How Do Hotels Detect Smoking in Rooms? Unveiling the Mystery!

Hotel management has to detect smoke in hotel rooms for various purposes. But they cannot involve in the guest’s personal time except by requesting to avoid smoking. Thus, hotels use some special methods to detect smoking without disturbing the guests. How do hotels detect smoking in rooms? If you are curious to know what methods they use to detect smoking, this blog post will be helpful for you. Today, our explanation is based on the methods that hotels use for detecting smoke.

Why Do Hotels Want to Detect Smoking?

Most hotels do not allow their guests to smoke in the rooms because they try to keep the room’s atmosphere smoke-free. And it is not a secret that cigarette smoke or any other smoke of drugs are not healthy for the smoker as well as the non-smokers who are around the smoker.

Therefore, Sometimes, guests have to pay fines for smoking. Moreover, when there is a fire in the room, it needs to be detected quickly to save lives and furniture inside the room. For these reasons, hotel managements use some means to detect smoking.

How Do Hotels Detect Smoking in Rooms? 

These methods can be identified as the major ways that hotels use to detect smoke inside a room.

1. Basically, the hotel detects some physical evidence to identify whether the guest is a smoker, especially if your trashcans are checked by housekeepers. Cigarette smoke usually stays inside for a few hours. And also, there might be cigarette ashes in the room. Accordingly, the hotel housekeepers stay alert and report to the management since they clean the rooms daily.
2. The most advanced way to detect smoke in a room is smoke detectors. The sensors in those detectors can detect various drug’s smoke such as nicotine, marijuana, etc. After detecting the smoke, it will alert the hotel management regarding the smoke. In general, smoke detectors are connected to the cloud. Therefore, the hotel management can receive notifications.
3. Hotels check their CCTV camera recordings to determine whether the guests smoke. Mostly, there are no CCTV cameras inside the rooms because hotels must protect the guests’ privacy. But there might be cameras everywhere, from your doorstep to the hotel’s main door.
4. Sometimes, other guests can complain about a smoker in their neighbouring rooms to the hotel management too.

How Do Smoke Detectors Work in Hotel Rooms?

There are smoke detectors in the market under several brand names at present. The technology they use can vary slightly. But in general, they have sensors that can measure the thickness of the air. So, when there is a thicker level of smoke or gas for a long time, it identifies that the atmosphere is abnormal. Then, it sends notifications to the hotel management.

Smoke detectors are mounted on walls. Sometimes, they are mounted on the ceiling too. They are cloud-based devices, so no one can detach them from their place. If someone tries to detach it, the system owners will be notified instantly.

The sensor of the device can detect a certain amount of smoke. When it passes the limit, the management has to replace a new sensor.

What Happens If you Smoke in a Hotel Room? 

If you are caught smoking in a hotel room, the hotel staff will explain the rules and regulations in the hotel and ask you to stop smoking indoors first. If you do not like to follow those rules, you will be asked to leave the hotel.

You will have to pay a fine for not obeying the hotel’s rules and making the room filthy. Usually, the fine will range from $250 to $350.

This fine will be cut as additional payment for cleaning when you leave the hotel. In case the smoker’s cigarette smoke cause to activate the fire alarm of the hotel, he or she has to pay a higher fine.

Then, the hotel management start to sanitize the room you stayed in. They use big fans to remove the odour from the room.

Can the Hotel Know If you Smoke in the Bathroom?

Heavy smokers cannot change their habits, so they can try to smoke in the bathroom as they are not caught to smoke detectors and CCTVs.

Normally, hotels have no chance of catching smoking in the bathroom. But when the housekeepers clean the bathroom, they can detect the smell of cigarettes. Or else the smoker can mistakenly leave ashes or cigarette butts.

Otherwise, there are no tech gadgets in hotel bathrooms to detect smoke. But it would be better to avoid smoking even in the bathroom, considering everyone’s good health.

Are there Smoke Alarms in Hotel Rooms?

There might be smoke alarms in hotel rooms, so the hotel staff are informed when there is heavy smoke inside the room.

Most of the time, smoke alarms are activated when there is heavy smoke from a fire. Otherwise, they will not be activated by cigarette smoke.

Hotel bathrooms are not equipped with smoke alarms due to the steam showers. The reason why, when there is mist from the steam shower, the smoke alarm can be activated without any emergency.

Are There Rooms for Smoking in Hotels?

Yes, some hotels dedicate a few rooms for smokers. Those rooms are equipped with even cigarette holders. And also, there might be smoking areas that are allowed for only adults. Thus, if you want to smoke often, you can check whether there are such facilities in the hotel before booking.

In addition, there are some hotels that allow guests to smoke in outdoor areas, including the balcony of the room. You can go through the package details on the hotel’s website and confirm the policies for smoking.

Bottom Line

Hotels use basic as well as advanced methods to detect smoking in hotel rooms. Basically, hotel management collects details from housekeepers. And there are smoke detectors that identify smoke using their sensors. If someone is caught smoking, he will be asked to stop smoking. If he or she does not ask it, the smoker has to leave the hotel and pay a fine.

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