Prostitutes!

The other night, this guest comes in escorted by one of the local prostitutes we've seen walking the block around our hotel for a few months. He asks for a separate room since he was originally staying with his buds. I slap on what I call my "ho-fee" (upsell the room by $50 if my better judgement tells me you with a ho) and give him the keys. He comes down from his room a few minutes later in his underwear asking us where the nearest ATM is. About 30 minutes after he gets back, the prostitute leaves. That was a quickie!






Another guest comes in with a local prostitute, and comes down (same thing) 10 minutes later asking where an ATM is. He he. These hos must upsell the guys just like I do. This guy was smarter, though. He tells me not to charge anything to his room while he's gone. And guess what? While he was gone, the hooker comes down to purchase some of our menu items and put them on the room. I would have told her the system was down or something, but my colleague told her pretty undiplomatically that "there's a note here saying not to put anything on the room". I wonder if she gave that dude his money's worth after that...






Funny thing is, guys don't ask about my "ho-fee". The prostitute is right there with them and they start acting like they wanna show her that money is not an issue - like he's trying to impress this girl like she's his girlfriend or something. Men with girlfriends and men with hos: They never ask when I upsell. They're just like: "Oh, don't worry, babe. I got that."






Wikipedia's article on night auditors claims that it may contain "original research" with claims that need verification or references. I thought that this research refers to the last item in the article:






"Due to the nighttime shift, the clientele that the night auditor must deal with may be different than that of a typical front desk agent. At some properties, night auditors are known for frequent interactions with prostitutes, who tend to visit hotels at late hours for rendezvous with guests and the graveyard shift staff."






Then, after reading it again, I noticed that this was actually the only part of the article that indeed had a reference. The first part of the book has been scanned and is available online. It's a primer for learning about front desk operations.


Have I dealt with lots of prostitutes during my tenure as a night auditor? At my old hotel we had the problem of prostitutes renting out a room, and getting in multiple male clientele over the night, then smoking in their room and then skipping without paying the bill. The most we could do was black list them. The hotel I'm at now used to be heavy on the prostitutes, and now it's just, well, a so-so prostitute area. Guests come in escorted by "escorts", but no prostitutes rent out rooms here; I guess it's because this hotel is a little more upscale than my former one.