When traveling alone, it’s always best to keep a watchful eye out for your own safety. Especially if you’re a woman. And it always helps when the hospitality workers around you are willing to keep safety considerations in mind. But according to some travelers, hotel workers can get a little loosey-goosey when it comes to sharing a guest’s personal information.
“I cannot stand… for the front desk clerk at my hotel to say my room number out loud. If they ask for my phone number, I write it down. I do not want anybody hearing anything about me,” read a tweet that has since received more than 20K views.
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Please tell me this isn't just my pet peeve. I cannot stand, if there are men standing around me, for the front desk clerk at my hotel to say my room number out loud. If they ask for my phone number, I write it down. I do not want anybody hearing anything about me. Is it just me?
— NIKKI IRISH: HOUSTON (@Nikki_Irish) September 4, 2023
The traveler’s “pet peeve” was activated when she “was just asked to confirm my telephone number in front of two men.” In several thread comments, she says that the issue has occurred “more times than I care for now so I’ve just started telling people if they need information from me, I will write it down and to please just not say anything personal out loud.”
The poster did not reveal at which hotel this particular incident occurred.
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“You would think it would be kind of intuitive if I’m a woman by myself checking in, but no,” she writes.
She also says that at the end of the day, there’s a certain irony to these occurrences. “(Hotels) have these signs posted everywhere… about trafficking.” she writes, “(and) yet they'll broadcast the info of a woman traveler alone.”
According to one commenter who claims to have worked for a Marriott, verbally revealing any personal information is against the company’s policy. But the original poster says that she’s had these safety measures ignored so often while traveling that she will often make a “preemptive strike” and ask that information be written down before her room number is assigned.
TheStreet has contacted several major hotels to inquire about training policies regarding single traveler safety and personal information. Representatives from Hyatt (H) -), Hilton (HLT) -), Marriott (MAR) -), Ritz-Carlton, Four Seasons, Sheraton, and Radisson have yet to respond to requests for comment.
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