>>Incidentally the bed-bug infestation in NYC is NOT >>confined to sleazy >>hotels. It is an epidemic even in some of the >>city's glitziest >>high-rise condos and apartment houses, a public >>health crisis, almost.
Exactly and so Bed bugs in some sleazy hotel in India should not be considered as a bench mark >>*** American consumers have many recourses. Easiest of it is >>availability of CHOICE. We did move out a day after the incident did not have much choice ... it was a holiday weekend. In fact, on day of incident we did not have ANY CHOICE except moving to some 5 star paying a couple of hundred dollars. you will surely have such CHOICE everywhere in India if you are ready to pay for 5 stars However, having choice does not justify the business model of HOJO ... an American Company. Imagine you buy a Tata Indica/Nano in Guwahati and if there are problem, Tata says your dealer should take care of it .... we do not have any responsibility ! >>I have no trouble believing that. >>Actually my very first experience in a Chicago Travelodge in 1976 was very much like what these videos portray. >>But to suggest or imply that these facilities in NYC or Chicago or LA or SF or Boston define the hotel/motel scene in the USA is what defies ordinary logic. >>Incidentally the bed-bug infestation in NYC is NOT confined to sleazy hotels. It is an epidemic even in some of the city's glitziest high-rise condos and apartment houses, a public health crisis, almost. Wonder where they came from. > >HOJO Franchisees are owned by various people. The one >I am talking about is owned by some hispanic person >... but does that mean HOJO will shrugg off all responsibility ... I mean is it the American way of doing business. *** American consumers have many recourses. Easiest of it is availability of CHOICE. In more damaging instances consumer courts could be approached for damages. If I go into a motel that causes me concern, the very first thing I do is to go check the room out BEFORE I pay and check in. I did that in Kolkata too, after I experienced one of those three-star rated joints near Dum Dum the first time. Next time I did not go by the Pre-paid Taxi operator's recommendation or the taxi driver's urging. I went, checked the room, looked around the windows to see if the panes were all in, flushed the toilet to see if it worked , looked under the bed cover , turned the shower on to see if it worked or if it had hot water and so forth. In this place with a Rs. 2200/- per night rate the toilet did not flush. It was a fast good bye. UNfortunately the CHOICES were few. I had to settle for something not a whole lot better, but at least the toilet flushed. The third time I found Stadel. But I stayed at Sonar Bangla for a couple of nights. That was great! But hurt the wallet. At 8:59 AM -0800 1/11/08, Krishnendu Chakraborty wrote: > >>Should that define the general standard of hotels >and motels across >>>the USA? > > >May be or may be not. check this .... >http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11916682/ > >Also check the numerous blogs on hotels ... does not >look too good. > >My experience in US says that the standard of hotels >have degraded rapidly over last 10 years or so. > > >>>Incidentally HOJO is owned by desis if I am not >mistaken. >>>That might explain it > >Where did you get this piece of info ??? As I >understand it is owned by Wyndham Group and the CEO is >Stephen P. Holmes .... does not sound an Indian Name >nor does he look Indian. >HOJO Franchisees are owned by various people. The one >I am talking about is owned by some hispanic person >... but does that mean HOJO will shrugg off all >responsibility ... I mean is it the American way of >doing business. > >>>BTW, did you report it to AAA? > >Oh yes ! and they sent me a nice letter ... we have >forwarded your complaint to the local AAA Inspector ! > > > >>>I won't try to compare the US quality of motels and >hotels with >>>Indian ones. It will not be fair to do so. But when >an Indian hotel >>>charges prices like US hotels, > >Hmmm ..... where did it charge prices like US hotel. >As I said, first find a hotel in a Major US city >where it charges $30 that too for walkin customers!! > >Two years back, I visited Kanyakumari ...hotel was 3 >star (as claimed by them and might be true) Rs1500 per >night (< $40)for a sea facing room and was excellent. > I had earlier experience in Goa (Tourist Dept hotel) >in Calengute Beach (on the beach) where a suite was >Rs1600 . I will not say it was a Star facility but >clean and fantastic location (you can see the sea from >your bed). >Try finding a sea facing hotel in a Tourist location >in US for that price !!!! ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
