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Originally Posted by KEVIN_224
Is there some type of 4 week or 30 day rule with Connecticut motels? My brother has been at one on the Berlin Turnpike for 4 weeks. When he went to renew yesterday, the manager said he could keep his stuff in the room and wouldn't be charged for the night. He was then told he had to stay elsewhere for last night. He was informed that he'd have to show a receipt from another place if he stayed elsewhere.
A coworker of his said the renter's status changes at that point from transient to resident. It also makes it tougher for the motel to kick someone out after that point.
I recently stayed at a different motel for just short of 6 months. Never once was this rule mentioned to me.
Has this rule ("law") always been in effect for Connecticut?
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Sounds like an urban legend that some motel operators believe. If a lease doesn't exist, I don't see how one can be created out of thin air. Stranger things have happened though so probably better to be safe than sorry.
FWIW, a lot of foreigners (mostly of Indian descent) are owner/operators of these motels on the Berlin Trpke now. Seems like word got out to New Delhi that this is the new hot business to own/operate in America. The Indians are also buying package stores in some areas. Not that anything is wrong with that, but it seems when one foreigner is moderately successful in a business others follow.
Another FWIW, in a hotel/motel situation if the customer
does not pay their bill, the hotel/motel can lock them out of the room and seize their belongings in that room. If the bill remains unpaid those belongings can be sold.
I worked at a hotel while I was in college and we had a few non paying customers a few times who had their items seized.
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