{"id":387,"date":"2011-02-19T12:08:05","date_gmt":"2011-02-19T19:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theloungeisback.wordpress.com\/?p=387"},"modified":"2011-02-19T12:08:05","modified_gmt":"2011-02-19T19:08:05","slug":"las-vegas-hotel-charges-20-extra-for-a-non-smoking-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=387","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas hotel charged $20 extra per night … for a non-smoking room"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nOK, sorry, this was just FLAT STUPID.<\/p>\n

A hotel in Las Vegas, the MGM Grand<\/a>, was actually charging non-smokers a surcharge of $20 a night for a non-smoking room. A surcharge for non-smoking. REALLY? That’s insane.<\/p>\n

I guess the hotel management didn’t bother looking into how much smoking costs in extra cleaning costs to their carpet, walls, air ducts, furniture, etc. If anything, the surcharge should be charged to the smokers, not the non-smokers. From an economic standpoint, MGM Grande, it makes sense to reward non-smokers, not punish them.<\/p>\n

What’s cute is after this was publicized by a Chicago Tribune columnist, the hotel immediately stopped the practise.<\/a> Ah, the power of the press.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

OK, sorry, this was just FLAT STUPID. A hotel in Las Vegas, the MGM Grand, was actually charging non-smokers a surcharge of $20 a night for a non-smoking room. A surcharge for non-smoking. REALLY? That’s insane. I guess the hotel management didn’t bother looking into how much smoking costs in extra cleaning costs to their … Continue reading Las Vegas hotel charged $20 extra per night … for a non-smoking room<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-secondhand-smoke"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4hpEa-6f","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1119,"url":"https:\/\/pepesnonsmokingpartytimelounge.com\/?p=1119","url_meta":{"origin":387,"position":0},"title":"Oops, “Smokers’ glitch” means smokers won’t pay more for “Obamacare” coverage — for the moment","author":"Pepe Lepew","date":"July 14, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Hah, OK, this is actually kind of funny. 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