Thanks for the explanation.
What hotel in Pensacola?....just so I don't stay there either.
Pensacola Beach or downtown?
So I recently stayed at Pop Century and I know this is going to sound down right bizarre. We arrived late to the resort and were driving a rental car. I was giving a room in the 80's section and when I opened the door to our room there were suitcases on the bed. I exited the room and called the front desk who assured me that they probably delivered someone's suitcase to the wrong room and they would be down to get them. So I reopened the door, this time turning the lights on and saw a cooler, gift bags, etc. and it was very obvious that there was someone staying in the room. I called again and was assured that no one was staying in the room but I left the area and went down to the pool area and continued talking to the staff who wanted me to stay at the room so they could come get my luggage and move me to a different room. I looked up from the table by the pool just in time to see the tenants of that hotel room return and not be able to get inside as their magic bands were now deactivated. So long story short, and I know it sounds odd, BUT KNOCK FIRST. I would say I avoided a possibly dangerous situation when I was opening the door to that occupied hotel room at 11:30 pm and never would have thought to knock on the door just in case. Just thought I would share
You could tell they were trying the KTTW card. It was so loud Hubby and I both flew outta bed! He stood at the door to see if they were going to get in and could hear Asian voices that seemed very angry the door wouldn't work. They tried a few more times and then left. Lucky for them it didn't work, Hubby was in full "protector" mode. I could just see "Rob"zilla and a family of fleeing Japanese 
That isn't a valid excuse.I work for a major hotel chain and my word of advice is to ALWAYS deadbolt and chain your door when you are in your room. If you are leaving your room ALWAYS store your valuables in your safe. Housekeeping, security, bellmen, room service and front desk staff all have access to your room. We always knock before entering a room but just by deadbolting your door you avoid an accidental uncomfortable situation. The explanation of how one gets checked into an occupied room is simple. Miscommunication between housekeeping and the front desk. Housekeeping has to log the room as either occupied, vacant or vacant dirty. If they or their supervisor enters the wrong room number as vacant, the room shows as available and the front desk unknowingly checks another guest into that room. Human error, no one is perfect.
As I said before, my advice is to ALWAYS deadbolt your door. Your underpaid "maid" is paid the same or more than your front desk clerk. Your front desk clerk is almost always a student and is just as human as the "maid". They only know what the computer tells them so if the computer shows the "maid" had checked them out that closes the account of the previous occupant. These again are human errors and though they do happen it isn't very often. Most of these "maids" service at least 17 rooms in 7.5 hours a day. As long as humans are still cleaning rooms, human errors will occur. Is that an excuse? No, just an explanation of how it happens. I was offering advice, not an excuse.
I understand that. I was just musing over how this can still happen with the technology we have today.
Trust me, I have never been able to figure out how they could possibly check out an occupied room. It is a hot point for me. With my particular chain we hold guest satisfaction to a very high standard. As with most corporate companies we have committees made up of representatives from each department. One of our tasks was to find out why housekeeping was doing this. We tracked it down to human error. The housekeepers just don't always properly document their clean vacant rooms correctly. They are held accountable for their errors so they do get reprimanded when errors happen.
Guilty as charged! Did that last year in Myrtle Beach!
I'm from Tennessee, and we'll both be carrying when we are there next year. We always check the state laws and carry properly though. We always carry when we travel.I was thinking that I am from Phoenix and it seems that everyone has a gun out here. It isnt to smart to send someone into the wrong room at 11:30 at night, If you get what I'm saying.
No specific reason, other than the 2nd Amendment and my family's personal protection.
I carry every trip as well. You can't trust people these days. It's not so much the people at Disney World (any things possible though) but its more for that 3am stop for gas at the shady station off the interstate.
