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hotel downgrade

Are high hotel occupancy rates offering hotels yet another opportunity to secretly profit from you? Consider the practice of “walking” — transferring a guest to another property when the inn is full. Most reputable resorts “walk” their customers to a comparable hotel. But what if the second place costs less than the first, and the property simply pockets the rate difference?

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Here’s an odd scenario that appears to be taking place more often in hotels. Guests are getting themselves involuntarily upgraded into a better room, only to find themselves involuntarily downgraded the following night. There’s something wrong with that.

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