14 DAY TRIAL // A hotel in the city of Hudson in New York, US, has one really bizarre policy in place. Simply put, it has $500 (€372) fines in store for newlyweds whose guests have the audacity to post negative reviews online.
The hotel, identified as the Union Street Guest House, is so proud of this odd policy and determined to make it as official as possible that it has even shared it on its website, for the entire world to see and poke fun at, The Verge informs.
By the looks of it, this $500 fine for each and every negative review is to be deducted from deposits made by young couples looking to get married when contacting the hotel and announcing their plans to have guests stay here.
“There will be a $500 fine that will be deducted from your deposit for every negative review of USGH placed on any Internet site by anyone in your party and / or attending your wedding or event,” the controversial policy reads.
The good news is that folks in charge of running the Union Street Guest House are not ones to announce such an outrageous policy without taking the time to explain why it was that they saw fit to implement the $500 fine.
Thus, the policy was set in place to protect the Union Street Guest House from being trashed by guests unable to get it through their thick skulls that this hotel is one of a kind and will therefore look slightly different to other establishments of this kind.
“Please know that despite the fact that wedding couples love Hudson and our Inn, your friends and families may not. This is due to the fact that your guests may not understand what we offer - therefore we expect you to explain that to them.”
“Our bathrooms and kitchens are designed to look old in an artistic 'vintage' way. Our furniture is mostly hip, period furniture that you would see in many design magazines. If your guests are looking for a Marriott type hotel they may not like it here,” the hotel's website reads.
Shortly after the news about this hotel's bizarre policy for newlyweds made headlines, the Union Street Guest House removed the text detailing the fine from its website. However, the establishment is still getting quite a lot of bad publicity.
Apart from the media coverage that this story is now receiving, word has it that, not too long after the Union Street Guest House's policy hit the public eye, hundreds of bad reviews concerning this hotel and the conditions its guests are expected to learn to appreciate made it online.