Cincinnati hotel booked solid after offering free rooms to hurricane evacuees
30 rooms given to Texas, Florida families who fled Harvey, Irma
30 rooms given to Texas, Florida families who fled Harvey, Irma
30 rooms given to Texas, Florida families who fled Harvey, Irma
Born and raised in Cincinnati, Tammy Thompson left her home in Georgia as Irma headed north.
She gladly paid for a room at the in Sharonville.
"I just wanted to get away," Thompson said. "I didn't care what it cost."
Thompson was happy to pay, but she's just as happy to know the owners of the hotel have given free 10-day stays to families from Texas and Florida who left their homes to escape hurricanes.
"That's awesome," she said. "And this is a really nice hotel. That's really nice of them."
Sister Helen Habig, a former educator for the , agrees with Thompson.
She saw a report about the hotel's offer Monday on 바카라게임. Monday's story featured husband and wife Walter and Trudy Dehmel.
They got a free room at the Ramada after leaving their Fort Myers home ahead of Irma.
After seeing the story about the Dehmels, Habig reached out to them and offered to take them out to lunch and give them a small box of traveling supplies.
"They were thrilled," Habig said. "They were thrilled, I think, to just have somebody be interested in them. And I was so pleased the Ramada Inn has done this, too. We showed our colors as Cincinnatians again, and that's what we're all about."
"It's just so awesome," Trudy Dehmel said. "We never experienced anything like this."
The Dehmels thanked Habig and then thanked whoever left a note for the couple at the hotel's front desk.
"(The note) says have a safe trip and may you find your belongings secure," Trudy Dehmel said, holding the note. "God bless you."
There's obviously a great deal of uncertainty for displaced families who made the drive to Greater Cincinnati from Texas and Florida, with many not knowing what they'll find when they return home.
The owner of the Ramada, Jay Bedi, said he and his staff decided to make free rooms available because the situation is so stressful.
"Talking to these people, at this point they need help, and we are just here to help them," Bedi said. The hotel expects "nothing in return. We just want them to be happy. Forget what happened and give them peace of mind. That's all."
Bedi said all 30 of the free rooms are currently booked. But the hotel has started a waiting list, and is trying to stay in touch with other displaced families in need of a place to stay.