That is why they are known as, "Patel Hotel." There is loaning within the family name which allows for many Gurjaratis to buy motels. I knew a Patel, who was not qualifying and it upset him to no end. haha. He owned a small restaurant instead. Would share with me some of the dirty details. It is not that they are good at it. They buy them cheap, do little maintenance and keep it as the family business, unlike the large franchise owners who have an expense of outside managers, maids, etc.
Find me a clean bathroom.... LOL :) --- In [email protected], Bhairitu <noozguru@...> wrote: > > Many Gujaratis who came to the US bought and run hotels and motels. > They, for some reason, are particularly good at it. Another friend, who > is Gujarati, has a bunch of Indian restaurants in the Bay Area as well > as producing a lot of the Bollywood concerts here. > > On 08/13/2013 07:47 PM, John wrote: > > Bhairitu, > > > > Yes, the weather was excellent over there as compared to foggy San > > Francisco, CA. I don't know if it means anything. But when I checked in > > to a budget motel in town, I found out that the motel was owned by a family > > from India. It was rather surprising to see a picture of a guru at the > > check-in counter in a small northern California town. > > > > Anyway, I just had to get out of town from SF since they had a big annual > > rock concert at the Golden Gate Park for the entire weekend. You could > > hear them play from my place and did not have to stop until 10 PM at night. > > Next year, I'll have to visit another town for a weekend getaway. > > > > JR > > > > PS > > > > By the way I later found out that Paul McCartney was playing in that > > concert. Last Friday night, I did hear a band playing some old Beatles > > tune. But I thought it was one of those copycat bands that was playing. > > Little did I know that it was Sir Paul himself who was playing. > > > > > > > > > > > > >
