Chap. 8

Question 1

what does it take to constitute an innkeeper-guest relationship?

Answer 1

a component of temporary accommodation

Question 2

can the innkeeper-guest relationship change if the guest stay for an extended period of time? what does it become?

Answer 2

landlord-tenant relationship

Question 3

why must Inns be willing to accept guests at any hour of the day or night?

Answer 3

lodging is a human necessity

Question 4

as you can pre-register months in advance, when does the innkeeper-guest relationship commence?

Answer 4

when the guest arrives to take up the accommodation

Question 5

what types of the accommodation are not considered inns?

Answer 5

boarding house
rooming house
homes for seniors
time share arrangement

Question 6

what are the various circumstances the innkeeper and the public enter into a legal relationship ?

Answer 6

through accommodation, dining in the restaurant, business meeting, visiting guests. and use of various hotel services. also with staff, maintenance workers, and contractor.

Question 7

when must an innkeeper provide accommodation?

Answer 7

rooms available
guest willing to pay
guest is well-behaved

Question 8

why would innkeepers ever knowingly overbook room?

Answer 8

they know that a certain percentage of the reservations will turn out to be ‘no shows’

Question 9

how do you know for certain that a guess is in fact a tenant?

Answer 9

the person has change their address to that of the hotel, and changed in voter’s registration to the hotel’s riding