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lol. I'm just picturing the GM of some hole in the wall on the side of a highway with a tall sign advertising rooms for $39.99 reading this and bubbling over with a smug sense of pride. Practically running over to their only front desk computer to open that saucy file. 8 days ago.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…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 ...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 ...At my hotel nobody can be given access to a room in someone else's name. Most hotels will have a similar policy and require a credit card and photo ID matching the name on the reservation in order to check in. An easy solution would be to call ahead and add their name to the reservation. Rothriel • 8 yr. ago.Im NEW!!! First post about my new property. I now work for a botique luxury beachfront hotel and I could not be happier with my new position. Managers who are present and willing to help, each department is staffed and have their respective duties, and people enjoy working for the company. Anyways, we are in our slow period and are about to hit ...There are all kinds of scams. -Mr Patel, I'm the owner. -Call claiming to be IT, download this program to the computer so they can access the computer for whatever issue. Do not download the program. The cc scam you experienced, there is also one in which they will ask for a "common last name" to be transferred. 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.Entitled bridezilla gets kicked out the day before her wedding. A few notes before I begin the story. This occured almost a year ago near the beginning of the pandemic at a large resort hotel/casino with many amenities and services, including multiple wedding chapels. My mom has worked there since it opened, and this story happened to her.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… Similar story, but far more embarrassing. Hubby and I booked a weekend getaway across the state. When we got to the room we only had one thing on our minds which involved a lot less clothing than we had on at checkin.The bill mentions that California law specifically forbids fraudulently calling a critter a service animal. CAPC §365.7. $1000 fine, six months in jail. Granted, the law is mostly for people trying to sell fake service dogs, but it's not saying that it's not about people trying to bring pets where they shouldn't...***Scammers try to use hotels as money laundering / transport hubs!Tales From The Front Desk - Get a job!#maliciouscompliance #unclereddit #funnyredditstorie...Hello to all my fellow front desk people! I am finally telling my own crazy story here after a couple months of night audit. I work audit for a 150 room property and we happened to be completely sold out for (mostly) a Morgan Wallen concert in town. It was probably the busiest shift I have had so far. I didn't really get a break from people either buying things from our market, requesting ...For the Loki fans, he got salmon sushi tonight, and has been purring like a tiny black furry train. A few weeks ago I had mentioned that my property had a wild watermelon vine growing in one of the flower beds. Well, what I didn't know was that there were two melons on the vine and we did in fact have one of them stolen at the time that I did ...r/Talesfromthefrontdesk What happens when you tell a spoiled adult customer that she can't listen to loud music in the hotel lobby? She calls her mommy on yo... At my hotel nobody can be given access to a room in someone else's name. Most hotels will have a similar policy and require a credit card and photo ID matching the name on the reservation in order to check in. An easy solution would be to call ahead and add their name to the reservation. Rothriel • 8 yr. ago.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.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. 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.Go to TalesFromTheFrontDesk. MaidOfClarity. IAfter investigating and finding out that the room is fine And he hangs up. If I could tell them I don't care if you're the president of the freaking United States. I am not making an exception for you that could cost me my job. YOUR STATUS ISN'T WORTH MY JOB AND YOU'RE A MISERABLE COW FOR THINKING WE SHOULD BREAK LAWS FOR YOU. 341.In order to meet your posting guidelines, I'm going to share a story from the land use front desk. 😉 (I'm remembering this from a few years ago, so forgive me for paraphrasing the events.) Shortly before closing (of course), a woman rode up on a bicycle, came into our local government office and got in line with the last-minute crowd. As I'm ... 3.2K votes, 152 comments. As the title says I just denied a roo One has to wonder if these front desk agents are the biggest heroes of all these days… especially if you look at this collection of tales from the front desk. Keep scrolling below for these five epic stories of noisy guests, rude Karens, and troublesome OTAs. For more stories like this, here's one about a local Karen and Kevin at a motel.It’s a fun one! 😈 #skit #hotel #talesfromthefrontdesk. 1.3M. Follower story! 🪰 Sometimes you just have to roll with it… #skit #hotel #talesfromthefrontdesk. 927.9K. Follower story! This story was too hilarious to not make into a video. 😂 … We have a small entrance room with two w

1.My General Manager didn't talk to me at all once I announced that I am leaving the hotel to head my career into Sales. He gets really personal and salty once people starts leaving his property and blacklist anyone who does. I knew it was going to happen to me too since I knew that he did it to everyone who left.Aye hotel I am at bent policy for a week for the red cross on a dozen rooms. We got the proper forms after a while, red cross tends to send volunteers with really no power and we have to go through corporate dodging to get forms for them.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 ...***Scammers try to use hotels as money laundering / transport hubs!Tales From The Front Desk - Get a job!#maliciouscompliance #unclereddit #funnyredditstorie...There are all kinds of scams. -Mr Patel, I'm the owner. -Call claiming to be IT, download this program to the computer so they can access the computer for whatever issue. Do not download the program. The cc scam you experienced, there is also one in which they will ask for a "common last name" to be transferred.

Not only did FD checked him in, this guy called several other couples in to rent on the SAME CARD. When Visa called to say it was fraud, it was to the tune of 7 grand. The police were called, in the end, the only thing the guy got arrested for was for domestic violence for beating his girlfriend. 7.Feb 20, 2022 · Tales From The Front Desk Private group · 40 members Join group About Discussion More About Discussion About this group Guests… reservations… requests… Share your front desk stories! This group is for sharing, venting, laughing, networking and navigating the world of hospitality. Private Only members can see who's in the group and what they post. If you went to University and are wondering where your tuition money went…. So I’m one of the concierges at a very high level hotel in a major east coast U.S. city. We’re talking 400+ a night even on the slower weeks. Like anyone working the desk at a high end place I have tons of stories about the ballers, frauds, and wannabes that ...…

Reader Q&A - also see RECOMMENDED ARTICLES & FAQs. Thoughts from the Front Desk. I'm on Da. Possible cause: Discount rate plus tax came out to about $53 for 2 nights and the valet parking.