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Texas Sues Hotels For Raising Rates During Ike Evacuations

Where: TX, United States

October 3, 2008 at 12:43 PM | 1 Comment

Ugh. Two hotels in Texas -- the Hotel Nacogdoches and a Super 8 west of Katy -- jacked up their rates during the Hurricane Ike evacuations.

Yes, for real: they tried to make a little extra cashola off of people fleeing from the storm. Ew.

Nacogdoches boosted its rate of $49.99 (the advertised rate on the marquee) to $109; the Super 8 jacked their $99 rate up to $125 (sidenote: Super 8's are $99 to begin with? Wow). Also, both hotels charged evacuees both state and local hotel and motel taxes even though Texas governor Rick Perry waived them during the storm.

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is suing both hotels to ensure that any hotels never try to pull shizz like that during a declared disaster again -- which is, by the way, against the law.

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  1. thehotelexperience

    HotelChatter Member
    October 3, 2008 at 2:13 PM




    Wow

    Nice catch on this story.  It's understandable of course that someone had the thought that they could make some money off this, but to actually follow through makes me really question their judgment.

    Eric Pratum
    The Hotel Experience
    Eric Pratum's Musings

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