By Patrick J. Kiger

You might think that a “Do Not Disturb” sign on your hotel or motel room doorknob guarantees that you'll be left alone. But since a gunman on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas reportedly hung such a sign on his door for three days in October 2017 before opening fire on a music festival and killing 58 people, some hospitality chains are altering their practices.

At hotels in the Hilton chain, for example, if a “Do Not Disturb” sign is on a door for 24 hours, the hotel's security or duty manager is notified, in order to check on the guest.

How much privacy a guest can expect “largely depends upon where in the hotel they are,” Greg Duff, principal and chairman of the Seattle-based law firm of Garvey Schubert Barer and author of the Duff on Hospitality Law blog, explains in an email. “In public spaces, little to none. In hotel rooms, a considerable amount.”

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