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Can a hotelier, in Scotland, charge you double if he thinks you have smoked in your bedroom and can he take the extra charge directly from your debit card without permission?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Here's my explanation as to why you were charged double. You smoked at the window, which was open. The smoke went inside. I'm guessing the room was non-smoking or this wouldn't be an issue. In practice, the room is let to the next person as non-smoking too. Whether you agree with this or not is irrelevant, but I for one won't stay in a room that smells of smoke (it sets of a lung complaint and I won't take the risk). I have been in hotels where people have used balconys as smoking areas and I have refused the rooms - smokers can rarely smell the residue, but non-smokers can. Therefore his next guests could be well within their rights to refuse that room, he's out a night's rental and he recoups it as a matter of 'insurance' from the previous tenant.
you wouldn't need the mattress and carpet cleaning that's taking things too far. There should be some sort of warning somewhere to inform you that the management reserve the right to, blah blah blah, if you think this is excessive, write and complain. you could always leave him a bad review - there are plenty of different sites!
I don't think he needs a law to back him up, they're his premises and he's entitled to charge for what he sees as a breach of your contract when you took the room. I would imagine he is a good business man and knows that the T & C were made avaolable to you at some point during the transaction / stay.
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