Listopedia: hotel etiquette

Like being nice to your flight attendant and saying thank you to the bus driver, staying in the good books of the hotel staff when you travel can make life a lot easier for everyone – whether it’s a late check-out or an extra chocolate at turn down!

If you’ve ever wondered what hotel staff or the other hotel guests are thinking, the 2016 Expedia Hotel Etiquette report gives you a guide on what NOT to do by revealing New Zealand’s most annoying hotel habits.

The 10 least popular hotel guests in the Expedia Hotel Etiquette Study for Kiwis are:

1. Inattentive Parents: Like to let your kids run wild? Uh oh. Send them to the kids’ club and save your fellow guests some heartache.
2. Hallway Hell-raisers: This might apply to the kiddies too. Quietly making your way along the corridor will win you favour with other residents.
3. In-Room Revellers: Ever used a hotel room to throw a party?! You know who you are!
4. Complainers: The bed is too hard, the pillow too soft, the view not good enough. Goldilocks would say shame on you!
5. Bickerers: There’s nothing like the ups and downs of travel to raise tempers. Keep the domestics to your room!
6. Poolside Partiers: Unless you’re at a pool party (hello, Vegas), don’t try to turn the pool area into one.
7. Hot Tub Canoodlers: Come on now, we want to hot tub just as much as you do. Get a room. Literally!
8. The Loudly Amorous: No further explanation necessary.
9. Business Bar Boozers: We hear you. Hotel happy hours are usually pretty good, but pace yourself, people.
10. Elevator Chatterbox: Sometimes silence is a virtue. Especially when surrounded by strangers in a small space.