Are hotels taking a hard line on guests who misbehave? I can’t help but notice a little uptick in stories about people being kicked out of their resort.
Just this morning there was the story of 40 traveling salespeople who were thrown out of the AmericInn Lodge & Suites in Moorhead, Minn., for what a manager called “very, very rude behavior.”
What did they do? The guests were reportedly drinking, partying and smoking in nonsmoking rooms. When the staff told them to leave, they “just started getting a little irate” and made threatening comments to housekeepers and security staff, according to the manager.
Then there’s the case of songwriter Tanya White, who was removed from the women’s bathroom at the Beverly Hills Hotel last year because she was mistaken for a man. White claims that even after proving she was a woman — how do you prove something like that without, you know, undressing? — they told her to get out and escorted her off the premises.
She is suing the hotel with the help of celebrity attorney Gloria Allred.
And how about Ray J — you know, Brandy’s brother — who was booted from the Hyatt in Washington after PCP and other drugs were found in his room. Those weren’t his drugs, Ray J. insists.
He’s considering legal action against the hotel. Anyone have Allred’s number?
So are hotels growing less tolerant of guests who misbehave?
No, just guests who misbehave badly. Maybe there’s just a lot more of them out there this summer.
