The smokefree legislation allows hotels to designate bedrooms where smoking is allowed for guests who are staying there, but all other parts of the hotel must be smokefree.
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Unauthorized smoking in hotel guest rooms causes a host of problems, including soft goods damage, poor guest reviews, and costly cleaning procedures. Many hotels charge $500 smoking fees to cover some of the costs.
Non-smokers tend to detect the smell of smoke better than the one who smoked. Housekeepers of a hotel are quite keen on spotting that. Housekeepers also know every nook and cranny of the hotel room that they clean and sweep, day in and day out. That includes snooping into the trash bins.
In indoor settings, such as hotels, secondhand smoke can easily seep into adjacent rooms through shared ventilation systems, cracks in doors or walls, or even through open windows. It can also linger in furniture, carpets, and other surfaces, making it difficult to completely eliminate the exposure to secondhand smoke.
The law actually states that you shouldn't smoke within a certain distance from a door (can't find it at the mo) so little balconies are probably out. There is usually somewhere around the hotel where there is a smoking area or facilities near a back door. You do need to check with the hotel.
Smell and stainsIn addition to smoke detectors and housekeeping reports, hotels can also detect smoking in their rooms through the smell of smoke and cigarette stains.
Use a personal vaporizerIt produces a vapor that mimics the sensation of smoking without the harmful chemicals found in tobacco smoke. Plus, it doesn't leave any lingering smells or residue, making it a discreet option for smoking in a non-smoking hotel room.
It largely depends upon the overall quality of the hotel and how well they clean their rooms. Low quality hotels will have very stinky smoking rooms because (1) they don't clean them well; and (2) they want to save money so they don't ventilate their rooms well.
Using ozone machines, to remove airborne contaminants and odours from the rooms. Fitting extractor fans in the hotel, which draw cigarette smoke outside. Opening windows, to air out every room and encourage a fresh, outdoor breeze to waft inside. Thorough cleaning, sanitising, wiping and vacuuming of the rooms.