Originally Posted by
Proudelitist
Refusing cash is a good way to keep the riff raff out. People who don't have credit cards or even debit cards are higher risk people.
I remember being in a terrible hotel years ago. It was the "Tulsa Select" hotel in Tulsa. They had a sign at the front desk: "Cash payments not accepted from Tulsa residents".
The reason is that prostitutes, drug dealers, junkies and criminals in general use cash only. By requiring them to use a CC or debit card, you are requiring them to leave a record of their identity and of their stay. This means the hotel won't turn as easily into a seedy base of operations for low-lifes.
That's hilarious. I happen to have a Brother who prefers to deal in cash. Riff raff that you imply he must be, he peels $1000 bills off a roll with regularity. The only 'higher risk' I see him posing vs. you with a credit card in a hotel Proudelitist, is that you could get run over by staff in their rush to serve my Brother.
As for your Tulsa example, any hotel with such a sign for such a purpose, is not a hotel I would be staying in with cash or with credit cards.