Joey, did you ever have a problem with someone who had checked out coming back in later that day? Here we get lots of people checking out in the morning but hanging around the area for the rest of they day...I could definitely see someone coming back to use their bathroom even though they had checked out (yeah, this is my life).
You know our set up, there is a fairly obvious 4 digit code we could give out that I don't think anyone would forget, but would I need to worry about changing it frequently?.
Rupert said:
Joey, did you ever have a problem with someone who had checked out coming back in later that day? Here we get lots of people checking out in the morning but hanging around the area for the rest of they day...I could definitely see someone coming back to use their bathroom even though they had checked out (yeah, this is my life).
You know our set up, there is a fairly obvious 4 digit code we could give out that I don't think anyone would forget, but would I need to worry about changing it frequently?
My answer to that is yes. I've also had guests come back months later and let themselves in. Which only means I should change the code more often.
Our code is 5-6 digits and we change it every 6 months or so. And our guests DO forget (not as smart as Joey's!) so we also provide them with the code on the key chain for their room key. I have tried telling them what the code means so they have a mnemonic, but it doesn't work. They also don't seem to hear that the door is locked ALL the time and they assume it open during the day so leave without the code (and leave their room unlocked).
So, cover all bases with the code. Also, we work around Gomez's inability to memorize. He cannot memorize. Go ahead, ask him sometime what his own daughter's birthdate is.
But, the code has saved us a number of times from having the front door unlocked all night or having door to door salesmen standing in the kitchen eating guest cookies! (Or, having random lookie lous wandering in the guest rooms.)