Hotel reservations depend on timing and communication.

In this story, a hotel front desk clerk had a two-night booking where the guest failed to show up on the first night.

They never called or cancelled their reservation. So she did what she had to do, according to standard procedures.

But when the guest finally arrived on the second night, things quickly became complicated.

Uh oh! “No call, no show” can indeed create a lot more problems than guests realize.

Check out the full details below.

No call/no showed

A guy made a two-night reservation with a third party.

Meaning even if he called, I couldn’t change the reservation.

He didn’t call or show up the first night at all.

I ran audit, and my boss and I discussed the no shows from that night.

This employee didn’t receive any call or confirmation from the guest.

I’m working the next night.

It’s past midnight (but before audit, so still the second day of the reservation), and the guy comes in.

“I have a reservation from yesterday I need to modify.”

He should have done it yesterday. He should have called. I’m sold out tonight.

“But I have a reservation for a room.”

They sold his room because it was a “no call, no show.”

You said nothing, dude. Your room was sold when you didn’t call or didn’t show.

We were really busy that week and couldn’t hold a room for someone we didn’t even know if he was still coming.

Next time, call. I could have checked the room the day before. And then, you would have provided a card for incidentals when you got there.

A new reservation will be needed.

If you needed another day, I couldn’t have changed the reservation anyway. You would have had to try to make a new one for the next day.

I say try because we sold out every day that week.

And one day, we were sold out before the day started.

Yikes! This could’ve easily been avoided with a simple phone call.

OP simply followed standard procedure, so it’s hard to fault her for it.

Showing up after a no-show with no notice rarely works out in your favor.

Let’s see how others reacted to this story on Reddit.

This user shares their personal thoughts.

This person agrees that they need to call and verify.

Here’s a personal experience.

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Another inn owner speaks up.

Short and simple.

In hotels, silence is basically a cancellation you didn’t confirm… unless you prepaid your room.

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