Hotel fire alarm

[Anonymous]

Staying in a chain hotel on business for a week. For the third time in 6 nights, the fire alarm has gone off between 3-5 am. On a scale of 1-10, how upset would you be? Hotel has offered no explanation.

[Anonymous]

10, it would ruin my trip because I could not fall back asleep. Not acceptable at ALL.

[Anonymous]

Once would be ok. Three times in six nights? Absolutely livid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:10, it would ruin my trip because I could not fall back asleep. Not acceptable at ALL.

+1

Only a 12, not a 10.

[Anonymous]

Name the hotel please so that none of us ever have to stay there

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Name the hotel please so that none of us ever have to stay there

Fire alarms can happy anywhere. I’ve had it at five star hotels and budget highway chains.

[Anonymous]

Ask the hotel for compensation... 3 times is unacceptable

[Anonymous]

Hotels are never required to give compensation for fire alarms as it is a safety issue.

[Anonymous]

Change hotels. I suggest a Marriott or Ritz.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hotels are never required to give compensation for fire alarms as it is a safety issue.

But I am sure they could if they wanted to make customers happy!

[Anonymous]

This happened to be at a large, 4* luxury chain in the Caribbean a few years back. The hotel comped my night and gave us substantial amount of points in addition. The fire alarm would go off every 30 minutes from about midnight to 6am.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hotels are never required to give compensation for fire alarms as it is a safety issue.

Having it go off so often for no reason people are going to disregard it? That is a safety issue.

[Anonymous]

This has been happening more and more when I travel. Many times the reason is that someone is vaping in their room. People think that vaping is not the same as smoking so they don't go outside. And then we get fire alarms in the middle of the night.

Hotels need to make it clear that vaping is not allowed indoors (rooms need to be non smoking and non vaping). And have some sort of penalty for breaking it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This has been happening more and more when I travel. Many times the reason is that someone is vaping in their room. People think that vaping is not the same as smoking so they don't go outside. And then we get fire alarms in the middle of the night.

Hotels need to make it clear that vaping is not allowed indoors (rooms need to be non smoking and non vaping). And have some sort of penalty for breaking it.

Interesting. There must have been a large change in alarm detectors at hotels from ionization to photo electric?

[Anonymous]

Why? Youth Sports clubs staying for a tournament and kids keep pulling it? Yes, they should offer you compensation (this actually happened to me). Electrical issues that they are unsuccessfully trying to fix? Yes they should offer you compensation. Actual smokey situations that could have been a fire - no, they don't owe you anything