I found this great website which allows to to sell your reservation if you are stuck with it and cannot show, it's called roomertravel and it takes them 1-2 days to list your booking for sale, so just FYI.

screw me like that and they better have enough insurance to cover that place

Of course about 50 of you could get together and make reservations at one of these hotels, and cancel the day before, informing them that their cancellation charges policy is inappropriate and that you are now cancelling your room because of it. I guarantee you that management would very quickly get the hint, since you followed their rules and they ended up with 50 unsold rooms the next night.

Why would you even consider adding to the bottom line of hotels with these policies? Avoid like the plague!1

Thanks for the heads up. The hotels are doing just what airlines have been doing to the people for a long time. There's no account ability. It costs more and we get less. I work in a business where I am required to stay in the over priced hotels

the policy is wrong. and anyone who would stay at any place with this policy is dumb.

Screw em! I'll sleep in my SUV in their parking lot and shave, shower, and **** in their lobby facilities.

Time to stop using these resorts that have this policy. This is terrible customer service.

I agree there should be some some give and take on both sides. we have to take into account their loss of revenue, but only if they are fully booked and not taking other customer because of our booking.

Just made a reservation for Half Moon Bay Lodge, and they had two rate options, one which allowed for same day cancellation and one that didn't. The difference was only $10.00/night, so our group chose the cancellation rate. It was nice to have an option and being informed up front.