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About this Petition
On February 14, @Super8Hotels tweeted, "Love is in the air… Happy Valentine's Day!" But their love certainly didn't extend to homeless families in Ohio.
According to Super 8, enforcing a changeable policy is more important than saving human life, and the "No Refunds" rule is more important than honoring compassion and generosity.
On Valentine's Day, the temperature in Columbus, OH, was nine degrees with wind chill below zero. George and Joyce were traveling across the state and stopped for dinner at Wendy's, and saw a couple crying. They asked Stephanie and Louis what was wrong, and Stephanie said they were a homeless couple with nowhere to go. Rather than letting them suffer hypothermia, George and Joyce generously bought them three nights at a Super 8 Motel. But an hour later, the Super 8 called George back just to let him know they were evicting the homeless couple even if it meant letting them freeze -- all because they didn't have ID, and no, the generous family couldn't have their money back, either.
Super 8 is owned by the Wyndham Hotel Group, which also owns Days Inn, Ramada, Travelodge, Howard Johnson, and more. Tell Wyndham CEO Geoff Ballotti: If you want our travel dollars, then change the way you treat homeless people! Make things right with this couple and set new policies to make sure this never happens again!
Wyndham has since refunded George's money, but still needs to update the way it treats the homeless. After signing, please share this petition widely so that Super 8 hears from as many customers as possible - thank you!
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On February 14, @Super8Hotels tweeted, "Love is in the air… Happy Valentine's Day!" But their love certainly didn't extend to homeless families in Ohio.
According to Super 8, enforcing a changeable policy is more important than saving human life, and the "No Refunds" rule is more important than honoring compassion and generosity.
On Valentine's Day, the temperature in Columbus, OH, was nine degrees with wind chill below zero. George and Joyce were traveling across the state and stopped for dinner at Wendy's, and saw a couple crying. They asked Stephanie and Louis what was wrong, and Stephanie said they were a homeless couple with nowhere to go. Rather than letting them suffer hypothermia, George and Joyce generously bought them three nights at a Super 8 Motel. But an hour later, the Super 8 called George back just to let him know they were evicting the homeless couple even if it meant letting them freeze -- all because they didn't have ID, and no, the generous family couldn't have their money back, either.
Super 8 is owned by the Wyndham Hotel Group, which also owns Days Inn, Ramada, Travelodge, Howard Johnson, and more. Tell Wyndham CEO Geoff Ballotti: If you want our travel dollars, then change the way you treat homeless people! Make things right with this couple and set new policies to make sure this never happens again!
Link to the petition is below.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/628/524/036/?cid=FB_TAF
