New York Hotel Fining Guests $500 For Every Bad Online Review

Page Six – A hotel in tony Hudson, NY, has found a novel way to keep negative reviews off Yelpand other sites — fine any grousing guests. The Union Street Guest House, near Catskills estates built by the Vanderbilts and Rockefellers, charges couples who book weddings at the venue $500 for every bad review posted online by their guests. “Please know that despite the fact that wedding couples love Hudson and our inn, your friends and families may not,” reads an online policy. “If you have booked the inn for a wedding or other type of event .?.?. and given us a deposit of any kind .?.?. there will be a $500 fine that will be deducted from your deposit for every negative review .?.?. placed on any internet site by anyone in your party.” If you take down the nasty review, you’ll get your money back. For any bad reviews that do make it online, the innkeepers aggressively post “mean spirited nonsense,” and “she made all of this up.” In response to a review complaining of rude treatment over a bucket of ice, the proprietors shot back: “I know you guys wanted to hang out and get drunk for 2 days and that is fine. I was really really sorry that you showed up in the summer when it was 105 degrees .?.?. I was so so so sorry that our ice maker and fridge were not working and not accessible.” Oddly, the hotel didn’t respond to a request for comment.

Love this hotel’s tactic. Basically just being like “We’re actually a really awesome hotel for everyone else but if you dont like it for some reason then you’re an idiot and we’re gonna charge you 500 bucks if you tell people you didn’t like it.” Brilliant. I might start employing that rule here at Barstool. Please know that all my blogs are awesome but if for some reason you don’t like them thats not my fault. Leave a bad comment about me or have anyone say something bad about me on twitter you’ll be billed for $500. If you delete the comment the invoice will be rescinded. I’m so so so sorry that I was hungover and didn’t write your TV recap. I’m very sorry that it was a Friday in the summer and I mailed it in and wrapped up the day by 1pm. Say anything about it though and that will be 500 internet dollars deducted from your Barstool Bucks account.

I’m gonna be rich.