Anyone work in a Premier Inn?

In that case the fire brigade would have to come rescue you anyway? If you’re passed out then it doesn’t matter if you can open the door or not.

You won't be able to unlock the door if you're overcome by smoke inhalation I guess

interesting @saraclara- what kind of emergency are you referring to? If you, the guest, are feared to need emergency assistance then the police will break in. If there is an emergency in the hotel ie a fire, you would unlock the door from the inside and leave the room.

YABU. Your son didn’t wake up = his problem. It’s not the hotel staff’s responsibility to solve this for you and him. Of course it is sensible that they have a policy of not opening locked doors where guests may be sleeping/vulnerable. Your relationship with the guest is not their problem and not a reason to override the policy.

Mumsnet is full of posts about how to secure hotel room doors so that staff members can't get in. People link to devices that you attach, or door wedges, or all manner of things that mean that no-one can get in, whatever keys they might have..

Whenever I see those posts I point out that it could be a bad idea. And when I stay in hotels that have extra bolts and other devices that you can use to latch exclusively from the inside, I don't use them.

The risk of not being roused or rescued in an emergency, bothers me a lot more.

When I use the deadbolt on the inside of a hotel door I expect that to prevent anyone from getting into the room unless I let them in. I would not expect staff to be able to override it.

I would feel very uncomfortable staying in a hotel that didn’t have a deadbolt on my door and would probably buy one of my own travel versions if the room didn’t have one.

This is a safety feature that I expect any hotel I stay in to have. YABU.

This is interesting - we were looking at booking a Premier Inn for DH and myself, as well as my 2 teen DCs (17 and 14). Premier Inn class children as 0-15, so we would have to book a separate room for DD1 - logically, it would be a room for the 2 teens. Or we would have to lie about DD1's age to have a shared room.

As it happens, we will probably book elsewhere..

Wow OP! I can’t believe you think it’s acceptable for staff to have a master key and be able to access rooms! In an emergency, genuine emergency, NOT an 18 year old adult sleeping in, police/fire service would step in. You need to rethink your strategy for your next holiday 🙄

I don’t understand what this has to do with anything? Managers can be rapists, and people can collude to assault.

I stay in premier inns and other budget hotels often for work- as a woman travelling alone the idea that staff could let themselves into my locked room is genuinely terrifying.

I agree. Check your privilege OP

Shouting at him for what?!

Surely he’s not the first person on earth to sleep through door knocking and phone calls.

Not everything is about you and your situation. The poster you responded to used a well known example of why staff shouldn't be able to access hotel rooms with master keys. Wanting to put women at risk of being raped because your son sleeps through alarms is pretty horrific.

Would you want some randomer to be able to unlock your door in the middle of the night while you're sleeping?

When hotel workers can gain access to rooms…

https://news.met.police.uk/news/hotel-worker-guilty-of-string-of-sexual-assaults-486482

@Lulubo1

The hotel I used to work at, the key cards would open a door if it was locked from the inside.

Right, but the whole thread is about the fact that in this particular hotel they do not.

Oh look, another Mumsnet poster who thinks children turn into fully fledged adults at the stroke of midnight on their 18th birthdays. A bit of nuanced thinking wouldn't go amiss. Not everyone has the same level of maturity when they hit 18.

Whenever I stay in a Premier Inn there's normally a mechanical lock you can turn on the inside of the door, which I had assumed prevents the keycard from opening the door. If it does, unfortunately two keycards may not help. If that lock doesn't prevent the door from opening from the outside I am going to be more worried about staying in Premier Inns!

he's 18. AN ADULT. you should have let him miss his flight. he needs to learn the consequences of his actions.

The hotel I used to work at, the key cards would open a door if it was locked from the inside. For that reason I put a chair up against the door when I stay alone anywhere now.

Not the point of the post, but I feel your pain @fizzypop100 when it comes to a teenager who sleeps like the dead. I have one of those and honestly, a brass band could march through the room and he wouldn't stir. I wish he'd been like that as a baby. But no ...😭

”Children aged 16 or 17 years will be permitted to stay in separate room(s) under the responsibility of the parent or guardian and the parent or guardian must also stay in the hotel at all times the children are within the hotel.”

https://www.premierinn.com/gb/en/terms/booking-terms-and-conditions.html

Maybe he was ignoring you as he had decided to stay in the country for longer and was fleeing you? The hotel staff have no idea

The key card does not open the door when it is locked from inside.