[efields]

Hotels do this, and it’s a race to the bottom. The hotel experience has gotten so bad people accept going days without turndown service now.

[version_five]

Would you like to "make a green choice" and have our staff ignore your dying loved one for the day in exchange for a $5 Starbucks gift card?

[quesera]

FWIW, the first thing I do when I arrive at a hotel room is to put the Do Not Disturb sign on the door handle, where it stays for my entire trip.

I have zero desire to have anyone enter my room at any time, for any reason, while I am paying for it.

In some longer stays (4-7+ days), hotel management will actually require housekeeping to enter. Fine, OK, I get it. But I do not wish it.

I don't claim to know how common my preferences are, but it seems likely to me that most guests don't care a super lot about maid service, so it's a natural thing to dial down.

[mym1990]

Or maybe people want to be left alone in the evening?

[sarchertech]

My guess is that don’t actually mean turndown service, but just general housekeeping.

[efields]

Yes.

[throwaway5959]

That’s thankfully turning around. We were just in a hotel for a few days and they offered to turndown our room each night which we declined as we don’t really make a mess and it was only two nights.