Unbelievable!

lizziea06, it is DISHONEST!!!

That means it is wrong to do, even if you "could get away with it".

What if there was a fire and they knew to only look for 2 people not 3? Anyway, the biggest part of this issue is cheating the hotel. If you can't afford to go to Vegas don't go!

Regarding the idea that if there are two doubles or two queen beds in the room, then they are already charging for four people (or rather they shouldn't charge more than they would for two) -- I find that offensive. So in other words you're saying the hotel is charging a couple as much as they would if four people were using the room? More towels, more water, more maid service, etc? It seems to me that it's nice if two people can travel for less than four -- and why shouldn't they? Why is it somehow better to charge every couple in a hotel as if they were really four people, rather than simply charging the groups of four as if they were four?

This poster asked in April how to get free upgrades, drinks, meals, etc in Las Vegas and also inquired if slipping the desk clerk $$ would help.

May I suggest you use the money you were saving for the desk clerk to pay for the extra person.

karen, no one told that woman traveling in Italy to have an affair with the guy. They just said she wasn't a __(insert bad word here)__ for writing about his attentions and finding them flattering.

OMG. We are still continuing this stupid thread! I cannot believe you people think what these young girls want to do is soo horrible. Admit it, we all have done dishonest things like this to save a few bucks. To be frank, if I was three young girls partying in Vegas, I'd probably do the same thing Diva3993 is planning. I mean hey- 10 bucks less a night equals $70 a week. Thats more than enough for a buffet or two for dinner at a nice casino.

And is there a way 3 of them can get into that buffet but only pay for two? The other can say she's not eating, right, just wants to sit with her friends? Then all 3 of them eat off the two plates, right? cool

$10/3=$3.33 pp. whoopee.

Several of us once comfronted a husband of a friend whom we knew had been physically abusing her. His response, "come on now, you all know everyone slaps his wife around once in awhile". It is amazing how some people justify their own dishonet actions by claiming that EVERYONE does it.

Speak for yourself, PetHead.

A friend and I went to Vegas a couple of years ago. We have another friend that lives there and came to stay at our hotel for the last 3 nights. Did we report this to the front desk? No! They would have probably thought we were nuts if we had mentioned it.

Everyone seems hung up on the cost of extra towels, water, etc for 3 people vs two. How about all the times you stay alone in a hotel room and and they charge the same as if two people stayed? Isn't it all a wash in the end?

Cassandra, you and I recall the thread differently. One person told the OP to "go for it". Another stated that if she were in the same situation, she'd go for it. You might only have his opportunity come up once type comments seemed to be mentioned a few times.

I recall responding to these comments, not so much for the morality, but b/c I know if a MAN had posted similar comments, the women here would be all over him. I found it very interesting that it was women doing the encouraging in that case.

And it was not my impression that people were calling her a (bad word) for being flattered with attention. I know I responded to the comments directed at her and NOT her original thread post.

Geesh, you people on the high-and-mighty patrol need to get out and live a little. Take a dare once in a while, go for it. I imagine that when you pull up to a parking meter that still has 20 minutes on it, you put in your quarter anyway just to be honest? And when you buy something at the supermarket that is marked $1.99 but rings through at the register as $1.49, you call for a pricecheck?

On New Years when the Vegas hotels are packed to the rafters, the clerks often mark that there are "2" persons in a room even though "4" persons checked in. That is why your receipt says "$259" instead of "$209 rate plus $25 for each extra person". It's to get around the fire laws in case anyone checks. I know, I used to work there. And they don't tell the housekeepers how many persons are supposed to be in each and every of their 3800 rooms and ask the housekeepers to be detectives.

You can sneak a 3rd person into the room and yes it's dishonest. You can also have just 2 persons in the room, 2 persons who shower 3 times per day, call for extra towels and soap and coffee and cups, ask the housekeeper to return to vacuum a second time and beg for a late-checkout to be complimentary. The latter is perfectly honest, but who do you think the hotel would rather have as guests and who is costing them more?

"Admit it, we all have done dishonest things like this to save a few bucks." Uh...no we haven't.

Good one...comparing slapping your wife around to three girls wanting to save some money and have some fun. You are all so hung up on the prices of towels and tiny shampoo bottles that cost the hotel probably $100 for a crate of them. I also highly doubt the mega casino corporations are going to be in serious need of that extra $70.

I forgot all of you are so morally perfect and holier than thou. So I guess its okay for you to throw the first stone.

PetHead, listen carefully. I never compared spousal abuse with sneaking into a hotel. Read my post. I used that as an example of claiming others do the same thing as a justification for being dishonest. The post wasn't about the ACTION, it was about JUSTIFYING the action. Are you able to see the difference?

And saying that hotel won't miss the $70? Geez. That means stealing $100 from a bank is totally acceptable because certainly it won't bother their business either, right? And taking a $20 out of the church collection plate as it passes you is perfectly fine since we know the church won't have to shut down for lack of money? How lame.

I don't blame people if they want to be dishonest -- somehow it doesn't even surprise me if they are. What amazes me are the ones who basically "brag" about it and justify it as being perfectly OK.

<I used that as an example of claiming others do the same thing as a justification for being dishonest. The post wasn't about the ACTION, it was about JUSTIFYING the action. Are you able to see the difference?>

Oh for godssake Patrick, you do that yourself. You justify your friends illegal subletting by claiming they had to do it, blah blah blah.

Face it, you're not as high and mighty as you make yourself out to be, you just talk like you are.

I'm not so sure what they are "stealing." If they don't ask for extra towels and aren't trashing the place, what's the difference? They pay for two beds, they get two beds.
Three girls will probably result in a lot less wear and tear than a family of 4, where the kids are free.

The Weasel, please go read my posts before you start your yelling. Didn't you see where I clearly pointed out that those people renting ARE doing it illegally? Didn't you see where I said I WASN'T justifying their actions, only pointing out why perhaps they do? Get over yourself. You can't be as dumb as you're pretending to be by not seeing what I'm saying here. Or are you just trying to point out why you picked out your screen name?

Slyvia I could not agree with you more. I highly doubt these girls are going to ravage through a housekeeper's cart and trash a hotel room.

Everyone get off your high horses.

If you don;t understand what they're stealing - then I don;t think I can explain it to you.

IMHO it;s a very simple matter of honesty - and right versus wrong.

There are always many reasons or excuses or special circumstances when people take something that isn't theirs. But the hotel gets to decide what it wants to charge for how many people - and to unilaterally decide to make up your own set of rules about their property - is a lot of what is wrong with the world today.

While I agree with various reasons why this in the relative scope of things is not a capital crime, that is not the point.

The hotel has set rules for occupancy. Unless they violate some Constitutional right or other law, they have the perfect right to set any rules they want. And customers have a choice whether to do business there or not - but if they do, then they are boiund by these rules.

Whether or not one will get caught is not the point - or else murder would be OK unless one got caught.