2. Leaving Room Service Trays in the Hallway
After finishing a late-night club sandwich or a heavy breakfast in bed, carrying your heavy metal tray out to the hallway feels like the standard procedure. However, abandoning your dirty dishes outside your hotel room door creates a severe tripping hazard, invites pests, and leaves the entire corridor smelling like stale ketchup and cold coffee.
Hallways in commercial hotels serve as vital, heavily trafficked fire exit routes; obstructing these narrow pathways with leftover food trays and fragile glassware poses a genuine safety risk to both staff and fellow guests.
Rather than leaving your dirty dishes for an unsuspecting guest to trip over, simply call the room service department or the front desk to notify them that your tray is ready for pickup. If you need the clutter out of your immediate living space, neatly stack the plates and cover them on a sturdy desk or table inside your room until a staff member arrives to collect them.
Keeping the hallway clear maintains the aesthetic appeal of the hotel and prevents unnecessary accidents.
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Thank you for the helpful information about proper room etiquette when staying at a hotel/motel.
I worked as a housekeeper. I strip the beds as a guest putting pillow cases in a pile, fitted sheets in a pile, sheets in a pile and duvets. I do this because I worked with a woman who just kept all that on if it looked “clean enough”. N I loved when people did it for me. And I wipe ALL mine and my families hair out off the bathtub. Cause that was the worst
I don’t want to sleep on used sheets that someone else left body waste on
Touché
Don’t forget a tip
Be honest… they don’t want the beds stripped because they don’t always replace the sheets and definitely don’t replace the duvet covers!
That’s what I thought. So I just pile them neatly -easy to see there are no remotes, etc in the pile.
Exactly!!!
I was a hotel housekeeper while in college. So, I do follow these rules. Yes, they are helpful reminders to treat hotel staff with respect.
Great information
All good points, but I also suggest stopping by the front desk (or calling right before you depart) and telling the staff that you’ve actually left – especially if it’s very early in the morning. That way the housekeeping staff can get an earlier start on that room. Several desk clerks have said they appreciate the courtesy
After reading all the 10 Things Hotel Staff Hate I can only imagine how frustrating the staff would be since all the things are what COMMON SENCE should show in this article. I have never done any of those things and can’t imagine that there are people who would not respect some ones property. I believe most of the things is how people were raised poor parenting!