hi David

You are so right. Some people's attitudes with locals is disgusting.

We have a place in Menorca but before we bought it we stayed in hotels...and still do when you go to other places, especially in Spain.

We have found on this question of checkout times that a quiet word early on in the holiday with reception usually gets you a room extension. Sometimes the room you have will have been allocated but we have always been offered another room that we can use on the last day.

Most hotels in Spain have a special room where you can leave luggage. They are usually locked with the key held in Reception.

My wife's sister works in the travel industry and lives in Spain near Granada. She can tell many stories about the attitudes of holidaymakers towards hotel staff....not a pretty story.

It is an ever-increasing problem as flights get less frequent and with more unsociable hours.

Sometimes we meet people on holiday in Menorca who have problems and we have allowed them to use one of our bedrooms and facilities on the last day to help them out.

Of course we only invite people we like !!!

Cheers

MikeL2