Some hotels have charged visitors for bad reviews

Shouldn't this be an easy way to break the hotel? A hotel implements this policy, the person trapped in that contract reveals the terms neutrally. Third party concerned citizens overwhelm them with bad reviews? (They're not bound by the terms of the contracts)

Title is clickbait. This practice was banned in 2016 so should no longer be an issue, at least in the US.

It's entirely bullshit that they keep your credit card info and can charge you at their whim. It's another reason that payment type needs to be abandoned.

In US law iirc libel requires something to be factually false, correct?<p>So you can only be sued for libel against the hotel if you leave a false bad review with the intent to damage the business? I don’t have a big problem with that.<p>The idea that I couldn’t review them badly before letting them address the problem, due to some fine print <i>that’s</i> unacceptable.<p>Even having to tell hotel management about some problem <i>is already a bad experience</i>. You don’t get two chances.