http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-24T22:09:39Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/5/74235/23438 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/Metro_Hotel_Woking.jpg" class="imgborder">It seems the politeness of the English doesn't extend to soldiers who want to stay the night at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Metro+Hotelwoking/ian/242023"><b>Metro Hotel Woking</b></a> near London, and we're a bit surprised. <p>This week the news came out that back in June, Corporal Tomos Stringer tried to check into the Metro Hotel while he was visiting a fellow soldier but he ended up sleeping in his car because the front desk told him the hotel had a "no military personnel" policy. <p>A spokesman said they'd had "some rather serious incidents" involving soldiers in the past, but then said the front desk clerk had made a mistake and apologized. <p>We're pretty curious, of course, about the "rather serious incidents", but amandak 2008-09-05T11:30:22-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/