Tammy Bowman prepays for a nonsmoking room for four guests at a Holiday Inn in Manhattan. But she gets a smaller, smoking room and is then told to take it or leave it. She stays. Is she entitled to anything for her trouble?
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Gary Benedik was driving through Memphis recently when he decided to stop for the night. He made a reservation at a Holiday Inn, but discovered a short while later that the hotel was too far out of the way. But by then it was too late: he’d already been charged for the room.
OK, maybe I’m overstating it by just a little. But pictures don’t lie.

Elliott is consumer advocate
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