More Nasty Noises At Night - What's The Cause? What's The Cure?

Problems
Noises wake you at night. Noises disturb you by day. What's causing that noise?

Answers
Car alarms - your car on your driveway. Nobody there.
Car alarms outside the hotel or motel window. You go to investigate - nobody there.
It's a cat, or a dog.
In London it's a fox.

Clonking
What's that?
It's the radiators.

Fire Alarms
Fire Alarms, without fire, in restaurants and hotels and blocks of flats.
New system is malfunctioning, too sensitive.
People falling asleep while smoking cigarettes.
Indoor fireworks setting off alarms.
Smoking on balconies or in bathrooms by people who think the smoke won't drift or run to answer the hotel phone forgetting their cigarette.

Drunks and wedding party best man having a laugh.
Indians lighting incense.
Hindus haven a naming ceremony which involves walking around the baby seven times with fire. Happened in my block of flats - in my flat.
Elderly people burning the toast in the toaster or under the grill.

Loud sex
Loud sex in hotels - from a room with single occupant.
The person who is alone has ordered a blue movie.

Loud Parties In Hotel Bedrooms
What to do if there is a late night party and loud laughter?
Do not knock on the door and complain. Mostly people would not realise sound carries and disturbs other and will apologise. However, once in a while they could be rude or worse. Call the management.

New Year
Worst times for noise? New Year's Eve in city centres.
New Year's Eve fireworks.
Cars revving up as people drive home.

Fortunately, after New Year's Eve, you have a chance to sleep in tomorrow morning.

See my previous posts on noise. Please share my posts.
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.