[waspleg]

Vouchers also don't do anything for the possible damage/theft. I used to work hotels, mostly 3rd shift, and none would ever have gone for that. They also all always require ID cash (photocopied if cash) or not; even in the ghetto.

Let me possibly shatter an illusion though. Staying at a "nicer" more expensive hotel in not-the-ghetto doesn't make it safe or secure or have any less problems than the cheap ghetto ones. It just means the room might be cleaner and you might be compensated something for bitching instead of told to fuck off. I worked both.

I saw a lot of shit and basically if you go in and they look like they're cutting corners on things like, and I shit you not and am quoting an Indian manager fresh off the boat "We're not required to have coffee creamer", run the fuck away fast. I saw similar places not wash sheets to save soap money (different hotel, same mind set). I saw meth labs in "nice" hotels. It goes on.

But you're right they wouldn't do it just for the "reputation of being a homeless shelter" alone.

[morgante]

> Staying at a "nicer" more expensive hotel in not-the-ghetto doesn't make it safe or secure or have any less problems than the cheap ghetto ones.

I've stayed in many hotels over the years at all different price points and in general there has been an almost perfect correlation between price and the quality of cleaning/rooms/service.

[x0x0]

We lived in hotels for 6 weeks a couple years ago doing a cross country trip. My experience is the difference between a $25/night motel and a $90/night hotel isn't (much) the accommodations but rather the class of your neighbors for the night. Screaming fights / loud parties / yelling down the hall at 3 am occurred on the low end, not the high.

[gohrt]

> Indian manager fresh off the boat

didn't help me understand the point of your story, but did cast doubt on your credibility.

[jessaustin]

This seems to imply that you haven't experienced the full gamut of motels in operation in USA. The percentage of innkeepers who are Indian is higher than that of pretty much any other occupation.

[oh_sigh]

How does that make him/her less credible?