Renjianshiyuetian
June 10, 2025
This is my first time writing a bad review for a hotel.
The service was warm and welcoming, and all the facilities were new, but what's the point? I couldn't sleep at night, rendering the hotel's basic function meaningless.
Starting at 9:00 PM, several male students were talking in the next room. I knew they were students because I could hear their entire conversation clearly. Their voices weren't actually very loud, but the hotel's soundproofing was terrible. Later, they ordered takeout and ate in their room, continuing until 11:30 PM without stopping. I quietly said through the wall, "Aren't you going to sleep? This hotel has terrible soundproofing, please stop talking."
The students immediately stopped talking, but I still asked the hotel to change my room, because they couldn't possibly eat in complete silence. It was already midnight when I finally got to my new room.
Why is the soundproofing at the Ji Hotel so bad? I looked through the hotel's reviews. Searching for "soundproofing," I found 48 complaints about the hotel's soundproofing. I checked the soundproofing design of the Ji Hotel on Tencent Yuanbao and found a description of its shortcomings in soundproofing. Here's an excerpt:
"To maximize space utilization and construction efficiency, Ji Hotels generally use lightweight partition materials such as gypsum board and lightweight concrete. While these materials are low-cost and easy to install, their soundproofing performance is poor, especially against low-to-mid-frequency noise (such as voices and footsteps). In some guest rooms with adjacent layouts (such as beds placed against a partition wall), the soundproofing effect will further decrease. Ji Hotels positions itself in the mid-range market, and its renovation costs need to be cost-effective. To reduce expenses, compromises may be made on soundproofing materials (such as sound-absorbing felt and cotton) and workmanship (such as sealing walls to the ceiling), resulting in soundproofing performance below the standards of high-end hotels."
It seems that staying in budget hotels, or mid-range hotels, requires a lot of patience. I'll remember to bring earmuffs next time I stay there.
Original TextTranslation provided by Google