Will hotels tell you the room number of someone if you give them the person's name?

Question

For instance, if you know a person's name (anyone) and you tell it to the front desk at a hotel (hotels in general), would they typically give you their room number?

My first thought goes to "no", but... I'm not so sure.

Thanks in advance for your answers.

Answer 1

No. The most they will do is ring their room for you to see if they're in & give them the message.

Answer 2

Giving out room numbers is a BIG nono in the hotel industry. If you are at any sort of reputable establishment they would not tell you a room number. They would either connect you to the room on the house phone, and then the guest could choose to give you the room number if they decided to, or the desk clerk would call the room and ask the guest if it was ok. If you were to check into a hotel and leave special instructions at the desk, such as "Please do/do not give my room number to Mr. Suchandsuch", then the staff would honor your request, however they would ask to see Mr. SuchandSuch's ID before telling him any information. In fact, most places, if you lose your room key, the desk clerk will ask to see your ID before issuing you a new one. It all may seem like a lot of hassle, and it does make some people angry, but it's for every body's safety.

Answer 3

I work at a hotel (Im actually working right now... kind of) but it really depends on the hotel. Noone here has told me not to.
If you called and asked the front desk if you could be connected to the persons room then most hotels will do that. People can request that you not give their information out though.
We actually had a lady with a restraining order against her husband stay and we had to say she wasnt staying there if anyone called for her.
So you probaly can if its not too fancy of a hotel.

Answer 4

I used to work in a hotel, and we would not give the room number. If it is over the phone, we would just send the call to the room. We also had a phone in the lobby, and we would connect the person to the guest's room, and the guest could tell the person their room number if they chose to.

Answer 5

Probably not. I doubt they would risk invasion of privacy claims considering if you knew his room number you should also know his name. But they will if you call and ask to connect to room 111 put you on the phone with him. Then you can just ask him his name. If he's still there but you don't want him aware of your interest just yet then when he answers say "Is this William Smith?" when he says no he will probably say "No, this is Bob Thatcher" and your problem will be solved.

Answer 6

I worked at a hotel and NO we were not allowed to give out any information on guests. We could not even say the person was staying there..

Answer 7

No. At least, reputable hotels are no longer doing that. They will connect the caller to the room, but they will not tell the caller what the room # is.

Answer 8

There are those that will, but generally speaking they don't. They assume if the guest wanted you to know what room, they'd tell you. Could be because of husbands/wives checking up on each other.

Answer 9

As a matter of safety they aren't suppose to unless the hotel guest has left instructions that they are waiting for you.

Answer 10

Ususally yeah. You call up the hotel and say your looking for So and So who is currently checked into the hotel. They will then either transfer your call to their room or tell you their room number.