As an update, I'm in a hotel room now. 15 minutes to checkout. Do Not Disturb sign up. Housekeeper knocked on the door.

In fairness, she apologized and said that the DND sign had fallen off, and that's quite feasible as it fell off earlier when I made a foray from the room.

I would fully expect business hotels to pass along the cost to their customers... what's another $10/night for that $200/night room that's probably getting reimbursed along with the $20 breakfast of bacon and eggs and $10/day wifi, etc?

When I was going to Coachella every year, I requested late checkout at checkin. Never a problem. I also make my reservations with the sirname Dr..

Little secret of mine that pays off with room upgrades all the time.

Perhaps most people wouldn't want to use a title they haven't earned.

ROFLROFL

That is genius.

I make Amazon send me mail under the sir name "Lord" just for shits and giggles