I'm going to start away from Hilton hotels after reading through this.
this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2025
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Just now? Lmao
The article is about a Hyatt not a Hilton?
The other linked article is about a Hilton that's doing the same thing.
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Ah one step closer to "Fuck you, pay me" business style.
I see people talking about chargebacks in this thread which is the logical course of action for a case like this.
What’s nefarious about this is that Hilton and Merriot each own a ton of hotels. If you chargeback multiple times against one of those groups you could get block listed from their locations which can get very problematic in locales without much competition.
I'd hire a lawyer and hit them for reimbursement of the $500 fee, my legal fees, slander for claiming I'm a smoker, punitive damages, and any another other monetary penalty I could think of. I'm sure I could find a lawyer that would be salivating over this.
This should absolutely be becoming a massive class action suit against both the hotel and the smoke detector maker. All you have to do is prove in court that the detector can be triggered by things other than smoking.
You know those plastic hair covers fit really nicely over the smoke detectors.