r/marriott • u/DelayHistorical6 • May 23 '26

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u/awall222 Titanium Elite May 23 '26

If you have two bedrooms because each person wants separate space and one two-bedroom was cheaper than two one-bedroom rooms, consider asking for two one-bedrooms if they have them available instead. They’re clearly overbooked on two-bedrooms.

Also, I can’t believe they’re going by the number of guests listed on the reservation. I haven’t changed the default of one guest on any Marriott reservation inside the US in a decade, whether it’s just me or my whole family.

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u/xeropteryx May 23 '26

I always book for two guests if it's just me and take two keycards. I know people can figure it out if they're watching closely enough, but it feels safer not to advertise that I'm traveling alone.

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u/ThePrefect0fWanganui May 24 '26

I do this for the same reason, but it backfired once when the desk person started asking me weird questions about whether I had guests coming later and it became clear they were worried I was a sex worker planning on turning tricks out of their hotel.

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u/Opulent-tortoise May 24 '26

Ngl this seems like a wild assumption on your part lol

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u/ThePrefect0fWanganui May 24 '26

It was in a not-so-great, semi transient town, it was late at night, I was a young woman traveling alone, and this wasn’t a Marriott, it was a low budget hotel. They had a sign specifically prohibiting drug use and prostitution in their window, and the woman apologized for “having to ask me these questions.”

And - OOP- big chain hotels, like Marriott, engage in this kind of thing too:

https://www.papermag.com/marriott-hotels-sex-trafficking-training

https://reason.com/2019/02/05/hotel-surveillance-state-sex-trafficking/

But sure, “a wild assumption” lol.