Unless the hotel's got some 20+ floors and you don't fancy the long elevator rides, try to get a room on the top floor - avoids people walking over your head.

And speaking of elevators, ask to make sure you've got a room away from the elevator. The far ends of hallways are often nice, as the only people traveling down that end will people using the stairway - not something you're going to get a lot of especially as you go higher up in floors.

Do not be afraid to call the front desk about noise if it's bad after a certain time, say 10-11pm depending. I've certainly been in hotels where it is clearly posted to keep the noise down, so it's not unexpected that a noisy neighbor would get a phone call asking them to tone it down a notch. (Stayed at a B&B once where there was a sign on the TV saying "No TV after 10.")

Ideally you might get some better quiet in a room where the bed is positioned against an inner wall (i.e. a suite) instead of a wall that is shared with neighbors. But that's certainly much harder to control than those other three things.

Good luck!
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Just my own travelling experience. Although I did work at TripAdvisor.com for 3 years.

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