Advice and Beliefs: Staying in a Hotel

If you have a double bed all to yourself:
This applies if you have a bed of any size larger than a single bed all to yourself.
Do not sleep to one side. Try to sleep in the centre of the bed, or put pillows or your luggage on the space beside you instead of leaving it vacant.
If you leave half of the double bed empty, "things" might be tempted to crawl into bed with you.

If there is a knock on your room door past midnight:
Do not open the door or look through the peephole. Try your best to ignore it. If it was someone you know, he or she would call your name, and if it was the hotel staff, they would call your room phone.
Opening the room door would in effect invite the "thing" in, and you wouldn't want to catch a glimpse of it through the peephole.
For the same reason, if you look out through the peephole, but see nothing, do not open the door to check. Not opening the door late at night also makes sense for physical security reasons.

When you go to bed:
Leave at least one light on at night. This will supposedly deter ghosts from disturbing you as they are said to be less comfortable when there is the presence of light.

When you are told that the hotel is fully booked:
Do not insist on having a room. The staff might give you a room that is usually left empty due to strange incidences occurring there.
It is also local belief that several hotel rooms are left empty on purpose for ghosts and spirits as a peace offering, especially if the area is newly developed.

If the Holy Book in the hotel room is left open to a certain page:
If the Quran or Bible in the room is left open to a certain page, do not shut the book. The particular page it is opened to may have been left there as it contains "powerful words" to scare off or control the spirits there.