hotel manager (a suspect) said he'd investigate. This was at a 4 star hotel, in London, summer 2008. We are still waiting to hear back. If I were to be told to leave my room again, I'd insist on not leaving.
This is when you lock everything in the safe or in your suitcase and then stand outside the door with the door open while they do the safety check or clean the room. While you're waiting, you can go online and look for a new hotel and tell them that you will be checking out immediately and why and then put them on blast on Trip Advisor. No reputable hotel comes in while you're in bed and demands you leave to clean.
Can I ask what hotel this was in London?
@@OverbiteGames should have sued the hotel
@@Rheilffordd it was in Russell Square
Having stayed in hotels while working nights it’s incredibly frustrating when you get woken up an hour after going to bed to double check if you want the room cleaned!
I've been to many hotels and when I put the sign they don't enter. And the sign normally says "please clean the room/do not need to clean the room", not necessarily "do not disturb".
Wellness check can be done at the reception, when people enter and leave the hotel, unless people are living several days in the room and don't leave for any reason.
Before retiring, I traveled extensively for work. Except for the rare occasions my husband came with me, I was a woman traveling alone. If staff needed to enter, all I asked is that they give me a moment to get to the door. This was normally done, but one time they knocked and walked in. I was not impressed and complained. I guess the manager took it seriously because the next day I found my car tires flattened. This was a good quality, extended stay hotel.
I no longer felt safe and found a new hotel.
Which hotel was it?
Wow! This gave me chills. Prior to 2020 I used to travel all over on my own (with my little dog in tow). I fortunately never had an experience like this but if I had I would have done the same thing and gotten the heck out of there. So glad you are okay.
@@IntuitiveLibby
😁👍🏻❤️
I was at a hotel and was sitting in the room when house keeping tried to enter the room. I told them I didn’t need any house keeping and they forced their way in anyways and started “cleaning” up my stuff. They took my clothes and tried to walk out with them claiming they were going to wash them. Something I knew the hotel didn’t offer. So I grabbed my stuff from them and told them to get out. From that point I put the chain on and the hotel management called to tell me I wasn’t allowed to stop the house keepers from entering the room even though I caught them lying to me and trying to steal my clothes. So I ended up having to repack my suitcase and lock it in my car every time I left the room for the day.
A couple of years later that hotel was torn down. Yeah, my guy really should have checked the yelp reviews before booking the room.
Don't let your thing in your car unless you ARE in your car.
@@gabrieldee345don5huh
This is why I travel with my own locks for doors. They make some really nice door jamming devices that make it impossible to easily open a door from the outside.
A simple wooden wedge will give you time to prepare for the unwanted room incursion.
My mom used to travel frequently and not all of the hotels she stayed at had chain locks or those door bar locks. She found a wedge (looks like what you'd use to prop a door open) that had an alarm in it. You wedge it under the door from the inside after it's closed. If someone tries to push the door open, the alarm goes off. It wasn't very expensive and used batteries. A simple, but effective way to secure your room a little more when you're in it.
There is no possible way to prevent all bad things from happening and "daily wellness checks" will never help. Matter-of-fact, it could put even more people in danger. Example; the hotel staff. If a Hotel staff member were to walk in on a "transaction between 2 dr-g kingpins, it would be VERY, VERY dangerous. They could be shot, stabbed, kidnapped etc, all because of what they saw.
true. but its the hotel responseability to keep people who stay there plus the people who worker. I work at a hotel. we are trained for this stuff
@@rowdyfan1884 ...what would you do in the situation like the one i mentioned?
@@user-Danswife I can only speak for my hotel but we always have two people to go check. We know the risk at hand.
@@rowdyfan1884 oh, you are armed?
@@user-Danswife no we are not
Those daily checks sounds terrifying for single travelers (especially women), or people who leave their kids in the room for a little bit thinking they’re safe. Do they atleast knock? Man this is why I always have the deadbolt on when i stay in hotels
Yes the staff knocks before entering a room. Unless they know you have checked out of the hotel they will wait until 11:00 the usual check out time. The front desk usually will call after 11 to be sure the guest are not there or planning to stay another night.
Well maybe, but they're still safe!
It is trained security personnel after all.
@@Minecraftrok999 And no "trained security personnel" has ever abused their authority.
@@Minecraftrok999 trained professionals are perfectly capable of abusing people and authority friend. Honestly positions of perceived authority (cops, security, etc) attract exactly the kind of people who shouldn't have it.
yes. they still have common sense and generally do not want to see people naked. apparently one peice of information throws out all common sense though
When I was a child, last century, the cleaning staff came and tidied the room each day. I always assumed someone would be in the room while we were out for the day. The removal of daily cleaning touch ups took me by surprised when it first came out.
I'd honestly prefer the airport TSA scan. That seems like it would actually work better, because you'd be able to see inside of the bags and stuff. As opposed to just a quick look at whatever is out in the room. Search me every time I enter the hotel, but if you knock and then open the door to my hotel room I'm going to be pissed off.
I don't know why you said that like you think it's a worse option or a lesser option. It seems like the majority of people would actually prefer that.
Yeah, I had this happen years ago when I was in Chicago working night shifts. I complained and they comped me the night. This policy is utter BS - I’m working 14 hour long shifts all night and I need to sleep during the day. I told them I’m happy to have them come check in when I’m NOT trying to sleep.
This is why hotels need to be more upfront about this kind of policy. If they told people on checkin, you'd know to arrange a time that doesn't interfere with your daytime sleep.
I see where you’re coming from, but I understand why if on the hotel end, they don’t inform you when they’re checking or change when they’re checking because that gives people doing illegal activities time to hide what they’re doing.
@@djk5v So how would you feel if the hotel said that’s why they’re barging into your room at 3am on the daily? “So sorry, it’s just policy.”
@@1One2Three5Eight13 That’s just the thing; they don’t arrange a time, they just barge in unannounced. On the assumption that every one of their guests sleeps through the night and is up and out of the room by 10am or so. I pointed out there is a REASON the room has blackout curtains.
But yes, eventually they agree they’d be happy to provide service and “check in” at a time that worked for me. I mean, that’s WHY it’s an expensive hotel. I could understand the Motel 6 not being accommodating.
@@djk5v Realistically, if what they're doing is something easy to hide, there's a lot of ways to anticipate when the room checks are happening anyhow. It definitely wouldn't work to schedule a specific time (which would make the "we need to check for damage to the room" story that I've seen for the last 20 years harder to hold up), but having a couple of general windows would probably still work
More loss of freedoms from these events. Notice, every time one happens, a new level of giving up privacy and power becomes required ☹️
What are “these events”? There was no “event” that triggered this common policy change. You surrender your privacy every single time you’re on someone else’s property. The rights of property owners can and should be priority over a visitor. Imagine your rights in your home vs the rights of people visiting your home.
Most of her videos explain one thing - hotels do NOT care about your comfort, just your money.🔥
I travel alone internationally and with my protection dog domestically - I also lived in a hotel for three months while my house was being renovated - the do not disturb sign is both for safety of myself and for the hotel staff. I get wanting to prevent s3x tr@fficking, but there have to be other measures that don’t include (potentially dangerous) breaches of privacy.
I'm surprise not many people are taking into account kids. Yeah, if I'm changing or having fun with my partner and someone comes in it could just be funny, or awkward and annoying. Also I always put the latch on, but from what I know, those latches don't stop all staff members and they're easy to bypass.
But what if you're out as a family and your kid's changing and some adult just barges in after a knock! Even if you're there and they go away the damage has been done, a kid shouldn't have to feel exposed like that.
I would MUCH rather go through TSA, or for this to apply if you haven't seen a guest in days. This "wellness check" is a free pass for robbers and perverts that the hospitality industry is known to hire.
It's kinda messed up when a country would do ANYTHING, even violating basic privacy, anything but regulating guns. I hear your concerns and TSA at hotels is not the answer. The answer is to get to the root cause of the percieved need for such extreme measures. Here, according to Jessica: guns.
Just saying if they don't knock on my door and give me time to answer it rather than just opening it then the manager will get an ear full and I'm not a karen. I don't change in the bathroom. I change in the room where there's room to get dressed and move around. I'm usually by myself or with a friend so we are comfortable. If a random person opens my door unannounced and one of us is nude, then that gives us every right to complain.
I worked in the industry myself and i know all the rules and regulations we had back then. Even if we were doing a wellness check, we had to knock first and announce who we were and give the guest time to answer and open the door. If nothing happened then we were permitted to open the door.
If we just opened anyone's doors unannounced we would be fired
Yeah this scenario legit happened to me in October, but worse- Me and my boyfriend took 2 days away because we weren’t open to many people at this point about the fact we are dating and didn’t wanna sneak around anymore, plus we are 18 and 19, so wanted some privacy and independence. We put the do not disturb sign on the door, locked the door- and were butt ass naked screwing, with the tv playing loudly at 9am- 2 hours before check out; then- no knock- just had someone barge in see us mid way through; and all we got was a “oops sorry”. Kinda ruined our weekend.
This happened to me on my last trip to Mexico. A male hotel worker just let himself write into my room and I was standing there naked post shower trying to get dressed. No knock no nothing. Then he ran off. I went down to the lobby in hysterics, I felt so violated. I'm no Karen but this was so bad. Just a couple days after that at the same hotel a housekeeper let herself in. She did knock but didn't even pause for a moment after knocking before just letting herself in. I was in the bathroom right by the door and was about to answer it and The door just swung open almost hitting me. WTF. I get that there are safety concerns but there's got to be some kind of compromise here
Yeah, so many people in the comments have had experiences with people just walking in without knocking or not waiting for a reply. Which just seems like an excellent way to be attacked.
I am very disturbed by this idea but fortunately would probably only need to consider it if staying at American chain hotels.
If I'm travelling alone it's really important to me that the bedroom/place is a sanctuary of privacy.
I own and sometimes use (in hotels and holiday lets) a portable chain lock for the door and an alarm door wedge which makes a massive racket if it's pressed by the door opening; so that if I'm asleep, changing clothes or in the bathroom I know that someone is trying to open the door.
The idea was recommended by a solo female traveller on social media who had a horrific SA experience in a hotel.
Jessica mentions guests not wanting to do a TSA style check every time they entered the hotel, but that's exactly what every hotel did when we stayed in India. I didn't feel violated or inconvenienced at all because I knew it was for safety.
I would rather deal with that and know that once I get up to my room I'll be secure in my privacy
So what does the hotel do to protect THEIR staff when they surprise a guest who didnt hear the knock? I can imagine a guest rightfully taking extreme measures to protect themselves in such an instance.
Imagine if some random member of staff had walked in on the Las Vegas dude as he was preparing his arsenal. How exactly does that end with the hotel not being (rightfully!) sued into oblivion by that person's grieving family?
Also who is stupid enough to leave weapons just lying around a hotel room?
@@233kostaMaybe staff barges in while the guest is cleaning his primary pistol, his backup pistol, his wife's primary and backup pistols, and both of the vehicle pistols. And perhaps, since range time is planned the next morning, he's cleaning a few rifles and a couple of shotguns, too. Nothing abnormal about such behavior. Certainly no cause for concern.
And, if the employee who barged in receives a grievous injury, the injury is justified, and the hotel should be sued into oblivion, by both the employee (or his estate/family) AND the guest.
@@magnificenthonky I'm assuming these hotels have a no firearms policy. Right or wrong doesn't enter the equation at that point, it's their property. But in the worst case scenario, I just don't see it ending well for anyone involved.
Okay calm down....anyone coming into your room at the very least has a key and is VERY unlikely to be a threat of death or great bodily harm. I mean, I might put my hand on my side arm until I see who comes through the door but there is no need to get all pew pew cra cra.... If someone is that jumpy they should not be armed.
Wow. Discussing this with my husband and we now realize we need to buy one or more security devices to protect ourselves from the potentially bad hotel workers. It's not like hotel workers (looking at you security guards) haven't ended up assaulting and unaliving guests.
Now after seeing that staff thievery is also a problem we'll also be hiding a teeny camera in our room. 🤬
most hotel rooms have a safe where you can store your valuables. the hotel can also easily figure out who entered your room within the timeframe your whatever got stolen. most hotel doors have so many locks including ones staff/security can't open. they'd require maintenance to spend a fair bit of time drilling which isn't going to go unnoticed. also remember that there are tons of other guests in the other rooms on your floor and staff wandering around everywhere all the time. if you scream, someone's going to hear. you also have your room phone and can call security/front desk/911 within seconds. the people who hear you scream also have the same ability.
obviously do whatever you want if it makes you feel safe, but you're really going entirely overboard.
btw, you're WAY too paranoid. I can't think of a single time I've heard of a hotel employee or hotel security guard "unaliving" a hotel guest. have literally no idea where you got that from. also don't know where you're 'now' seeing that staff thievery is a problem anywhere in this video.
people who bring 'multiple security devices' and a hidden camera whenever they stay at a hotel are the kind of people known as crazy people. seriously, nobody does this. you're paranoid and nuts.
You are probably in the hotel industry
@@xyz5765 That's an odd conclusion to jump to - as well as being incorrect - but if that gets you some sort of jollies you do you. LOL
I don't like this practice either, the hotel where I used to be a security guard doesn't do this. I dislike it for the opposite reason though, as a night shift security guard I hated being sexually harassed by guests on a daily basis. I was once forced to watch this exhibitionist couple filming a sextape at our main entrance while we waited for the cops because no matter what we said the dude would just instruct the girl to keep sucking or tell her to switch positions so he can keep fucking her while we are asking him to take it somewhere more private. The girl was barely legal, I'm still traumatized. I wouldn't like having to interrupt people in their room and go through their stuff on a daily basis. I would feel exposed, I'd be afraid of being sexually assaulted or similar and I don't want to police guests for having recreational drugs with them. If the guest was actually planning a massacre, wouldn't I be exposed to them killing me so that they can go through with the shooting later on? I had guests lock themselves naked outside their room and come and find me so that I was forced to accompany them to their room to get their ID and prove they are the guest in that room, I've had to do wellness checks on rooms where another guest reported domestic abuse (most times it was indeed domestic violence and we had to get the police involved but often times it was just a kinky couple/group engaging in roleplay and S&M) I really hated interrupting when that was the case. I'm kinky myself and although I quit my job at the hotel over a year ago I sometimes hook up with a flight attendant at the hotel whenever he lands here and I wouldn't like to be disturbed for a wellness check while bound mid a scene or something, and chances are no security guard wants that either.
I experienced the "wellness" check in Las Vegas. I had been there for a trade show and left the DnD sign on the door mainly because I had catalogs strewn all over the room in various states of perusal. (I didn't want them moved.) The lady who knocked on the door sternly said (in a professional manner) that they NEEDED to check the room because we had the sign on the door for a few days. She just looked around and checked the windows and said some people had been known to plummet. I explained my reasoning and she explained hers. I am a very private person, but I was not offended by her inspection. I saw the reason as it was Vegas and people can lose everything in minutes and fall into great despair. You just supplied other reasons as to why they inspected. I don't have to like it, but I understand it. Thanks for a more thorough explained of the "wellness" check.
I actually love this. In my early 20s, I spent more than 6 years in active addiction and saw a lot of really scary, awful things happen in hotels that maybe wouldn't have happened if daily wellness checks had been happening. I've been sober for more than 3 years now, and from the other side of it I'm extremely grateful for this.
My husband work Security in high end hotels. He was called to do a wellness check more than once on a guest. Unfortunately he would find the guest deceased. He also would notice very well dressed women in the lobby waiting for their "uncle" to get them. He has a ton of stories. It was never a dull moment.
Then he should have brought the guest back to life! As long as he was there
@@turboredcart he has done CPR more than once on different guests. The individual had been deceased for hours. I don't know what made you think he just walked away or did nothing to help.
I understand a call for wellness check and ask if ok to stop by, while I’m there but if someone walks into my room without permission, they will regret it. Not everyone that works for a hotel means “well”. I have heard of staff stealing and harming guests, ESPECIALLY at Disney.
On legal match under the hotel privacy act. It says they can enter your room if they believe you are doing illegal things in there. Otherwise you have your right to privacy. And you can Sue the hotel for unlawful entry.
I recently stayed at an extended stay type hotel. And I had my cat with me. I put the do not disturb sign on the bathroom door so the cat would not escape in case housekeeping came in. of course I let the front desk know that I was doing that each time I left. My cat would try to get out every time I opened up the door when I came back in.
None of those reasons are good enough for someone to let themselves into my hotel room while I'm sleeping. Please tell me which hotels actually respect their guests' privacy so that I know where to stay in the future.
If you don't want that, ask the hotels you want to stay at if they do that. Be aware that they might update this after some time so the first stay might not have it but the second. So always ask. This is in general for anything you find important for your stay.
lmao why are you assuming you'd be sleeping
Legit question, what if the hotel did a wellness check and you were in a state of exposure like changing, being with a partner, stepping out of the bathroom, or you taking a nap and maybe you sleep sans clothing. Wouldn't that put everyone in a difficult position personally, morally, and potentially legally? How is the hotel protecting guests and workers from such a scenario?
I’m guessing they knock before or maybe you can put a safety lock.
My guess is they knock first and don't just barge in, that's just the least of respect
use the security latch. The normal workers cannot get through that door. Head of Maintenance has a tool... but, they typically only use it in case of a suspected death in the room or due to a 911 call from the room.
@@InfoSecGuardian Not always maintenance. I work overnight and use one about once every three months. Kids and intoxicated friends / spouses are the most common reasons. Never had to use one for a medical emergency, thankfully.
It's not! They knock, yell, and walk in within 30 seconds. Big brother and the pervy maintenance guy are watching.
There are devices you can buy that you can put on your hotel room door that make entry near impossible. Sounds as though those that put the do not disturb out on the door need to get one and install it when you do not want a disturbance by a hotel employee opening the door. Of course there are the existing door opening protection devices installed on every hotel room door, but those are easily bypassed. The ones that block the opening entirely can't be removed without fully breaking the door.
In the state I live in, the hotels are now leaving notices in their rooms stating this. Actually, I rather appreciate that they informed me. At check in, if they aren't slammed, they take the time to explain, especially in the big cities.
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Point one, I really love your videos.
I stay in hotels a lot for my work and usually stay in a hotel for weeks.
Once this happend to me at 9am while I just got back from work at 7am.
At 9:10am I went to the front desk with the "Do not disturb" label and just put it on the desk saying "I want a new one, this one isn't working".
The person at the desk was very friendly (as 99.99% of hotel staff is) and tolled me the exact same thing, however they understood the issue I had and said they would do the check at 7pm. I was completely satisfied with that because I wouldn't be home by then. (Yes for people that have to stay in hotels for work, their room is their home.) I love the people that work in hotels and they should get way more credits for their hard work.
What an obnoxious way to tell the front desk you were upset that someone entered your room. Be careful with that kind of approach to complaining; it's exactly the kind of thing staff gossip about in the break room to make sure no one does you any favors during your stay or especially with billing.
@@ccdecker If an attempt at being funny is obnoxious in your world, than your world must be a very very sad place. The young lady behind the desk sure could laugh about it. I'm in the technical part of service, so I know what service personnel have to endure. I am the best guest a hotel can have.
@@dutchglobetrotter4513you're the best guest a hotel can have? Now that's obnoxious. You don't make that decision the staff of the hotel do.
@@WellISaidIt Take it outside, you two.
@@pedsrn2003 no thanks.
Until you're a traveling healthcare worker who works nights. Initially I was not notified of the policy. About 3 weeks in I was called in the room at 3pm (think 3am for a day worker) and had the policy explained to a very grumpy and half asleep me. On leaving for work I checked with the front desk and they confirmed. They also told me if I put my room number on a form they would provide I could opt out. Then repeatedly forgot to give it to Housekeeping. I made signs and put them on my door. I went to the corporate level. The house manager apologized. After all, I had a perfectly legit reason to be there, desk staff would see me each morning as I came in and by then I had been staying there for awhile.
Nope. They took my signs down, they kept waking me and I had tried every way I could think of to be cooperative. The day someone actually came into my room was the final straw.
They lost out on months of guaranteed 3 days per week at weekend rates because of a stupid rule they didn't even consistently follow.
Yeah, I can understand why they would have to conduct such a check, but there should be a way to make sure that it's not in the middle of someone sleeping or something. As in, they should block out entering your room between say 8am and 4 or 5 pm in your case, or between 10 pm and 7 am for people with more normal sleeping hours.
There's No good reason for these kinds of checks. For loud or unusual noises, smells, etc. ok. If the end sign has been up for more than 24hrs straight ok. Otherwise stay the hell out, except for the maids, who are in there almost daily anyway.
@@smonroeh of the listed reasons, medical emergencies and human trafficking don't really make noises
@@XGD5layer I'm sure the housekeepers would notice a dead body, and there would be... other signs for trafficking. I've never worked in the hotel industry, and I've received training to spot signs for both. I didn't hear an excuse for that here.
@@FlanylShirtman Response to a medical emergency should be calling an ambulance, not calling the funeral service lol
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Dude at a casino hotel in my town was caught lugging containers of gasoline up to his room. He tried to spread the fuel and light the room on fire. He was upset that at a previous visit to the casino, he had lost and was told to leave the casino floor for angry behavior.
It happens often in my town that people set up fake money manufacturing in hotel rooms, trying to pass the bills at the casino. Because we aren't a big city they think they can get away with it here. More often people seen spending a lot at the casino are checked on later because they are engaging in "last hoorah" behaviors. Couples seen fighting on the casino floor are checked on because of in room domestic violence. Gamble a bunch of money, get drunk, sometimes doesn't go well later in private.
Not often this gets reported in the news. It's quiet checking. The locals talk though.
yeah, if I'm paying for a private room and someone comes in with no warning, I'm leaving that hotel and never coming back.
If they need to check something they can call the room and request to do a visual check, but just walking in....No.
Thats still a huge privacy breach regardless of how much they "care about my well-being"
Considering that house keeping normally comes into the rooms to clean every few days, I don't think it's that much of a breach of privacy. I've been in many hotels where they make the beds for you every day and take out the trash in your room, so it's not unusual for hotel staff to enter a room during your stay
I asked not to be disturbed...I paid to not be disturbed...what is so difficult about that? You can't justify searching everyone cause someone MAY be breaking the law. Innocent until proven guilty and all that good stuff that ppl seem to have forgot 😔
@@stefanc4520 This is a private business and not law enforcement. If they suspect you of doing something, then it's perfectly within their rights to make sure that no illegal activities are happening within their business.
@@acetrainerarcane1755 there are rights that people have regardless of ownership. You're under the impression that you own the person just cause you put some arbitrary policy in place but unfortunately for you law > policy.
@@stefanc4520 Yeah, and the law dictates that it is private property. The hotel or property owners have rights to that building and every room in it. You don't have all that many rights, you just think you do. You can be removed at any time for any reason. As an example: most hotel registration cards will have some blurb about how they also claim no liability for any items left in the room nor the car parked on their property. So, even if something gets stolen, the hotel isn't responsible. Most rights you are entitled to are in relation to safety and liability.
Our hotel has a policy that a guest's room has to be cleaned every 3-4 days, once a week at the very minimum, which allows us to make sure things are alright in there as well, mostly we get people trying to sneak pets in. Also when a room doesn't get cleaned regularly, there's a lot of funk in the bathroom that builds up, especially in hotels with a lot of hard water.
I clean my own bathroom daily; why wouldn't I want that in a hotel stay? Cleaning once a week just makes a small job bigger.
I can oblige the mandatory cleaning. After a couple of days, I'd want that anyway. Shoot, I'm typically pleased to let housekeeping come in daily. But, I can't abide by mandatory snooping. That's a horse of a different color. Sounds like something from 1984, which was written to be a cautionary tale, not an instruction manual.
Let's face it another reason the hotels came up with this idea of doing these "safety checks" isn't just to make isn't just to make sure that people are alive and well with no medical issues and aren't doing illegal activities, it's also to make sure no one had more people in the room then they have on the registry and to make sure they don't have pets or a higher number of pets then they listed.
I always keep the physical lock on when I'm in my hotel room. I also leave the dnd door hanger on, and let the front desk know that I prefer my room be undisturbed. To manage anxiety, I arrange my belongings and my room to suit my routine. When housekeeping puts everything back and moves my things, it's upsetting. I do rearrange the room to template when I check out, and leave the same tip for housekeeping that I would have for daily service.
Can you imagine getting walked in on while you are getting dressed or undressed. I would be mortified if a random person walks into my hotel room when I was not properly dressed for being in public but I would also be in fear for my Safety at the some time. Personally I think they need to have some limitations on these "wellness checks" because it can cause a person reasonable fear for their Safty to get walked in on like that and everyones reaction to fear is different.
I've done quite a bit of wellness checks in my days, abmnd typically we knock once, announce we're doing a wellness check, and ask if anyone is in the room. We then knock and announce ourselves two more times before entering to ensure enough time has passed.
That's precisely what the safety latch is for.
This is not "perceived as a complete breach of privacy l" it IS a complete breach of privacy. Bad people are everywhere. They are just as likely to be working at the front desk as they are renting a room. Noone will be entering my room while I'm there
If you sign your name on the line for the room, then they can and if you become combative and/or too much of a pain for hotel staff they will likely boot you without a refund or much care, maybe even with a police escort.
@@cherispencer3081it's not criminal to not allow someone in your room. Just buy a door wedge.
'no one will be entering whiel i'm there' It isn't YOUR room, they can and will if you sign the fine print.
@@cherispencer3081 i wouldnt be combative. They would simply just not enter my room. Also, Idk about you, but I've stayed at a lot of hotels recently and I've never had to sign my name.
Finally, the first comment I see that doen't accept this! It's you and me, pal. Everyone else is like "this is terrible, BUT I do understand-" No. There is nothing to understand. This is unacceptable and the reasons for it are bullsh*t.
I would rather the hotels do a TSA check of my bags and give me my privacy once I entered my room. If someone tries to do a check when I have "do not disturb" on my door, I'm going to assume it's an intruder and WILL scream loud and long, and with whatever can be used as a weapon, as if my life is being threatened.
A locked door with "do not disturb" is like wearing clothing. No one has the right to lift up or peek under my clothing (open my room door) with the excuse that they are checking my body (room) "for my own good." I don't care about the reasons and excuses "corporate" gives, ignoring the do not disturb sign is trespassing, invading my right to privacy and a complete threat to my sense of security.
I understand the need for these policies, but I also see the concerns. I've read stories on Disney Facebook groups about security entering rooms while guests are changing clothes, or getting out of the shower, or in the shower so I can understand why guests would be feel strongly about that so I think hotels need to figure out how to balance these. I know at some hotels guest deposit a key at the front desk when leaving for the day, so maybe some kind of system like that or mark in the app if you are leaving, and then check those rooms, then contact the rooms that have people in them.
I can also see why optics are an issue, hotels are telling guests you will only get service every 3 days, but a random security officer will enter your room at a random time daily to search it.
Had a hotel worker walk in on my boyfriend and I during *(naked)extra curricular activities* just a few weeks ago... super awkward and it completely killed the mood, we checked out and left that hotel that day
(They didn't have the inside latch on the door at this hotel)
The inside lock on hotel doors is a joke anyway, the main room key overrides it.
It's not a lock, it's a latch, the kind without a chain.
Now I know why there are so many videos with security tips for hotel rooms.
I wanna get one of those door stop alarms so they 1) can’t fully open the door and 2) it screams if they don’t give me time
Honey, no matter if there was a latch or not. IT IS NOT NORMAL or acceptable for anyone to barge into someones room for any reason. You and your bf did nothing wrong. I hope you got your money back.
Simply disgusting. What if i am naked from the shower, travelling alone? It is so much STRESS you know? I am always putting this sign on my door because I am just afraid if somebody enters room when I am in and do not ready for it. I can change my clothes, I can simply do not wear pants. I want to feel like home. Even if someone is knocking before entering, it is still very stressful. I come to the hotel to relax! And what about general human privacy? What if someone is having s*x at the moment? And what if I am asleep and wake up because of the door noise? Those things do not deserve justification, especially with "very good" 1-from-10000000000 possibility-of-something-bad kind of reason
They can't get in if you deadbolt, right?
Theres always a thief on staff at every hotell in my experience. Its best to not have dairy cleaning done if your staying more than one night or you will find your cash/jewelry missing. Thats why the do not disturb sign was so useful.
The one time I had a wellness check happen to me, security came and knocked on my door and waited for me to answer. Housekeeping had told management that I had my DND sign up for several days and they were worried about me. I actually appreciated the concern.
Probably the most embarassing example of this for myself and the poor hotel staff lady was when she walked into the room while we were full on having sex and neither of us heard her come in, but we sure notced her once she got past the bathroom area. She turned about 500 shades of red and her mouth failed to connect with her brain and she couldn't get out an apology, just random word sounding things. The person I was with and I just busted out laughing and covered up with a sheet. That seemed to help and the lady finally apologized and said something about doing a room check. I still laugh about it to this day.
I'll be horrified
As if they don't know that this is inevitably going to happen. What's the reason for having to barge right in instead of knocking, being able to respond "one minute please!", then waiting an ENTIRE 60 seconds to allow the GUESTS to put on some damn clothes
If it was the girl in the video I would have invited her to join us.
My mom and I were traveling for a convention and the staff was kind enough to let us in way early to sleep because we were exhausted. That was great... until I was woken from a near 'dead sleep' by housekeeping coming in. Despite the do not disturb sign they said they thought no one was in.
Yeah, I arrived in Fayetteville, NC just in time for a young soldier's body found in a hotel room. She was murdered and stuffed in the tub. They filled it with bleach and left. They put a DND tag on the door. Nobody entered her room long enough for the whole floor to stink.
I always bring a privately owned device which blocks the door from the inside. It works very well and keeps the control freaks and the 'housekeeping' yelling Hoover girls outside while enjoying a day off. They can give me a ring if they want something. They don't pay me ... I pay them. Let's never forget this fact.
Surprisingly enough, I’m actually in a hotel watching this right now and they definitely did just bust right in regardless of the sign. Even heard them acknowledge the presence of the sign.
My husband uses the DND sign to prevent his dog from attacking staff while he's not in the room. Entering a room with a DND sign on it without the guest's presence can be dangerous to hotel staff.
I'm fairly certain if a dog attacked a hotel worker, a judge would not be super impressed by the argument of "well, we had a do not disturb sign up!" If you are keeping something dangerous in your room that a hotel worker might encounter within the normal course of their duties, I'm pretty sure you should at least make special arrangements so people know, otherwise you're likely to be held liable for any injuries.
And if you can't be bothered to care about the welfare of the hotel workers or maybe being sued, at the very least think about the welfare of your dog! It could get hurt or killed by the person it attacks or people trying to help them, and if it doesn't, it may still have to be euthanized.
Honestly, if you have a dog that you know is that people-reactive, why on earth would you put it in a situation where it's likely to encounter strangers and be loose to attack them if the door gets opened? Why would you not put the dog in a crate? You are setting your dog up for failure- a failure the dog will suffer for even though it was you that made all the decisions that lead there.
@@andsailedcalmlyon Case law is clear that a dog is not considered "dangerous" and the owner is not liable if it attacks an intruder. If someone broke into my ex-husband's house and his service dog attacks that person - which he will - the intruder cannot sue. When a dog is in a hotel room, the dog will have some confusion about whether this is his "home", even on a temporary basis. I think it would be wise to presume that any given dog might view the hotel room as a temporary "home" - especially if he and his owner slept there the previous night - and may attack someone who is not clearly invited in, i.e. he may think that's an intruder.
My ex-husband does care about hotel staff. That's why he properly - and legally - informs the front desk when he checks in that he has a service dog and the room should not be cleaned. He also puts the do not disturb sign on the door specifically for the protection of hotel staff. He does not leave the dog in the room alone for extended periods. After all, it's a service dog because he needs it. He gets PTSD and it's the dog's job to realize when he's having a flashback and keep people away from him until he comes out of the flashback. But if he wants to use the pool, he can't bring the dog. And if he has family or friends with him, they can watch for flashbacks. He then would leave the dog in the room.
I checked for case law on this. It varies by state. The case law is clear that if someone is a hotel guest for an extended period, they have the same rights as a tenant, but for short-term stays they don't. To determine whether a dog attack inside a hotel guest's room makes the dog "dangerous" and/or the owner liable, the court will look at all facts of the case, such as the reason why the hotel worker entered the room, whether the guest properly informed the hotel that he had a dog, whether he had a DND sign on the door, and whether it would have been reasonable to wait for the hotel guest to return to the room before entering. In other words, it's not so simple and it will depend on all the facts of the case.
If a hotel worker gets bitten by a dog in a guest's room with a DND sign on it and the hotel knew the guest had a dog and sent the hotel worker into the room despite the DND sign, the most likely lawsuit will be the hotel worker suing the hotel.
What dog friendly hotel chain does he stay at that allows him to leave the dog alone in the room? We travel a lot with our dog & they all have the same rules & thats not allowed.
@@dawnp805Personally I often left my dog in the hotel room. At least during breakfast since it is mostly not allowed to bring the dog to breakfast room. Sometimes you just go shortly down to the car to pick up something and you don't want to take the dog with you each step. In those hotels I was staying in, it was allowed. This was all Europe, mostly Germany, sometimes other countries. But usually not in big cities, more the kind of tiny country side hotel.
@@andsailedcalmlyonstay out of my room?
Thanks for explaining this! You did a good job! I am going into the Hospitality industry and your channel helps me understand a lot about hospitality! Thank you for all your content! Keep it up!
I would much rather be scanned through security than have a stranger checking out my (temporary) bedroom.
I guess I’ll need to bring a security camera with me when I stay in a hotel to have a record of who comes in and what they touch in case anything goes missing.
I can see these "wellness checks" putting a damper on a lot of life's customs.
Like buying souvenirs while on vacation...
Honeymoon suites....
The drunk uncle spending the night after a wedding, especially if he met a consenting adult.
Kudos to you for this and your other videos. Making something both informative and entertaining shows your creative skills! Keep up the good work. ✅
I have heard stories of people "unaliving" themselves in the rooms, even at Disney. Plus, as a former medic, the smell of an "unalive" person who sat for a few days is not something you want to experience.
I was wondering how much of a part that plays into it. It was definitely my first thought.
They definitely do. Been in the industry for almost 6 years now. Experienced it personally twice, and most of my coworkers have at least once.
Apparently, the Ritz Hotel London used to have real problems with this. People would end themselves feeling certain that because they were in the Ritz they would be well looked after.
The correct word is "Dead". Unalive is a stupid term.
@@Sith_dude It's used to avoid being flagged by the TH-cam algorithm
"Wellness Check"? I call BS. Police did a wellness check on me once when my phone and internet was out for over a week and no one could get ahold of me for a few days. They asked if I could step out in the hall and if they could see my ID to confirm it was me. Some hotels here have long/extended stay rooms with kitchen facilities and are rented to people for weeks, months, or even years and it is the person's home. Landlords and their agents can not just enter your home with no notice (unless in an emergency) and they can not show up so often that it is invading privacy or being so often that it is a nuisance.
The extended stay places may have different policies for that very reason. Edit: actually, I looked it up, and yep, different regulations apply! There are specific requirements to count as a resident of the hotel rather than a guest- like staying there for a certain number of days, using it as a mailing address... varies by state. So yes, you're right- if you are a tenant at a hotel, you have a lot more rights than you do if you're a guest at that exact same hotel.
@@andsailedcalmlyon I believe for Disney, you are not allowed to stay more than 28 days in a row in any one room for this very reason.
If someone came into my room unannounced and without my permission, they should expect to be treated as I would treat a home invader. In simpler terms, they should expect it to be the last room they enter unannounced. This rule is psychotic, poorly thought out, and so deeply condescending that it makes me never want to stay in a hotel again.
Knowing that a friend dropped dead from an unknown heart condition after taking a shower at 29 years of age, in a hotel, I find this quite comforting. Luckily, his workmate was waiting on him to work, so he didn't lay unnoticed for all that long. It could have been days before anyone found him had he not been staying in that hotel with workmates. (He was a certified diver, and had just completed a recent health check for his employer, which also never pucked up on the heart condition)
By your logic the police should roll up and bust down our doors daily to make sure we're ok. This type of policy is not ok. Benjamin Franklin once said those who would trade freedom for security deserve neither.
If hotel staff disregard my DND sign then everyone from the staff member who bothered me to the desk manager to the GM to the regional manager will have their day ruined too. Goes triple if they had the balls to wake me up. Disturb what little sleep an insomniac gets at your peril.
I have worked in a few different hotels. One of the nicer hotels had a guest pay for a long term stay in cash. Yeah, I know that is a pretty big red flag but management approved it and they had a card on file and paid a cash deposit.
Everything was quiet for about two weeks or so. The guest refused services but changed out their own towels at the desk and bedding once or twice a week.
Nobody however checked the room.
One day the guest used the card on file to buy snacks at our in hotel store. The next day the police came and arrested the guest.
He had several warrents and his credit cards were flagged by law enforcement.
Also he had a propane stove set-up in the bathroom for cooking what Jess has coded in this video as "zippy no nos."
The bathroom was so badly damaged we had to replace the toilet and bathtub. This was after the room was closed off as a crime scene for a little over a week while the police gathered evidence of his activities in the room.
There were some policy changes after that particular event.
Pray tell. What are zippy no-no’s?
@@schrodingerscat4503 I'm pretty sure Jess meant that to mean drugs. That was certainly what the guest in my situation was making.
@@schrodingerscat4503zippy as in substances that make your brain go fast. Speedy even
@@Birdbike719 Ooooh, I thought like zip-lock bags of stuff haha... Either way works.
@@hernameispekka_Rebecca possibly. Got the feeling that guest might have been cooking up party favors. LOL
New fear unlocked now. Guess no more traveling for me. I don’t want someone just to open a room I’m in. I have enough public anxiety.
Yeah, this really is messed up
It's ironic that you said these changes are largely implemented because of what happend at the MGM, and that hotels do these check since they can be liable. It's ironic because one of the first things the MGM did was launch a lawsuit against the victims in order to get an injunction of some sort, to prevent them from suing he MGM for damages... while the victims were still in ICU and the ER. They didn't express condolences or well wishes, they refused to offer to cover any medical expenses from their massacre. Nope, instead, they tried to limit the victims rights before all else.
7 years ago we were told DO NOT knock what so ever on no service rooms, dont even talk outside the door...now our supervisor enters every single room to just check if anything weird is going on, and if she notices your garbage full or all towels used she will tell us to just go in and do ONLY towels and garbage's. Its really nerve racking for housekeepers and feels so wrong.. My supervisor said the change happened when the Las Vegas shooting happened...because that guy was in his room for a week with all those guns and if wellness checks were a thing back then it could have been prevented.
That actually makes perfect sense. My dad was a musician and when he got terminal cancer I traveled with him to help take care of him plus he was a diabetic.
Every day someone would knock on our hotel room, it had 2 beds in it of course, and ask us if we needed extra towels or anything. We did not have a do not disturb sign on the door. The room he got was always included in the job. We really appreciated them coming to ask if we needed anything and making sure we were both okay.❤
Ok, but you chose to NOT have a DND sign.
@@hb4196 we did. It wasn't a problem to have someone knock on the door.
My dad did have a few friends who passed away in hotel rooms and he was afraid of dying alone in a hotel room so he had me travel with him.
I can understand not wanting to be disturbed though. Especially for people like my dad who worked nights and slept during the day.
So if a person has a medical issue, why couldn't they request hotel desk call them, and if they don't answer check on them
I understand the necessity, but after a bad experience at mouse resort in 2009 where all of our souvenirs mysteriously went missing from the room, I've always used DND signs to keep housekeeping out. I can confirm Disney didn't do wellness checks in 2009 or 13, but I haven't been since then. I guess it's time to put a padlock on my suitcase.
A lot of suitcases now have locks on them that are TSA openable. I got a hard one because then it couldn't be cut open with a knife the way a soft one can. I had Christmas gifts stolen out of my luggage at an airport once and have gone with lockable hard shell cases since then.
In Europe, when you check in they warn about leaving things out in the room; basically anything that you don't want stolen (i got reading glasses and an unopened wine bottle stolen off the nightstand once), lock it up in your luggage or in the in-room or front desk safe Employee turnover is high and they can't always get trustworthy, loyal workers. Also, too many staff have access keys and will not always honor the DND. But i still leave the DND out, and I also leave on the TV or radio so if they hear noise in the room it's more of a deterrent to come all the way in if they're not supposed to be there.
I think wellness checks are done by security or higher up staff who are trained well, paid more and are more loyal to their hotel, so they are less likely to steal stuff than housekeeping or valet. They have a lot of rooms to wellness check on top of the rest of their tasks so they probably make their visits quick, no time to go thru my sh.. to find anything worth stealing.
@Kris808 We technically were warned in the paperwork, but I was 14 and traveling on a school trip with other teenagers who didn't have access to that paperwork. Our teachers handled all of that, and we had no storage of any kind other than the hotel room due to traveling in on a rented bus that was returned to the rental company for the duration of our stay and picked up again when we left. I've since stayed in many hotels (in the USA) and the only one I've had a problem with was that trip because of what i learned there. We *did* have our things locked in the (in-room) safe, which is how we know it was an employee who took our stuff, because they had a key, but at a place like that I would imagine you're right. It's a huge resort and employee turnover is probably really high. The employees we talked to basically said what you just did, though, that the resort isn't responsible for belongings that get stolen and that we should have been told that in the beginning to keep our stuff safe. Between the 4 of us in the room, we lost close to a thousand dollars worth of souvenirs.
@@justky2900 its so sad that happens, especially to teenagers, but unfortunately teenagers are easy targets because they are trusting and tend to be inattentive as they are usually not experienced travelers. Sorry it was a hard lesson for the four of you, and has tainted your expectations of a place where you think you'd be safe, such as D.
@@Kris808 I still went back 4 years later (with my family) and had a much better experience. I know it's not something that happens to everybody, but it did teach me a lot.
Really appreciate your videos. Just starting a career in hospitality and learning SO much from these!
So... When we're sleeping, naked, or doing the nasty, someone can just walk into the hotel room, unannounced?? Time to hit Amazon for one of those little security door-locking devices.
I can’t speak officially for other properties, but we must knock three times (announcing ourselves each time and pausing briefly between knocks) to give the guest’s time to answer the door or to request that we not enter. That being said, we don’t do wellness checks, despite being a full service hotel. Regardless, staff members should ALWAYS be knocking and announcing themselves before entering. You can also use the secondary safety latch if it makes you feel safer.
Ummm, LOCK THE DOOR ..
@@boogertater You think staff doesn't have keys?
@@JayeEllisas a housekeeper I do have a key, but if you lock your door it will NOT open ... At least at my hotel.
@@JayeEllisalso if the DND is on the door I walk right by and note it on my board
You just come out of the bathroom wet and stark naked and the door opens and someone from the hotel is in the room... that would be the last time I would stay in that hotel even if it was well-intentioned.
Hear, hear! It was bad enough when you were risking that housekeeping barge in at an inconvenient moment (which is why I'd put up the DND sign). And seriously, who needs housekeeping to come by each day. How much can a sane and rational guest mess up a room in 24 hrs anyway?
@bellarose6013 What good will that do if the staff have a master key? And not all room have deadbolts.
There are devices you can buy to lock the door on the inside.
Honestly how I feel, I didn't know this was policy until I was walked in on butt naked and changing even when my door was locked.
Maybe if it was the norm we'd understand to keep nakedness to the bathroom but no where ever announced these changes so no one is aware of it :/ Lady didn't even explain why she entered just looked around and left silently whilst I stared right at her.
@@danielvanr.8681 All rooms have a safety latch you can put on from inside, and open the door with it still in place. It's not a deadbolt. I've used it.
Honestly this feels the same as justifying sometime in the future if they had CCTVs in rooms cause it feels like the same kind of intrusion.
Thanks for the video, Jessica. This was educational.
I think this isn't a bad idea. I once was sick at a hotel, and asked my friends to make sure they heard from me at least once a day, and gave them the reception number in case they couldn't reach me.
You can make money by revising this video and getting Airbnb to sponsor it. There’s no random door opening at an Airbnb (without a HUGE host screwup) and it’s a big differentiator for lots of innocent folks.
yeah, no, if you're worried about security and privacy airbnb is not an alternative. Google around, lots of hosts have been known to record guests and put it up on porn sites.
@@claytonberg721I own an Airbnb and we would never even dream of doing that. Our property is private and will stay that way.
If they've done a safety check on my family and I, it wasn't obvious. We always use the safety latch. At most, housekeeping has come to the door... but, we've just spoken to them at the door and they did not ask to come in. The room is usually occupied 100% of the time as a member of the family prefers to "stay in" while the rest of us go out. The benefit to the rest of us is that we can leave valuables like computers in the room without worrying about either housekeeping OR front desk erroneously re-keying our room and giving it to another guest while we're still occupants (yes, that happened to us within the last 1 year).