Hotel fines $500 for every bad review posted online

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Post by mcenedella » Mon, Aug 04, 2014, 11:11 AM UTC

Hotel fines $500 for every bad review posted online
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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Aug 04, 2014, 11:48 AM UTC

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Post by baddox » Mon, Aug 04, 2014, 11:48 AM UTC

If the hotel is clear about these terms, then I don't see much of a problem with this. It makes it really easy to know to pick a different hotel.

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Post by keehun » Mon, Aug 04, 2014, 11:48 AM UTC

Feels like a place Reddit or 4chan would tar and feather and then let it hang out and dry until it's dead.

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Post by valarauca1 » Mon, Aug 04, 2014, 11:51 AM UTC

What I wonder is how this is traced.

If I leave a review ~6months after would my sisters bridal party be charged or the party that is currently renting the hall?

I assume the later since they assume reviews are placed within a short span of time. Which then if there are several books one-day-after-the-next how do you migrate reviews? Or do you split the difference between all parties?

Even if the policy is clear, and the market is free. There is no way this policy can be enforced fairly.

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Post by Spooky23 » Mon, Aug 04, 2014, 11:51 AM UTC

Makes sense. Asking for a functional ice machine in the middle of the summer at a wedding is a pretty unreasonable expectation.

We're talking about Hudson, NY here. It's practically a wilderness... having an appliance repairman come would be impossible!

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Post by ebbv » Mon, Aug 04, 2014, 11:51 AM UTC

baddox wrote: post #3

If the hotel is clear about these terms, then I don't see much of a problem with this. It makes it really easy to know to pick a different hotel.

Doesn't matter where they claim this fee is legitimate, if the person refuses to pay (which I would), there's no way this would be upheld in civil court.

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Post by easytiger » Mon, Aug 04, 2014, 11:53 AM UTC

Viral business suicide surely.

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Post by ryoshu » Mon, Aug 04, 2014, 11:53 AM UTC

Another business introduced to the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect

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Post by rrrx3 » Mon, Aug 04, 2014, 11:55 AM UTC

baddox wrote: post #3

If the hotel is clear about these terms, then I don't see much of a problem with this. It makes it really easy to know to pick a different hotel.

I should be stating the obvious here, but the fact that I even have to post this means that obviously, I am not.

Just because something is written into the terms of an agreement doesn't make it legal.