NEWS: Hilton Guest Suing Hotel Over 75 Cents For A Newspaper
I travel more then most people – so that means staying in many different hotels and I always find it comical how expensive everything is. In June I stayed in a hotel in Los Angeles and they had a bottle of water ( for your comfort) for $7.00 ! For $7.00 I want some gold flakes in that water. Have you ever experienced something like this?
Well it looks like someone is finally fighting back – I do want to take the stance that I think suing over $.75 ( the extra charge the man suing Hilton for ) is a bit silly but it is the sneakiness on Hilton part that is so upsetting.
When you stay at a hotel one would assume the newspaper that is placed in front of your door in the morning is free …. right?
Well not at Hilton.
Rodney Harmon, 55, of Sacramento said he visited the Hilton Garden Inn Sonoma County Airport on March 28 and saw a copy of USA Today outside his door.
“He did not request a newspaper and assumed it had been placed there by hotel staff,” said the suit, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in San Francisco. Harmon didn’t realize until later that a 75-cent charge for the paper had been added to his bill.
Harmon accused Hilton of deliberately hiding the newspaper charge by describing the fee in an “extremely small font which is difficult to notice or read” on the sleeve of the room card.
What do you think about this lawsuit?
Thanks! Perez Hilton
