# No vacancy signs at hotels

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-vacancy-signs-at-hotels/654197>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 28, 2013, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-vacancy-signs-at-hotels/654197 "2013-03-28T18:03:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2013, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-vacancy-signs-at-hotels/654197/25 "2013-03-30T23:15:26Z")

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I thought of this thread when I was reading the GQ thread about [Getting refused at a hotel](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=686707), in which there were comments like this one:

> [@Getting refused at a hotel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-refused-at-a-hotel/654363/27):
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> 10PM is the magic line after which the crazy times begin. Somewhere, a switch is flipped and it’s down the rabbit hole we go.
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> Still, I would just judge people based on what I see. It’s pretty easy to just politely say you have no rooms available if they look skeevy or nutty.

The thought occurred to me that having a VACANCY sign lit up might make it harder to turn away undesirable customers.

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