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Post by epeanymous on Jul 29, 2014 1:26:39 GMT
Assume obviously the hotel shouldn't be like this and likely neither party will stay there again.
Two occupied hotel rooms, one over the other. Lower room has early flight and wants to sleep. Upper room does not have early flight and has arrived at hotel after dinner. It is now 9:00PM. When party in upper room talks at normal volume or walks around hotel floor, it can all be heard loud and clear by room below.
What obligations does the party in the upper room have, and at what time?
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Post by melanell on Jul 29, 2014 1:38:03 GMT
If the folks in the upper room are truly just making typical volume conversation and merely walking about the room, then I don't see that there should be any time limit in which they must stop doing these things.
I would say that as the bothered party, it's up to the people in the lower room to inquire as to whether they can be relocated to a room without overhead "neighbors".
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Post by marianne on Jul 29, 2014 1:42:56 GMT
If the folks in the upper room are truly just making typical volume conversation and merely walking about the room, then I don't see that there should be any time limit in which they must stop doing these things. I would say that as the bothered party, it's up to the people in the lower room to inquire as to whether they can be relocated to a room without overhead "neighbors".  |
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Post by keknj on Jul 29, 2014 1:45:29 GMT
If the folks in the upper room are truly just making typical volume conversation and merely walking about the room, then I don't see that there should be any time limit in which they must stop doing these things. I would say that as the bothered party, it's up to the people in the lower room to inquire as to whether they can be relocated to a room without overhead "neighbors".
What she said. |
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Post by Megan on Jul 29, 2014 1:48:06 GMT
If they're talking in normal volumes, what would one expect them to do? The lower level can ask the front desk to move if another room is available but chances are unless the hotel has a secluded spot they'll hear noises.
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Post by ddly on Jul 29, 2014 1:51:32 GMT
If the folks in the upper room are truly just making typical volume conversation and merely walking about the room, then I don't see that there should be any time limit in which they must stop doing these things. I would say that as the bothered party, it's up to the people in the lower room to inquire as to whether they can be relocated to a room without overhead "neighbors". I agree. Are they aware that they can be heard through the floor? Lisa D. |
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Post by Giraffe on Jul 29, 2014 1:52:48 GMT
I don't think the party in the upper room has any obligations to the people below them, other than to use common courtesy by talking at normal volumes, etc. They can't be expected to not walk around - what if they have to go to the bathroom!  If noise bothers the downstairs people so much, they should've planned ahead and brought ear plugs. |
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Post by gmcwife1 on Jul 29, 2014 1:54:43 GMT
If they're talking in normal volumes, what would one expect them to do? The lower level can ask the front desk to move if another room is available but chances are unless the hotel has a secluded spot they'll hear noises. That's what I'm wondering, if they are talking in normal voices what are they expected to do. |
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Post by AN on Jul 29, 2014 1:57:01 GMT
Upper room should take shoes off. They REALLY can hear walking around in bare or sock feet?
This is bizarre to me, I can't even imagine it to be honest. I feel like the upper room isn't really talking at "normal" inside volume if someone below can hear to the point it is keeping them up.
I guess C. Upstairs should make reasonable accommodations (like taking shoes off), front desk should provide lower room with ear plugs and a wake up call/visit if they don't answer on the call.
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Post by cycworker on Jul 29, 2014 1:59:42 GMT
I was going to say anywhere betweeb 10 pm and midnight, it's reasonable to expect things like keeping the TV or music low. I turn my computer speakers down starting at 10pm, and have them off by midnight. The other, regular noise, that just comes from being awake? I agree with everyone else.
ETA that I agree with AN re: shoes/ear plugs ideas.
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Post by myshelly on Jul 29, 2014 2:01:10 GMT
Neither.
I feel like if you can hear the people above you walking and talking normally, that is a problem with the hotel and its crappy, cheap construction, not a problem with the guests.
Instead of asking normally behaving guests to be quiet you should be asking the hotel to move you to a different/quieter room.
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Post by txdancermom on Jul 29, 2014 2:04:43 GMT
If it is normal noises in what might be considered before normal quiet time (after 10 pm) then the person in the room below needs to be the one to move or get over it.
and yes I have been the one in the downstairs room - the only time I complained was when it got loud after 10 pm
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Post by melanell on Jul 29, 2014 16:41:14 GMT
It seems like something is really wrong if just walking around is being heard below. What if these people will be coming and going later than 9 or 10pm? Plenty of times DH & I get a room and don't show up until after our event or activity is over. it could be 2am. We'd still have to go into the room, get ready for bed, etc. Doing that shouldn't be something that could be heard by people sleeping below us. Something just seems wrong about this. Either the hotel has really poor sound insulation between floors, or upstairs is louder than they think, or downstairs are super-hearers or something. Honestly, with my PF, walking around without shoes would be a problem for me, and I really wouldn't want to use earplugs, either. But then again, I have never experienced this issue in all of the hotels I have ever been in, so I still think this hotel has some poor quality construction happening for this to be such an issue. |
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Post by turangaleela on Jul 29, 2014 17:03:03 GMT
Neither. I feel like if you can hear the people above you walking and talking normally, that is a problem with the hotel and its crappy, cheap construction, not a problem with the guests. Instead of asking normally behaving guests to be quiet you should be asking the hotel to move you to a different/quieter room. This right here. Not that it helps the people downstairs any, of course, but I think that's where the fault lies. |
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Post by mallie on Jul 29, 2014 17:14:46 GMT
Neither. I feel like if you can hear the people above you walking and talking normally, that is a problem with the hotel and its crappy, cheap construction, not a problem with the guests. Instead of asking normally behaving guests to be quiet you should be asking the hotel to move you to a different/quieter room. i agree . Years ago we were in an expensive hotel and had to get up super early to catch a plane. We were talking quietly and the guy next door beat on the wall yelling at us. At that point, take it up with management. Guests should be able to talk without waking up the folks next door. |
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Post by ChicagoKTS on Jul 29, 2014 17:23:19 GMT
Frankly, I expect a certain amount of noise in a hotel. Not wild, crazy party noise especially after a certain time but normal volume conversation and walking around? I don't think those in the upper room have any obligations. I do agree that it must be a poorly constructed facility for noise to travel like that but that's a whole other issue.
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Post by gar on Jul 29, 2014 17:52:18 GMT
Neither. I feel like if you can hear the people above you walking and talking normally, that is a problem with the hotel and its crappy, cheap construction, not a problem with the guests. Instead of asking normally behaving guests to be quiet you should be asking the hotel to move you to a different/quieter room. That. If I'm a guest behaving entirely normal I would not appreciate being asked to whisper or creep about in a room I'm paying to stay in. The hotel needs to sort out the issue. |
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If noise bothers the downstairs people so much, they should've planned ahead and brought ear plugs.
