Nudging Hotel Guests Towards Restful Sleep

May 15th, 2013

I stay at way too many hotels, and I have had too many restless nights due to noisy neighbors. Calls to the front desk seldom resolve the issue, so i have taken to travelling with a pair of ear plugs. They are dirt cheap, but can make a hotel stay priceless. Recently, I have started to see hotels offer ear plugs right in the room

At the Marriott Courtyard in New Haven, a card next to the ear plugs was very direct in its message.

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These cheap ear plugs can probably resolve many noise complaints without the hotel having to do anything. Ear plugs are far more effective than a manager pounding on someone’s door at 2 in the morning.

Just don’t sleep through your alarm clock with the earlplugs in–it happens. I’ve found a vibrating ring tone on the nightstand is more discernible .