Please be honest about what you think about this.

If a person reserves a room in a small motel, should the motel owner be antsy after the fact about how late the guest will arrive?

I understand they have to stay up until the guest checks in...but isn't that the nature of the beast? I don't think reserving a room in a small motel means the guest should be expected to arrive at a certain time. And if that is an expectation, it should be spoken upon booking.

I have had issues with this for years. You would be surprised how many motel owners of small properties get all worried about having to stay up late to register guests. Normally when my son races we stay at the track, but a lot of times we get cheap rooms nearby.

So, tonight, I have some lady in Michigan calling me, pissed off. because not only are my boys getting there late, but our friends are too. And I had extended her the courtesy of calling to let her know they would be in after midnight.

Personally, i think they should be happy for the business. Regardless of what time you arrive, you are still paying for the whole night, so whether it is 4pm that you check in or midnight.. you are charged the same!

If a motel person got nasty with me about such things, i would respond, "guess i will be staying at hampton inn then"

wants2laugh wrote:

Personally, i think they should be happy for the business. Regardless of what time you arrive, you are still paying for the whole night, so whether it is 4pm that you check in or midnight.. you are charged the same!

If a motel person got nasty with me about such things, i would respond, "guess i will be staying at hampton inn then"

The thing is, most of these towns do not have "better" options. Even if they did, there is only so much of the mx budget that can go to lodging.

Tonight, they have arrived...my son's text was, "They have showers and air conditioning!" Yep, the bar was set loooowwww.

wants2laugh wrote:

Personally, i think they should be happy for the business. Regardless of what time you arrive, you are still paying for the whole night, so whether it is 4pm that you check in or midnight.. you are charged the same!

If they have a problem they should state, "No check in after 12:00AM (or whatever)" when guests make the reservation.

wants2laugh wrote:

Personally, i think they should be happy for the business. Regardless of what time you arrive, you are still paying for the whole night, so whether it is 4pm that you check in or midnight.. you are charged the same!

If a motel person got nasty with me about such things, i would respond, "guess i will be staying at hampton inn then"

RedBedroom wrote:

Please be honest about what you think about this.

If a person reserves a room in a small motel, should the motel owner be antsy after the fact about how late the guest will arrive?

I understand they have to stay up until the guest checks in...but isn't that the nature of the beast? I don't think reserving a room in a small motel means the guest should be expected to arrive at a certain time. And if that is an expectation, it should be spoken upon booking.

I have had issues with this for years. You would be surprised how many motel owners of small properties get all worried about having to stay up late to register guests. Normally when my son races we stay at the track, but a lot of times we get cheap rooms nearby.

So, tonight, I have some lady in Michigan calling me, pissed off. because not only are my boys getting there late, but our friends are too. And I had extended her the courtesy of calling to let her know they would be in after midnight.

Their problem not yours.

She picked the business she's in & should be well aware of all that goes with it. She actually should be thankful for paying customers, especially in this economy.

We are frequently late-night walk-ins during our road trips, and we haven't had a problem yet. Always, someone sleeps where they can hear the buzzer, and they've come out looking groggy but courteous enough.

I used to frequent one hotel in San Francisco that closed the office at 10 or so, Period. No one there to even answer the phone. But that is known up front, even in their website.

Some motel-owners do switch on their "No Vacancy" signs at night. We've certainly encountered this a few times, even when their lot was anything but full.

I'd say you should be annoyed. Unless they want to officially close their office at night then they should be accommodating, even at their inconvenience. Shit happens at night.

i remember once while driving back from Hershey PA, we hit a terrible rain storm, the kind where i could not see ANYTHING... it was just a sheet of water on my windshield. After waiting under an overpass for awhile, i realized the storm was not passing... so pulled off the first exit that i saw and tried to get a room at the holiday inn convention center in Morgantown PA. The place was booked for a convention (why someone would have a convention there is beyond me!). I was then directed to a rinky dink norman bates type of motel across the street. It had THREE doors, the room front door, the adjoining room door, and a back door! who ever heard of a back door in a motel??? I slept in a king sized bed between my bro and my hubby cause i was terrified Norman was busting thru one of those doors! lol

wants2laugh wrote:

i remember once while driving back from Hershey PA, we hit a terrible rain storm, the kind where i could not see ANYTHING... it was just a sheet of water on my windshield. After waiting under an overpass for awhile, i realized the storm was not passing... so pulled off the first exit that i saw and tried to get a room at the holiday inn convention center in Morgantown PA. The place was booked for a convention (why someone would have a convention there is beyond me!). I was then directed to a rinky dink norman bates type of motel across the street. It had THREE doors, the room front door, the adjoining room door, and a back door! who ever heard of a back door in a motel??? I slept in a king sized bed between my bro and my hubby cause i was terrified Norman was busting thru one of those doors! lol

Freaky!