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We live in a sad world when hotel room searches are normal and accepted.
by dannyw 8y ago
We live in a sad world when hotel room searches are normal and accepted.
- hybridsole 8y agoThey don't make any sense. Anyone planning something will now anticipate this. It only discourages honest people from staying in a traditional hotel. You can either relax in an air-bnb or worry about the hotel service demanding entry to your room (while being reminded of horrific mass shootings).
- Cthulhu_ 8y agoYou're trying to make it sound like AirBnB would be a better option, but just no. A hotel has accountability at least. AirBnB as an organization has and takes none, and you have to deal with the individual and their house yourself. A hotel chain has their reputation to maintain, a random guy renting out his apartment doesn't.
- trevyn 8y agoMost Airbnb hosts seem to care about their review history.
- Kliment 8y agoThat's true but the sad thing is that random people renting out their apartments are, in practice, more accountable via airbnb reviews than a major hotel chain who can implement an evil policy like this across their properties and do a lot of damage before it's reined in.
- fbender 8y agoI can imagine a (three-letter-agency) renting out places on AirBnB and the likes and wait for a fish to be caught in the net. Esp. in Vegas if only for gambling-related fraud (initially, at least).
- Kliment 8y agoWhy rent out apartments at immense cost and hope someone gets caught when you can dragnet hundreds in a hotel?
- pluma 8y agoCareful with the "we". This is very much just an American thing.
- s3cur3 8y agoAs an American, I would raise hell if a hotel owner searched my room for no reason.
- jsjohnst 8y agoYou are on their property. If you refuse, you’ll be forced to leave. Does that make what they did ethical, no, but it’s 100% within their legal rights. Same goes if I was a guest at your house, even if I was paying to stay there.
- ectospheno 8y agoYou'll find that once you accept payment for them staying there your rights are curtailed depending on which state you live in. Your blanket statement isn't even close to true in quite a few places inside the US.
- jsjohnst 8y agoCitation needed (I was stating my opinion, you are the one claiming I am factually wrong and not providing any proof, further a quick google search proves I was correct in my statement too based on reputable legal sites)
- ectospheno 8y agoSure. As I mentioned this varies by state. I'm not going to google all 50 states for you despite your apparent need for me to. The original article was concerning Nevada I believe. Here is a link for Nevada. http://www.loving.lawyer/blog/2016/8/23/think-twice-before-kicking-out-your-houseguest http://www.loving.lawyer/blog/2016/8/23/think-twice-before-k... Again. This varies quite a bit by state.
- Cthulhu_ 8y agoWhere did you get the notion that it's normal and accepted? Have you read the article? Have you even read the title? "Debacle" does not mean the same as "normal and accepted".
- tedunangst 8y agoSame comment every time anything happens. "I can't believe this is allowed." As if disallowed things never happen.
- repler 8y agoAgreed, but also - it's private property and most likely a contract was signed at hotel checkin that permitted it legally.