“A hotel in Hudson, N.Y., is under fire for attempting to charge guests a $500 fee if anyone in their party left a negative online review.
The policy may not have made Union Street Guest House any money, but it did earn them a 1.5-star rating on Yelp and hundreds of reviews warning potential visitors to steer clear.
Owner/manager Chris Wagoner, who is also a local politician, responded that the rule was “put on our site as a tongue-in-cheek response to a wedding many years ago” and was meant to be taken down and was never enforced.”
Read more from Gawker here: http://gawker.com/hotel-threatens-to-charge-guests-500-for-every-negativ-1615977935
Jimmy Dore (http://www.twitter.com/jimmy_dore) and Ana Kasparian (http://www.twitter.com/anakasparian) of The Young Turks break down this story. Have you ever left a review on Yelp? Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
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So does that mean they pay you for a positive review.