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A simple fix for that is to put up a big sign that says "Tourist tax in effect" and make a $25 rebate for any regular customer or person that can prove a local
by yholio 8y ago
A simple fix for that is to put up a big sign that says "Tourist tax in effect" and make a $25 rebate for any regular customer or person that can prove a local address; or simply assert with a straight face to the staff they live on this and this street. It's a bit of a hassle for the locals but the place is saved.
Sure, the tourists will attack you on Yelp and Instagram and accuse you of price gouging. But to hell with them and their opinion, on the long run only the opinion of the locals matters.
- JumpCrisscross 8y ago> put up a big sign that says "Tourist tax in effect" No need to be that adversarial. Put up a high price and advertise a discount for anyone who can show ID with a local address.
- idontpost 8y agoThis is already very common in places with lots of rich tourists but low local incomes. Hawaii, for example.
- fapjacks 8y agoThat's how it works where I live. You show your driver's license, you get the local discount.
- clubm8 8y agoVegas?
- fapjacks 8y agoNo, but I have a very good friend in Vegas who says it's similar there.
- clubm8 8y ago> No, but I have a very good friend in Vegas who says it's similar there. Also the strip is where the tourists are, and isn't technically the city of Las Vegas. A lot of the behaviors people engage in on the strip would get you thrown out of a place that's more locals oriented. They don't take shit off strip.
- JoeAltmaier 8y agoPedant> Yes it is technically the city of Las Vegas. The strip has a Las Vegas, NV address.
- tedunangst 8y agoUSPS addresses do not exactly map onto local jurisdictions.