Originally Posted by
ff.volker
I wrote the Topguest service and asked if it is allowed to check in on my daily commute but going physical into the lobby of a property, because accounts got suspended in the past (as I saw in this thread).
Don't know if I'm allowed to cite email: therefore, rewritten answer in my own words:
Topguests aims to reward that I share my location via social network check-ins when I "actually visit the locations".
That means, that on my commute, I'm generally not allowed to check-in locations to reward points.
So in my eyes, when I commute and physical "visit the location" for 2 min I don't offend the TOS. But it seems like they still don't allow it. The two parts of the answer from Topguest conflicts each other.
Another answer was that it makes no difference which application or service I use to sign-in. Hope to see soon how they manage the GPS information.
I think when they refer to "on your commute" they are talking about people checking in as they drive by. If you go into the lobby, you are factually "actually visiting the location" so they have no way of saying that violates the TOS. They specifically state that having a paid room at the location is not required, so they can't say that by just walking into the lobby you are violating TOS. I really think it's more about how many points you rack up in a given amount of time - there is absolutely no way for them to know if you are "actually visiting the location". If you do 20 check-ins a week ( as in every week day, across 4 chains), they're eventually going to suspend you, and ask you to "change your behavior" - which to me, reading between the lines, is telling you to stop getting so many points.