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Ah my friend you have either a short, or more likely a convenient memory, and forgot the post where you gave a review of the Hotel Morazan. When questioned as to how you made your conclusion without ever having stayed there your reply was I have walked by it.

That is the reference Paco and I alluded to

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Obviously I walked in the damn place and took a tour.

Still, you feel the need to bring up a statement made 2 years ago. When your whole argument is about about time, and how things have changed?

On Jan 1, 2006

Whats obvious is you failed to mention taking a tour of the hotel but did mention 3 other sources for forming your opinion.

Surprising your memory is so much better 2 years after the fact.

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Feel free to answer the second part of the question at any time. How is it relevant to any of this?

I asked a question, you posted nothing useful at all.
A tad bit obsessed with your post count?

No problem man. Spin post history anyway you want but remember what you wrote some time back is still there. Readily available to anyone who uses the search function.

My obsession is accurate info and owning up to what you have posted in the past.

What is yours?

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Actually Cujo, you bring up an interesting question for discussion.

At what point does a guest fee stop simply covering extra linen/cleaning costs etc. and become "profiting from prostitution?" The latter is of course, illegal in C.R.

Yes, I agree with Irish Drifter that the hotel's intent may well be to discourage guests from bringing hookers into their hotel. However, the H.I. could easily simply ban working girls (a la the Gran Hotel Costa Rica) if their sole aim was to keep their property family friendly. And, a certain number of guests will pay the ridiculous fee...thus putting money into the hotel's bank. Without the prostitute, there would be no $40.00 fee, thus it could be inferred that the H.I. Aurola is indeed profiting from prostitution. Pimp-Daddy Holiday Inn.

I have always considered a small guest fee to be reasonable, particularly if the hotel expends resources (cleaning, towels, security checks). To me, the $10.00 fee at the HDR is kind of shady, but I could see how the management there could justify a small, reasonable fee. But $40.00?

I generally leave American corporations behind when I come to C.R. on purpose. I don't eat at Mickey D's, I don't watch CNN, I mainly smoke local cigarettes/cigars...and I don't stay at Holiday Inns... Your needs and tastes may differ. The forty buck extortion is just another reason I'll avoid the SJ H.I..

"You ain't seen nothin'
'Til you've been
In a motel, baby
Like the Holiday Inn."

- Elton John
"Madman Across the Water"
1972 MCA Records

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