Ever work as a Front Desk Agent, or Night Auditor in a hotel?

Question

What was it like?

Answer 1

I've worked in Hotels for many years. I started in Housekeeping, Then Front Desk, Then Auditor, and then Management.. It is very cool you get to meet people from all over and if you get into a Prestigious place then maybe even famous people but I had A lot of good times... Problem for me is that its another one of those jobs that never closes 24/7-365 and I even worked the night shift during Detroits 2 day brown out... That was wild.... I had to knock on every ones door for wake up calls and of course we had a full house but definitely fun and interesting!!!! good luck

Answer 2

I worked as both in a major hotel chain in Waikiki. Considering that I worked in a major hotspot in that area, the job was never dull.
When you work the front desk, you'll meet the most interesting and the most bizarre people in the world. And you'll come across the most interesting situations that you can imagine. In general, as a Front Desk Agent, you always have to put your best foot forward, no matter what the circumstance.
As a Night Auditor, you have a much more challenging position. First, you have to learn to live like a vampire---sleep during the day and work when everyone sleeps. Second, you need to have a general understanding of accounting or, at least, good analytical skills. You'll be reconciling and calculating transactions and closing out the books, daily, for the hotel. Lastly, you have to man the front desk and you know what they say, "The freaks come out at night!" Be prepared to welcome anyone or anything that comes your way that night.

Becoming a Front Desk Agent is not easy. You have to be a people person, you need good analytical and PC skills, and you need to adapt to situations on a continual basis. I hope this helps.

Answer 3

It is really good to have goals, but you are not talking about a personality type. You are talking about a lack of confidence in your abilities when it comes to speaking English. This is something completely different, and I would recommend getting more confident in English first. This way you can walk in to a hotel job with a great benefit, and that is being bi-lingual. A lot of hotels love it when a person can speak several languages it makes a person more unique, and versitile. Working the front desk or any customer service job requires confidence, learning attitude, motivation, patience, and most important initiative. These are skills people must have, and it can not be taught you simply have to be this type of person. Shyness is a shell easily broken, and I think you will find the hospitality industry offers many training classes to help with that type of personality. However all the rest that I have listed above cannot be trained, and who ever interviews you, you will find the interview to extensive, will be able to spot any of those weaknesses right away.

Answer 4

When I was younger I did, and I stayed in the industry for a very long time.
You either love it or you hate it, there really isn't a neutral.
The good things about it were: meeting new people, learning the industry and being able to advance.
I started off as a desk clerk as a teenager and moved to doing full charge accounting and human resources by the time I was 22 and within five years running my own hotel.
The cons of it are: they never close, dealing with people, employee turnover is outrageous.

Answer 5

my aunt works at the front deak in a really fancy hotel in New York city. She got pretty good pay ad was given a really nice suit to wear evceryday, plus her whole family got like 10 free night a year at any hotel in that chain. She likes it.