This is absolutely outrageous. A homeless charity books hotel rooms, pays for hotel rooms upfront, and then the staff refuse to check them in because they are homeless. This is abhorrent. I will avoid using Holiday Inn going forward.
andycake87 on
There has been countless stories of homeless people being bought hotel rooms and then they trash the place. They a business not a charity
Acceptable_Hope_6475 on
Well it’s more nuanced than that; kudos to the charity, but they should have an a agreement with a hotel to house etc
That aside it’s disgusting
But the rooms would need fumigated afterwards and burn the mattress is a simplistic way of looking at a complex issue
It’s not as simple as saying hey Johnny there’s a room for the night
There needs to be a welfare support wraparound this
It’s a very complex issue and not as simple as the franchisee having a zero stance on it
You can’t just plop people with complex needs in a commercial hotel and leave them to it
The hotel staff are not trained to deal with these issues
I take that well if they just rocked up and said my name is X checked in they probably would have got a bed if they charity person wasn’t there
Nub of the issue nobody should be without a roof and this falls to government not a hotel franchisee (Ps I am not one and don’t agree with the stance taken here but I have a realistic view on why this stance was taken )
floftie on
Homeless people are not homeless because they don’t have somewhere to live. Most homeless people aren’t people who have fallen on hard times and have taken to the street to live. They have long, complicated and deep problems that require more than a roof over their head for a couple of nights.
Be better a proper agreement with sheltered housing or a YMCA or something.
AcrobaticInternet45 on
I watched something recently on TikTok where people have come across a homeless ex nickelodeon star living rough , public chipped in to get him some help and they booked him in to a hotel , 2 hours later the tv was in the bath tub , the room was trashed and he was no where to be seen but the room was left open.
Unfortunately drugs and homelessness often go in hand , you can understand business not wanting to risk it , it could also endanger their customers , I don’t blame them
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This is absolutely outrageous. A homeless charity books hotel rooms, pays for hotel rooms upfront, and then the staff refuse to check them in because they are homeless. This is abhorrent. I will avoid using Holiday Inn going forward.
There has been countless stories of homeless people being bought hotel rooms and then they trash the place. They a business not a charity
Well it’s more nuanced than that; kudos to the charity, but they should have an a agreement with a hotel to house etc
That aside it’s disgusting
But the rooms would need fumigated afterwards and burn the mattress is a simplistic way of looking at a complex issue
It’s not as simple as saying hey Johnny there’s a room for the night
There needs to be a welfare support wraparound this
It’s a very complex issue and not as simple as the franchisee having a zero stance on it
You can’t just plop people with complex needs in a commercial hotel and leave them to it
The hotel staff are not trained to deal with these issues
I take that well if they just rocked up and said my name is X checked in they probably would have got a bed if they charity person wasn’t there
Nub of the issue nobody should be without a roof and this falls to government not a hotel franchisee (Ps I am not one and don’t agree with the stance taken here but I have a realistic view on why this stance was taken )
Homeless people are not homeless because they don’t have somewhere to live. Most homeless people aren’t people who have fallen on hard times and have taken to the street to live. They have long, complicated and deep problems that require more than a roof over their head for a couple of nights.
I don’t blame the hotel TBH. [Especially with stories like this](https://www.itv.com/news/2016-01-13/homeless-couple-given-anniversary-gift-of-night-in-hotel-accused-of-trashing-room)
Be better a proper agreement with sheltered housing or a YMCA or something.
I watched something recently on TikTok where people have come across a homeless ex nickelodeon star living rough , public chipped in to get him some help and they booked him in to a hotel , 2 hours later the tv was in the bath tub , the room was trashed and he was no where to be seen but the room was left open.
Unfortunately drugs and homelessness often go in hand , you can understand business not wanting to risk it , it could also endanger their customers , I don’t blame them