Re: [87attendees] [87all] IETF 87 Berlin Meeting Review

[Donald Eastlake <[e-mail]>]

On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 11:41 AM, John R Levine <[e-mail]> wrote:
>> Don't book more people than rooms.
>> If a booked person doesn't show, let the hotel charge that person a
>> cancellation fee to cover revenue lost due to empty rooms.
>
> Um, you are not the first person ever to think about this issue.  They
> usually do charge a cancellation fee unless you pay the highest rack rate.
> Hotels are unlike airplanes in that they do not know in advance how long
> people will stay, and in many places they're not allowed to kick out a
> client who overstays, and I get the impression that overstays were the
> problem this time.

In most common law countries/states, someone staying in a hotel room
is a tenant in possession and eviction proceedings can be difficult
and lengthy. But there are cases where the hotel industry has enough
clout to change the law. See, for example, Hawai'i Revised Statuses
Section 486K-8.

http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/histatutes/2/26/486K/486K-8
It's an extraordinarily simple single sentence, but I guess you have
to read it in the context of the more lengthy definitions in
http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/histatutes/2/26/486K/486K-1

Thanks,
Donald
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> I've been walked, it's not a big deal.  You typically get a better room at a
> hotel within walking distance, for free, and the hotel staff will move your
> luggage back for you when you get unwalked if you ask them to.
>
>
> Regards,
> John Levine, [e-mail], Taughannock Networks, Trumansburg NY
> "I dropped the toothpaste", said Tom, crestfallenly.
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