Soldier Refused a room

[timwilky]

I don't understand why he even need to show any ID just to get a hotel room in the first place. No hotel in this country has ever asked me for any. If they did, they would be out of luck as I don't carry anything that could ID me.

Originally Posted by timwilky

I don't understand why he even need to show any ID just to get a hotel room in the first place. No hotel in this country has ever asked me for any. If they did, they would be out of luck as I don't carry anything that could ID me.

Most Hotels ask for proof of who you are, its probably the fist thing he had to hand. I have often used mine as proof of who i am.

[Luckypants]

I think this is a non-event. The guy refused a room has gone back to his unit in Iraq, it was his mum that has raised a fuss. As Baph pointed out, he could have gone to another hotel.

Originally Posted by Biker_Billy

This was on the GixerJunkies forum yesterday...

...some of the folk on there have taken it upon themselves to contact the hotel direct to voice their concern!

Yes and they might have a problem themselves now as the Police are investigating abusive phone calls made to the hotel.

Talk about a making a mountain out of molehill!

[timwilky]

All I have ever been asked for is to take an imprint of my credit card in case I scarper without paying the bill

Originally Posted by Luckypants

I think this is a non-event. The guy refused a room has gone back to his unit in Iraq, it was his mum that has raised a fuss. As Baph pointed out, he could have gone to another hotel.



Yes and they might have a problem themselves now as the Police are investigating abusive phone calls made to the hotel.

Talk about a making a mountain out of molehill!

probably getting nowhere as any squadie who is doing it, will be ringing from our VPN . And trust me i know, its a rght balls ache for them to investigate calls comming form it for that reason!

Originally Posted by neio79

Most Hotels ask for proof of who you are, its probably the fist thing he had to hand. I have often used mine as proof of who i am.

I think it shows total lack of respect and the hotel should should be dealt that way about it.

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by neio79

I think you wil find people find it a bit wrong as it is a specific descrimination, based soley on his job. Not t odisimilar from being fefused if he had been black.

Thats how it seemed to me.

i think you should read between the lines. he was refused a room cos he was welsh.

hth

ps i see no real story here, he works for hm forces he's not God. he has no right to a room as anybody else. yep its wrong he was refused and bad for the hotel concerned but just cos he serves...so what?

Disgraceful

[TSM]

Originally Posted by Baph

People tend to forget, but any company anywhere, can reserve the right not to offer it's products/services to any person (or group thereof) for any reason. They don't even have to provide a reason legally.

If that's the blanket policy in use, fair enough. Just the same as many many hotels I've come across that don't allow children to sleep there.

For all we know, the hotel may of had issues in the past with regards noise/property damage etc, and rightly or wrongly, attributed these previous problems to military personnel. But then, I'm just guessing.

The truth is, no-one except those directly involved know the reasons for the hotel having that policy.

not totaly legal, just its not been tried out properly in court. Its illegal to deny accepting a couple of the same sex, so they could not use the right to refuse clause in that case, extend it further and refusing admission will not be allowed without reasonable cause.

There is apparently a pub in northampton that does not allow any bikers, that can be argued as discrimination to a group of people and illegal as in the case above.

So, its they are on weak ground using that clause. Its only a matter of time.