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This happen to anyone else? I started in the hotel business at a big franchise hotel, Lets call it shirriatt, a friend referred me. Anyways i lasted 3 months and I will go ahead and explain why it was such a short time. It was October 2022, and it was my first day, I was a front desk agent and also a pt night auditor on weekends. It was merely ...mays85 GM • 9 yr. ago. k. [deleted] • 9 yr. ago. Yes, incidentals are mandatory. When they yell no one else does that they either don't travel much or stay in motels. Pretty much every hotel I've ever worked or stayed at puts a hold for incidentals and it's not optional.Some do: with people you have reason to trust. A friend of a friend, not so much. But the people you have reason to trust usually number about, uh, four, against 7.5 billion others.I check her confirmation. There is the price for the room CHF 290.00 (the same price I have in my system as well) but then also a "Service Fee" of some sorts CHF 110.00. So in total she was charged around CHF 400.00, but all I see in my system are CHF 290.00. So I log into the Spooking.com Extranet and the price for the room is CHF 290.00.This is a tough situation for everyone involved. If staff wants to provide free rooms for guests (homeless or not) they clearly can provide their own card to cover the costs. What they don't get to do is push the costs on the business without the consent of the business. It's a lot easier to say no when you're giving away your own money instead ...

Welcome to the wonderful, wild world of r/TalesFromTheFrontDesk! What was your favorite story out of these?!I'll be entirely honest; I filmed this video a WH...PhantomPhanatic9 • 3 yr. ago. Stayover service for stays shorter than a week is one of the most snobby things, and it shows in a lot of guests. Yes, sometimes housekeeping might miss something and you need to remedy it, but no one really needs their room cleaned and beds made after one night in the room. 8.

I was surprised because I said nobody was in that room and he said "oh yeah I booked online and came in and grabbed a key". "I'm a travel agent and just assumed you could check in on line". I just stood there trying to comprehend the absolute stupidity of this guy. He thought it was an online check in.

You'll get no sympathy from me, Part 2. Part 1 Here. Sally has earned some sympathy. She checks out tomorrow because she doesn't have the money to stay at our hotel any longer. Nobody will rent to her because she has the eviction on her renters history. Plus, she told another hotel employee that she had a roommate who not only stole some of her ...It's NOT no problem. I'm working the desk and a Mom brings her hysterically crying 10-12 year old daughter to the desk. Tell her what you did, she tells her daughter. In between sobs the daughter tells me that she jumped up in the hallway and slapped the exit sign and it fell down. Her mom goes on to tell me that her daughter's going to ...Seeing your name on trip advisor is more rewarding than you'd think it would be. Most large chains offer a sweet employee travel program (for Hilton it's like $40-$50 a night for employees). The cheap room rates actually allow you to travel because you have more spending money. Free food, often.This dude came in and was asking about the rates. I gave them to him, then he was like, "I'm the owner." I was like, "No. No you're not." He proceeded to tell me that the cameras were recording me, as if I can't see the footage in the back. And insisted he was the owner. I told him I know the owner, and it's not him.This woman screeched. I put the extra letters in again to really drive home how hard she rode that word as it escaped her lungs. She did the whole nine too. She straightened her arms out to her sides and leaned into that screech. Now the money is on the floor, I'm standing there in shock, and she takes a few deep breathes before looking at me ...

No. Unfortunately they don't. They feel entitled. Nothing is their fault. And then there are the people who make a profession out of "comp-plaining"... eating an entire meal, and then claiming there was something wrong with it and demanding they get it comped; staying several nights in a perfectly fine room and then inventing reasons why they should get a refund...🤦‍♀️

So I finally have been asked a dumb question. Well the dumbest question so far. Been NA for a few years now. Just moved from a major airport property to small town Texas Smariot. I would of thought working at a property outside of a major international airport. The dumbest of all questions would of been asked while working there.

You'll get no sympathy from me, Part 2. Part 1 Here. Sally has earned some sympathy. She checks out tomorrow because she doesn't have the money to stay at our hotel any longer. Nobody will rent to her because she has the eviction on her renters history. Plus, she told another hotel employee that she had a roommate who not only stole some of her ...Haunted Rooms. Ok, so some context. We get a review a little while ago from an anonymous profile who proceeds to give us a bad review about a haunted room. They go on in the review about how a chair moved on it's own across the room and the shower kept turning on on its own. They also tell about the light flickering throughout the night.But they won't be the idiots railing on a bong and figuring that a towel'd door is good enough to make up for their massive, stinky clouds of smoke. They'll be the ones taking itty bitty hits and blowing them carefully, through a carbon-filter tube, out the window.We started walking down to the room and as we leave the lobby we hear the unmistakable sound of heels on the lobby tile. We turn and see Mr. Businessman walking with overly dressed Hispanic lady, with heels and a short dress. My brother nudges me and whispers, “bro, that’s a hooker”. 6 am rolls around and we see him leave on the camera.227 votes, 46 comments. If there’s anything we can count on in the hotel industry, it’s crackpots who read the cancellation policy and then act like…

Researchers think high blood pressure is the most common cause of a rupture. Higher blood pressure makes blood push harder against blood vessel walls. Situations that can increase blood pressure and lead to a brain aneurysm rupture include: Ongoing stress or a sudden burst of anger or other strong emotion. Pictures. Dear guests, stop taking pictures of the hotels stuff. We are not zoo animals or exhibits for you to take photos to show to your family back home. Today I was in the guest relation department talking with some in house guests. My country is very famous for its ancient history so this is a topic that we discuss with guests all the time.Working at a large, downtown convention property a regular call girl would stroll through the lobby with her rollie bag. She was dressed in a fitted business suit with a short skirt and very high heels. She would wave at the front desk, go upstairs, do whatever and then wave again as she departed. Never caused any problems.Poldaran • 4 days ago. “If they don’t do anything I’m going to go up there myself and bang on the door and tell them to be quiet.”. "Ma'am, if you do that and they complain, it will be YOU that gets kicked out of the hotel. There will be no refunds. Please allow us to handle it." 136. JennFoogle • 4 days ago. Unfortunately for them, the bank had all but told me they'd really not likely be able to get to the bottom of that one as their investigation would require getting security footage of the time stamp of transaction but they couldn't decipher the info regarding where it originated, and they'd already assumed it was the airline ticket fraud thing so figured they already weren't having ...

Yep! When I worked at a big beachside condo in the nineties, we had one clown that would book a room in a fake name, get trashed at the huge nightclub next door, then crawl back and stay in the room he'd rented.Posted by TURRITONUTRICULA. Hurricane coming. Good time to call about those February reservations. Sandbags in place, packing up the usual goodies, and decided I would check voicemails that have come in this morning. 37 voicemails so far. (Our voicemail explains we are closed and evacuating) “Yes, I would like to discuss my reservations for ...

Roughly, 30 minutes later one of the cops returns. Detective has called a second time. Cop goes up and comes down, once again, finding nothing wrong. Things seem to quiet down for a while, but two hours later (roughly 3:45am) a third cop arrives. Detective has called once more, and the cop has heard from his fellow officers of our Detective guest.The ONLY way to get rid of bedbugs is heat. The chemicals don't work. The hotel can buy these machines that heat the room to 120 degrees and it kills all the bedbugs in the walls, light sockets, everywhere.A former coworker did sleep with a guest and was almost fired because he sent up a bottle of wine and comped her room. He was called in for a meeting and quit before he was fired. 2. [deleted] • 8 yr. ago. I had an AFOM at a former property who had several encounters while on duty... and also several others while off.227 votes, 46 comments. If there’s anything we can count on in the hotel industry, it’s crackpots who read the cancellation policy and then act like… Hotel staying expert trying to get free room. This is kind of long and not anything extremely exciting. Something I felt like posting anyways. So for the past two weeks I've been running breakfast and the front desk. Our breakfast lady has gone MIA. Now we don't just have pastries and cereal for breakfast, we have to do a full hot breakfast ...So I finally have been asked a dumb question. Well the dumbest question so far. Been NA for a few years now. Just moved from a major airport property to small town Texas Smariot. I would of thought working at a property outside of a major international airport. The dumbest of all questions would of been asked while working there.

Well, shortly after FOM calls on his day off to tell FDS that we are increasing their nightly rate by $128, nearly double their negotiated rate. The guest happened to be in the lobby and waived FDS over after the call to show her the lovely messages FOM was sending the guest. WELLLLLL apparently FOM borrowed $200 from the guest previously, and ...

Meanwhile the regular and waged front desk and housekeeping staff don't get it guaranteed off. Granted, we get holiday pay, but there is a sad kind of irony in people who are in charge of their eSsENtIaL WoRKeRs getting a day dedicated to laborers to relax while those frontline laborers, the ones who do all the heavy work, don't. 18. camlop ...

The Mister Patel Scam. Well kids, your favorite Second House Suites night auditor made a bit of a goof tonight. Thankfully, not a massive one. So I get a call from a Mr. Patel, who says he is one of the owners and there was an issue with a package coming via FedEx International. Okay.I seriously hate this industry. Where do I even begin. I work full time at the front desk at a certain M brand hotel out of convenience. I live a block away from the hotel I work at, so I save a lot of gas money avoiding having a job I have to drive to, plus I can leave 5 minutes before my shift and clock in still with time to spare.Tall swivel chair behind the front desk, or the big comfy chairs in the lobby. If it's hot and humid I'll take my laptop and the cordless phone into the breakfast room where the AC is better. I'm spoiled here by the lack of work and the subsequent leeway.This story starts off like most others, with me checking in an older "gentleman" with a Santa Claus-like beard, hence his name. We'd had some storms go through, so we had picked up a few extra rooms from stranded travelers from the nearby airport. Santa Prick was one such traveler.How Dare You Not Remember ME! I normally work the PM shift at a 150 room hotel in just outside our downtown area. We average 20-40 check ins a night. One evening a lady, let's call her Joy, arrives to check in. She gives me her name and it's not on the reservation list. I check digital check ins -- not there.Try any beginner video that focus on stretching hips and leg muscles. 30 - 60 minutes, three times a week and my foot pain disappears. When I slack off, the pain slowly comes back. 1. MaidOfClarity • 1 yr. ago. I've had 5 people try to check in during my shift so far, which is only 2 hours done.She asked for pricing and it was about $160 for the night, warm weather and graduations and all. As long as her husband said it was okay they’d take it she said, so she was waiting on him to reply back. Then she said she’d had an issue at the hotel next door and I wanted to know what had happened, I thought she meant she’d had a poor stay.If you book a 100% prepaid non refundable reservation then you get what you paid for. However, if you book a reservation that holds a certain xcl policy say 3 days or 7 days, etc that is different. Yes the hotel will have a regular xcl policy but there are always certain circumstances like 95% of the country is having flt issues or a snow storm ...Tall swivel chair behind the front desk, or the big comfy chairs in the lobby. If it's hot and humid I'll take my laptop and the cordless phone into the breakfast room where the AC is better. I'm spoiled here by the lack of work and the subsequent leeway.Discount rate plus tax came out to about $53 for 2 nights and the valet parking came out to $55 for 2 nights. Hell yeah! One of the hotels I'm staying at while on vacation this week is $66+tax per night for valet. ...self park, off site, is $40 freaking dollars. I worked at a property in DC that was closed for about a year for renovation and a ...

Slept with, no. Gone a date with, yes. It was a fine date but no real spark. However - multiple employees (all female) are currently sleeping with guests at the place I work. We have a construction crew staying with us for 4 months, and the housekeepers are getting it in. AustinBennettWriter • 5 yr. ago.This is definitely something your management needs to look into. If someone is paying for a suite then they should get a suite. Upgrades are only pending availability, not a guarantee. You want a guaranteed suite you book it and pay for it. It sounds like management did a poor job in training those front desk agents.mays85 GM • 9 yr. ago. k. [deleted] • 9 yr. ago. Yes, incidentals are mandatory. When they yell no one else does that they either don't travel much or stay in motels. Pretty much every hotel I've ever worked or stayed at puts a hold for incidentals and it's not optional.Instagram:https://instagram. sport clips haircuts of cheyenne marketplacecarole towne christmas village 2022sun joe spx3000 manualdeli bakery clerk So I work night audit and if you work nights you know how some nights you just get so bored and would wanna do anything to occupy your time so you don’t sleep. Anyways I love having fun so I decided to make the front desk fun for me and my coworkers by creating a front desk game that they can play (they don’t have to) during their day shift ... lexi nelleli'l tank awakens r/TalesFromTheFrontDesk • guest threatens my employee over a billing mistake, returns later to demand a free room and threatens me next r/TalesFromTheFrontDesk • ts ebony vixen Well, shortly after FOM calls on his day off to tell FDS that we are increasing their nightly rate by $128, nearly double their negotiated rate. The guest happened to be in the lobby and waived FDS over after the call to show her the lovely messages FOM was sending the guest. WELLLLLL apparently FOM borrowed $200 from the guest previously, and ...I have a story for you that goes back a couple of decades. This actually puts it back into the early 90's. I received a call from one of our rooms. I was working for R hode I sland by Parriott. The female guest was screaming at me. She said that I purposely am trying to ruin her vacation.r/TalesFromRetail: A place to exchange stories about your daily experiences in brick & mortar retail.