{"product_id":"no-vacancy-for-common-sense-gary-haywood-9798993868257","title":"No Vacancy for COMMON SENSE","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo Vacancy for Common Sense: True Hotel Stories You Can't Make Up\u003c\/em\u003e is an unfiltered, behind-the-scenes account of life at the hotel front desk-where policies collide with personalities, professionalism is tested nightly, and common sense is often in shorter supply than vacancies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by a hospitality professional with more than fifteen years of real-world experience across multiple hotel brands, this book documents what guests rarely see and rarely think about. These stories are not fictionalized, dramatized, or softened for comfort. They are firsthand observations drawn from routine check-ins, overnight audits, late-night confrontations, unexpected emergencies, and quiet interactions that reveal more about human behavior than any customer satisfaction metric ever could.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHotels serve as temporary crossroads for every kind of traveler. Business professionals rushing between meetings, exhausted families managing children and luggage, tourists unfamiliar with procedures, international guests navigating cultural differences, regulars who feel entitled to exceptions, and first-time travelers unsure of what to expect-all converge at the same counter. While the reasons for travel vary, the behaviors repeat with striking consistency. Through dry humor and precise observation, the author captures how entitlement, confusion, exhaustion, kindness, impatience, and absurdity often exist within the same interaction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gary Haywood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798993868257\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gh Wood LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/12\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 58\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31d","brand":"Gary Haywood","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48520238661887,"sku":"9798993868257","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e67450e8-f49c-43d7-b4bf-9a1eff22bea7.jpg?v=1778741569","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/no-vacancy-for-common-sense-gary-haywood-9798993868257","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}