Briefly, we saw this in New York and Washington after Sept. 11th.
A Trading Standards Institute spokesman said hotel profiteering after a bombing attack was reprehensible.
With the transport networks down and no way of returning home, one businessman from Manchester told the BBC he had paid £250 for an £80 room.
Commuters said they were appalled, and thousands chose to walk for hours to reach home rather than stay the night in a hotel.
Indeed. There’s always folks out there who see disaster as an opportunity to cash in. Hopefully, Londoners will remember who decided to take advantage of them in their hour of need and repay them in kind — by simply ceasing to patronize their businesses.