diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/client/LocationDirector.java b/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/client/LocationDirector.java
index 9221329e1..94282f12f 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/client/LocationDirector.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/client/LocationDirector.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: LocationDirector.java,v 1.28 2003/01/09 00:26:56 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: LocationDirector.java,v 1.29 2003/01/09 02:46:58 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.crowd.client;
 
@@ -185,15 +185,7 @@ public class LocationDirector extends BasicDirector
 
         // if we're actually going somewhere, let the controller know that
         // we might be leaving
-        if (_controller != null) {
-            try {
-                _controller.mayLeavePlace(_plobj);
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                Log.warning("Place controller choked in " +
-                            "didLeavePlace [plobj=" + _plobj + "].");
-                Log.logStackTrace(e);
-            }
-        }
+        mayLeavePlace();
 
         // if we have a result listener, let it know if we failed
         // or keep it for later if we're still going
@@ -208,6 +200,23 @@ public class LocationDirector extends BasicDirector
         return !vetoed[0];
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Called to inform our controller that we may be leaving the current
+     * place.
+     */
+    protected void mayLeavePlace ()
+    {
+        if (_controller != null) {
+            try {
+                _controller.mayLeavePlace(_plobj);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                Log.warning("Place controller choked in " +
+                            "mayLeavePlace [plobj=" + _plobj + "].");
+                Log.logStackTrace(e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * This can be called by cooperating directors that need to coopt the
      * moving process to extend it in some way or other. In such
@@ -353,6 +362,7 @@ public class LocationDirector extends BasicDirector
         super.clientDidLogoff(client);
 
         // clear ourselves out and inform observers of our departure
+        mayLeavePlace();
         didLeavePlace();
 
         // let our observers know that we're no longer in a location
@@ -410,6 +420,7 @@ public class LocationDirector extends BasicDirector
         Log.info("Moving at request of server [placeId=" + placeId + "].");
 
         // clear out our old place information
+        mayLeavePlace();
         didLeavePlace();
 
         // move to the new place
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/client/PlaceController.java b/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/client/PlaceController.java
index 7525857d3..9e4ce0364 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/client/PlaceController.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/client/PlaceController.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: PlaceController.java,v 1.11 2003/01/09 00:26:56 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: PlaceController.java,v 1.12 2003/01/09 02:46:58 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.crowd.client;
 
@@ -107,12 +107,14 @@ public abstract class PlaceController extends Controller
 
     /**
      * Called before a request is submitted to the server to leave the
-     * current place. The request to leave may be rejected, but if a place
-     * controller needs to make a final communication to the place manager
-     * before it leaves, it should so do here. This is the only place in
-     * which the controller is guaranteed to be able to communicate to the
-     * place manager, as by the time {@link #didLeavePlace} is called, the
-     * place manager may have already been destroyed.
+     * current place. As such, this method may be called multiple times
+     * before {@link #didLeavePlace} is finally called. The request to
+     * leave may be rejected, but if a place controller needs to flush any
+     * information to the place manager before it leaves, it should so do
+     * here. This is the only place in which the controller is guaranteed
+     * to be able to communicate to the place manager, as by the time
+     * {@link #didLeavePlace} is called, the place manager may have
+     * already been destroyed.
      */
     public void mayLeavePlace (final PlaceObject plobj)
     {