Imagine you have just been ordered to evacuate your city because of a deadly hurricane rushing into the area. This probably is a very unsettling situation.
Well, let’s take it a step further.
Now, imagine showing up at a hotel who’s normal rate for a room is $79/night, but due to the hurricane, is now charging $200/night. What do you do? Walk away with no where else to go? Or pay the outrageously inflated prices.
Well this is exactly what happened at a Comfort Suites in Baytown, TX. They raised their rates to “discourage rowdy people from staying there.” I don’t know about you, but I don’t care what their reason was, this is PRICE-GOUGING and that is illegal in my book. I hope the Texas Attorney General comes down hard on that hotel. They should be ashamed for what they are doing in the wake of this disaster.
via Diane’s Stuff
Uh. Texas. Yeah.