Originally Posted by
Dan Druff
The Rio-employees-busting-through-the-DnD sign is an ongoing hassle for me, and one I deal with every time I stay there.
I was exaggerating about the 4 phone calls. In reality, I made this request at check-in, and then called it in again to verify (and of course, the check-in request had fallen off) yesterday. After spending some time on the phone with them, they guaranteed me that nobody would be entering my room. This was BEFORE Day 2 of the Main.
On the way to the Main today, I saw the maid in the hallway. I reminded her that I didn't want any service. She agreed.
When I came up there during the first break (mainly because the bathrooms were jammed), the maid and some maintenance dude had just entered the room. I asked, "What happened to not entering?", and the maid was really apologetic.
"My supervisor... he made me... he made me. I tell him what you say, he make me come in anyway!"
I believed her.
Anyway, I had enough at this point. I deal with this every time I stay there for more than 3 days. They have an obsession with entering the room and busting through the DnD sign. No matter what I do or say, it always happens. I was just sick of it, and I hit my breaking point when I saw it happen yet again. Hotels need to respect guests' privacy. The Rio is the absolute worst with this. Oddly, Caesar's does NOT have this problem.
Since I had 90 minutes for dinner (which was much more than I needed, since I just grabbed some take-out from the American Bar and Grill), I said "fuck it", checked out, and went elsewhere.