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Inconsiderate hotel guests

28 replies

BG2015 · 12/04/2018 07:51

My DP and I are staying in a bed & breakfast in Windermere. Lovely little place, gorgeous rooms and really friendly owners. There are 8 rooms so small and the hotel is full.

We're here for 3 nights, last night was our second. We turned our TV off at about 10pm and were probably asleep by 10.15pm as we'd been out all day walking and were shattered.

At 12.30 we were both woken up by very loud music/TV coming from the room above, a mans voice could also be heard as he shouted over the music. We both lay there listening and couldn't believe how loud it was.

By 1am we'd had enough. My DP went up and knocked on the door, the music stopped then went on again, he knocked a second time and asked (through the door) to be quiet. They refused to come to the door.

We settled back down thinking fair enough, maybe they've had a drink and were back in from the pub. But no.

They then started walking about and within 10 minutes we could here the rhythmic movement of 2 people having sex. We could also hear them moaning in ecstasy. My DP thought they were faking but I'm not so sure. This went on for another 20 minutes. Then we heard more talking - not quiet, it's 1.30 in the morning talking, but a full blown conversation.

They then had sex again, same moaning and squealing. By now it's 2am. I must have fallen asleep by about 2.30.

I'm all for having a good time, I love a meal and a few drinks and a bit of holiday sex but this isn't a Club 18-30 hotel, i am always very conscious of my behaviour in a small b & b like this. I just can't believe how inconsiderate they were. They have a room above them and to the side so they too must have heard the nights antics.

We can now hear loud snoring!!

OP posts:
ListeningtoBowie · 12/04/2018 07:56

YANBU. How annoying!

Groovee · 12/04/2018 07:58

I would have gone to reception to get them to deal with it.

RandomWordsandaNumber5 · 12/04/2018 08:00

I’d report it to reception and ask for a move to a different room if that’s possible.

hidinginthenightgarden · 12/04/2018 08:01

Go and knock on their door to wake them up. Knock and run a few times over the space of half an hour.
I know I am childish

Fridasfridgefreezer · 12/04/2018 08:01

Def report. Rude twats

Fridasfridgefreezer · 12/04/2018 08:02

And what hiding said. Grin

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BG2015 · 12/04/2018 08:02

It's a very small b & b so no reception and am not sure how we get hold of the owners. We could have telephoned them I suppose. The whole thing was just really awkward.

Things always seem worse in the middle of the night don't they. It will be 'guess the couple' at breakfast - if they even make breakfast!

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Laiste · 12/04/2018 08:03

I'm with you about the music and stomping about. You should have gone to reception and asked them to have a word from around 11pm ish.

The noisy sex - well i'm afraid DH and i have a few drinks whenever we get a rare night in a hotel without the DCs and we probably get noisy.

Laiste · 12/04/2018 08:04

No one to contact during the night? Confused

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BG2015 · 12/04/2018 08:12

We have a phone number for the owner. We honestly thought it would stop sooner than it did. We are going to mention it this morning as don't want the same again tonight.

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Tortadellanonna · 12/04/2018 08:14

This is partly the hotel’s fault for not having better soundproofing. I always travel with earplugs when not staying at home, because people can be selfish in so many different ways!

onalongsabbatical · 12/04/2018 08:23

It's a B&B, not a hotel, right? Do the owners also sleep on the property or nearby? Are they serving breakfast? I'd have a quiet word with them. Bit ridiculous to expect them to be on call 24 hours or to have soundproofing as pps suggested, not at all unreasonable to expect quiet and consideration from fellow guests at a small B&B.

Bowerbird5 · 12/04/2018 08:28

Buy some ear plugs while you are out. I'm going near there at the weekend. Sorry to hear that. Understand when you are tired from walking.
There is a lovely walk from Bowness up the Claife to Sawrey, lunch at Tower Arms, visit Hill Top and return other way. It is easy walk( my five year old did it) but very scenic. Ask tourist info they should have a trail for it as we went with them. Only led walk I have ever been on but it was because she stopped and showed all the places the characters from the books were drawn. DD loved it. Even under the roots of trees and spoke about the mouse hole in Hill Top to which DD shouted " Oh I've seen that I have been to Hill Top lots of times. " to the amusement of the adults, she then went on to tell them where to find it.
If you like Beatrix Potter you can stay in one of her farms. It just has about four rooms, need to share bathroom and very reasonable. Good walking country around it as it is a Hill farm. They farm Herdwicks and you get a cracking breakfast. It is at Chapel Stile, NT property. Mostly walkers stay there.😀 I hope you enjoy the rest of your stay and that the weather picks up.

BreakfastAtSquiffanys · 12/04/2018 08:30

The OP might have slept through the noisy sex upstairs if they hadn't woken her first with blaring TV.
It's quite usual for small places not to have 24 hour reception. There should be some way of contacting staff in case of emergency but not sure if inconsiderate guests count.

Definitely speak to someone thus morning

pictish · 12/04/2018 08:37

Honestly, i think the soundproofing being inadequate is the problem here not what they were doing.
People should be able to talk at a normal conversational volume, shag and watch tv without disturbing the people in the room below. They are normal things to do. What is problematic is that you could hear so much of it.

BitOutOfPractice · 12/04/2018 08:39

I'm confused - is it a hotel or a B&B? If it's a B&B how come there's no staff there?

UserInfinityplus1 · 12/04/2018 08:48

Where are the staff? Anything could happen!

Laiste · 12/04/2018 08:54

It's clearly not ridiculous to expect to be able to contact someone during the night where paying guests are spending the night. The situation the OP found herself in is just one example of why.

What do they call an 'emergency'? Fire and fatality only?

dandelion102017 · 12/04/2018 08:54

Not that this is any excuse- but a lot of the councils use B&Bs as housing when there is a shortage in the area. It may be the case here and is unfortunately affecting the owners business. The person above you may be more inconsiderate as there are always different people in the room below so might not see it as a problem causing noise?

SerenDippitty · 12/04/2018 09:17

If they had the TV on so loud it woke the OP that’s too loud, regardless of soundproofing. And it was so loud the man in th3 room had to shout over it!

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BG2015 · 12/04/2018 09:24

Spoke to one of the staff at breakfast and apparently there were complaints earlier in the week. Thankfully they are going home today. Apparently they are 2 women not a man and woman.

The owner lives here in the bed and breakfast, not sure where though as certainly would have woken him up or rung him if it had continued.

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LagunaBubbles · 12/04/2018 09:24

The owners should be there at breakfast, I would speak to them then.

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BG2015 · 12/04/2018 14:10

Owner caught us as we were heading out. He had already spoken to them once at 11pm (we must have been asleep then) to ask them to turn their music off.

He was extremely apologetic and has offered us a complimentary drink this evening (they have an honesty bar in the small lounge area) and money off our bill. We said we really didn't want any money knocked off but he was really insistent.

It's a lovely B and B and I would certainly stay here again.

As a hotelier you can control so much, decor, food, ambience of a place but the one thing you can't control is the behaviour of your guests.

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Comeymemo · 12/04/2018 15:04

They had sex twice between 1am and 2am?

SoSobored · 12/04/2018 15:10

This happened to me once. They had crazy loud sex about 2am, but I'm sure that my partner and I woke them up doing the same thing at about 7.30am! Grin

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