First, cleaning/housekeeping staff don't care and don't pay attention to you unless you happen to wear a funny costume, look odd or do something stupid to attract attention. Second, you are 1 of N guests in the hotel that day, third, they don't remember you unless you did something to attract attention.
Posted By: hobbyist321
When I'm traveling, I'm never in the hotel during the afternoon, so although I've spent many nights in hotels I don't have much reliable info on when the maid service ends.
If I schedule my appointments 2pm or later, will I have a less than 10% chance of bumping into the cleaning staff? How about 3pm? 4pm? I like to slip away to the appointments during the workday and I'd rather not wait until after work during rush hour.
I have checked into many hotels with provider standing beside me and desk clerk has ever asked me a question as to who sho is? What is my relationship with her? What is she doing with me, etc? Pretty sure, you can figure the response to such a question.
Coomonsense rule is to always act normal with confdence. If you don't have confidence, don't know how to act normal then, there is nothing you or anyone else can do, that will make you comfortable. Stay away from hotels and motels with low occupancy rates. You are only 1 in 300 million in the US, 1 in 1.8 billion in China and 1 in 1.2 billion in India. If you don't bring attention to yourself, no one really gives shit about you generally.
Whos is next asking the same question 1 billion + time?
I just had the third experience during which the provider---who's room is of course next to the elevator---lets me out after the session while she stays back in the room with the "do not disturb sign" remaining on the door. I then find myself surrounded by the whole team of cleaning staff bustling among all the rooms, and around me, while I wait for the elevator. The elevator takes a solid 5 minutes while I stand among all the cleaning staff who probably have figured out the purpose of my visit.
This has happened to me anywhere from 9am to 1pm. I haven't done many afternoon appointments yet, so I am hoping all the TER hotel experts can advise me on good visiting times to avoid the cleaning staff.
I did a search on this forum for this information and could not find anything. I used "cleaning time" as my search words.