Originally Posted by
Mr. Vker
I thought there was some max (I thought 30 days) where you could be considered a tenant and therefore most properties would not allow you to exceed this. Am I getting this wrong? I must be with all of these other examples.
Laws in most states (although I haven't found an exception in all of my years yet) are very specific for the lodging industry and as soon as you register you're considered a tentant - methods of evicting a guest do vary by state with some being extremely strick (NY comes to mind) however most leave it to management's discretion regardless of how long a guest has been registered.....there is no reason that I'm aware of why a hotel wouldn't want you to be considered a resident of the state - once that threshold is reached you become tax exempt which is a big selling feature (think of a 15% discount in total amount paid because you're now tax free...before anyone calls me on it, no one - this includes governmental workers - is ever exempt by act of congress for any taxes levied to promote tourism but just saving the use/occupancy taxes are a huge savings)
But with this said the reason some hotels wont allow you to stay longer than 30 nights is a system limitation - for example S*******'s CRS system was finally replaced within the past few months, the old S****** system could only accomodate reservations up to but not exceeding 30 nights (if you wanted anything longer you needed to be transferred to someone at the hotel where their PMS system could confirm it further however you'd never recieve a CRS confirmation number and be able to review it on the brand website) whereas Hilton & Marriott have been able to book reservations for a year or more for decades now
Hotel companies have never been accused of being cutting edge for tech (I know one brand who thought their systems were, once I started explaining all of the features Hilton and Marriott had the person stopped making the claim)....infact the hotel industry makes the airline industry look cutting edge at times
PS... Marriott as won numerous CIO awards for their technology over the past few decades, I was reading an article this morning where they won another one in the past few months (I would rate MI & Hilton the best two out there, Hilton edges MI out in some areas and vice versa)