diff --git a/shared/src/roadtrip/roadtripModel.spec.ts b/shared/src/roadtrip/roadtripModel.spec.ts
index f6bbd03b1..c7efffe43 100644
--- a/shared/src/roadtrip/roadtripModel.spec.ts
+++ b/shared/src/roadtrip/roadtripModel.spec.ts
@@ -865,6 +865,20 @@ describe('a check-in is a door opening, not an appointment', () => {
     expect(schedule.warnings).toEqual([]);
   });
 
+  it('sets the hour when nothing before it does, instead of being worked backwards', () => {
+    // Booked to check in at ten, with a stop pinned to three in the afternoon behind it.
+    // Read only as a floor, the chain worked the hotel backwards out of the afternoon
+    // and put it at 13:46: true enough as arithmetic, and nothing anybody asked for.
+    const schedule = computeSchedule(
+      [{ anchor: null, earliest: '10:00', dwellMinutes: 60 }, { anchor: '15:00', dwellMinutes: 60 }],
+      [14 * 60],
+    );
+    expect(schedule.entries[0]!.arrival).toBe('10:00');
+    expect(schedule.entries[0]!.anchored).toBe(true);
+    expect(schedule.entries[1]!.arrival).toBe('15:00');
+    expect(schedule.warnings).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
   it('is simply arrived at when the drive gets there later', () => {
     const schedule = computeSchedule(
       [{ anchor: '15:00', dwellMinutes: 60 }, { anchor: null, earliest: '11:00', dwellMinutes: 60 }],
diff --git a/shared/src/roadtrip/roadtripModel.ts b/shared/src/roadtrip/roadtripModel.ts
index 1d49e3416..e56dfc9ee 100644
--- a/shared/src/roadtrip/roadtripModel.ts
+++ b/shared/src/roadtrip/roadtripModel.ts
@@ -199,10 +199,16 @@ export function computeSchedule(
     // A door that opens at eleven is not an appointment at eleven. Reaching the stop
     // later than that is simply reaching it; only a time somebody pinned can be missed.
     const opens = parseClock(stop.earliest ?? null);
-    const waited = anchor === null && opens !== null && resolved.arrival !== null
-      ? opens + Math.round((resolved.arrival - opens) / DAY_MINUTES) * DAY_MINUTES
+    // With nothing before it deciding the hour, the door IS the hour: a night booked
+    // to check in at ten starts the day at ten rather than being worked backwards out
+    // of whatever comes after it. Reached later, it is only a floor, and a floor below
+    // the arrival changes nothing.
+    const waited = anchor === null && opens !== null
+      ? resolved.arrival === null
+        ? opens + dayOffset * DAY_MINUTES
+        : opens + Math.round((resolved.arrival - opens) / DAY_MINUTES) * DAY_MINUTES
       : null;
-    const held = waited !== null && waited > resolved.arrival!;
+    const held = waited !== null && (resolved.arrival === null || waited > resolved.arrival);
     const arrival = held ? waited : resolved.arrival;
     const lateBy = resolved.lateBy;
     if (lateBy !== null) warnings.push({ index: i, code: 'late', minutes: lateBy });