VIDEO: Hotel Desk Clerk Refuses to Serve Veteran and Calls the Police, You Won’t Believe Why

TPN ^ | 6/26/2014 | Jennifer Burke

[leapfrog0202]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Undercover_Boss_(U.S._TV_series)_episodes

There’s the link, sorry.

Budget Inn is not a franchise. You could open a hotel tomorrow and call it Budget Inn. You could not open one and just call it Comfort Inn or Days Inn unless you purchased a franchise, but since Budget Inn is NOT a franchise, anyone can use that name.

There’s probably a Budget Inn in almost every community just because a name like Budget pulls in a lot of travelers. And because there are so many, people probably do think they’re part of a chain like Days Inn.

[leapfrog0202]

Thanks for telling me. I forgot to add the link. :-)

[lonevoice]

I’m on the warpath and have no problem going twitter on them. The place will be out of business within a week.

Good man!

[Marie]

thanks!

[leapfrog0202]

Thank you! I get a little rabid about hotels, loved my job because I was able to help hotel owners improve.

[dragnet2]

Foreigners, Muslims, people from India, Mideast, etc., have purchased most of the hotel franchises in the Midwest and all over the US.

In fact, they have bought up most of the 711 greedy mart franchises along with burger king, McDonald’s, and the rest of the fast slop joints...

While they bought up America and divided the once united, most Americans were sleeping or drunk....

[Reeses]

Patel is the most common surname in India. It is basically the Indian equivalent of Smith.

And Bhavin is the equivalent of Bob. America now has about the same number of Bhavin Patels as Bob Smiths.

[Churchillspirit]

Dogs are not allowed in my store because I sell food - the exception being, of course, service dogs.

However, I have to take the word of the dog owner - not permitted to ask for proof.

[GOPJ]

He is an official service dog with the proper identifying vest and paperwork. But, that didn’t matter to the desk clerk, Bina Patel, at the Budget Inn. She told Price that his dog was not allowed, and said she would call the police on him for having a dog on the premises when he wouldn’t leave.

The clerk, Bina Patel of Budget Inn should be forced to receive all medical care for the next two years from the VA... That's real punishment....

[SpeakLittle_ThinkMuch]

May I ask where you stay while traveling since you know the ins and outs of the business?

[TXnMA]

"The Patel family, or just people named Patel own half the motels in the USA, it seems like."

Most likely, they are Gujaratis (Indians). "Patel" is a prevalent name in Gujarat...

[The Working Man]

The Patel family, or just people named Patel own half the motels in the USA, it seems like.

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Around here too, they are buying up all of the Convenience stores too.

[leapfrog0202]

I don’t stay with any one chain because they all have good and bad. I take my favorite chains, see what they have in the area I want to go, narrow it down by price I’m willing to pay and then check recent reviews on Trip Advisor. Then I decide.

My usual choices are:

Best Western
Wingate Inn
Holiday Inn Express
Hampton Inn and/or their family of hotels
Doubletree
Hilton Inn and/or their family of hotels

An FYI that a lot of people don’t realize, you can OFTEN get a lower rate by calling the hotel direct, not the 800 # or the website. I say often because sometimes the hotel just won’t budge on rate, but you can find a room at that hotel cheaper online. I usually look online, call the 800 # and then call the hotel.

[leapfrog0202]

There are 3 in Daytona Beach so how do you know which it was?

[WhiskeyX]

We don’t know so far, unless someone can read the business card flashed in the video.

[Excellence]

I learned the hard way to not be in front of one of them when the doors open.

[vette6387]

“I learned the hard way to not be in front of one of them when the doors open.”

Yeah, particularly if you are trying to get on or off a Tokyo subway, or and Indian train. The other thing you want to make sure you never do is get between a politician and a microphone. And that goes double if its Schmucky Chucky Schumer! It’s probably why they have ambulances at political rallies.

[ducttape45]

I don’t know which establishments wouldn’t cater to him. He hasn’t divulged them. He did tell that his apartment complex gave him grief until he got a lawyer involved, but that’s all I know for now. He’s going to let me know soon.

[SpeakLittle_ThinkMuch]

Thanks for the tips. We use 4 of the 6 you mentioned.

If only they could all be like the Sagebrush Inn in Taos. One of our favorites in the southwest.

[freekitty]

ROTFLOL