Florida Motel ‘Fawlty Towers’ Goes All-Nude To Save Itself
A Florida motel is set to go all-nude from today, after gradually losing business for years.
The Fawlty Towers Motel in Cocoa Beach, Fla., named after the legendary British sitcom, has seen a growing number of customers opt for larger chain hotels, so owner Paul Hodge began to consider new tactics to draw guests in. His answer? Nudism. Hodge told Florida Today:
“It’s sort of a make-or-break situation. We can’t pay ourselves in winter. We had to scrap health insurance. Every year it gets a little bit worse.”
Hodge didn’t take the decision lightly, and it wasn’t only his skeptical wife he had to convince: certain neighbors are not so enamored either. One local stick-in-the-mud bleated to WFTV:
“Young people surf on that beach. What kind of a message is that sending them? It’s inappropriate.”
As his guests will be baring all in the 32-room property, Hodge has already consulted a lawyer and the American Association of Nude Recreation. Neither discovered a state or local law that would prove an obstacle for Hodge’s plan.
The nudity will have to stay strictly indoors, however – the motel’s guests could face criminal charges of indecent exposure if they set their naked foot, or certain other undressed body parts, outdoors.
As for Paul Hodge and his wife, neither will be removing clothing themselves when the first guests arrive later this week, though the motel’s bartenders may be encouraged to go topless.
Is this a MORAL OUTRAGE, or a niche in the market that deserved to be filled? Let us know in the comments!
[Via Huffington Post]
