Wedding drums next door started at 9pm and are still going at 2am — earplugs, ask the hotel, or endure?

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Galle side street, lovely room, neighbour wedding. Drums and brass looping for hours. Desk shrugged and said wedding season. I have an early train. Do people actually get moved rooms, or is the real kit foam earplugs and acceptance?

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Wedding season noise is real near family homes and halls — desks often cannot stop a neighbour party. Ask once for a quieter room facing away from the street if they have one; if not, earplugs and a white-noise app are the traveler toolkit. Complaining every half hour will not end the drums. For future bookings, message hosts about street noise if you need early starts. Enduring one night happens; you are not wrong to ask for a move if inventory exists.

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Ruwan Noise Host1610 rep

Foam plugs live in my pouch year-round here. Saved a Kandy wedding week and a cricket night.

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Oliver Earplugs185 rep

Asked for a courtyard-side room. Full — packing earplugs and a scarf over the eyes.

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Same shrug in Negombo once. Earplugs plus accepting the night beat arguing with joyous neighbours.

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Sara Lobby Nap172 rep

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