News · moment 13 of 17
The La Quinta Virtual Check-In Video
from A Police State, Candace’s Lawsuit, & The La Quinta Promise | The Tim Dillon Show #458 · #458
4 min
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Tim reacts to a viral clip of a remote overseas receptionist checking guests into a La Quinta via iPad, arguing hotel check-in is miserable everywhere and this version wasn't even that bad.
- Hotel check-in is one of the least pleasurable adult experiences outside a doctor's office, taking forever with pointless questions and condescending treatment.
- Front desk staff treat you like a child but claim they can't actually do anything—no room upgrades, no extensions, nothing but check you in.
- Tim predicts hotel check-in will be among the first processes fully automated, noting people already use phone apps to bypass the desk entirely.
- La Quinta hired a remote receptionist in India for virtual check-in instead of employing an American, which Tim says should be outlawed if "America first" policies are real.
- If you're going to make people cheat on their wives at a La Quinta, they should at least have to look an American citizen in the eye during check-in.
- The virtual check-in video wasn't even that bad—Tim has had far worse in-person hotel experiences and doesn't understand what people are upset about.
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