Why Do Indian-Americans Own So Many Hotels?
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- Indian-Americans run about 40% of America's hospitality industry - and 70% of those Indian-Americans have the last name “Patel.” While the name Patel has become synonymous with business, especially in the South Asian community, that reputation hasn't come easy, and hasn't always come with a lot of rewards.
Learn more here:
The New York Times. “A Patel Motel Cartel.” www.nytimes.com/1999/07/04/mag...
NPR. “Here to Stay: How Indian-Born Innkeepers Revolutionized America's Motels.” www.npr.org/2016/03/05/4691809...
Colorlines. “How a Staple of Americana Became the Indian-American Dream.” www.colorlines.com/articles/ho...
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I owe a great thanks to a Indian motel owner who allowed my mum and dad to stay over a month at their motel and didn't charge a penny because mum was going thru a cancer treatment. Very generous owner. He didn't even charge for the food. My mum and dad told this to us once they were back in India. Thank you very much.
Enosh Yeluchuri so your parents definitely fell in love with India, then visit it. But i don't think visit was pleasant. Ha ha. I m indian
Enosh Yeluchuri bet they wouldn't do that for Americans
Michael King they would, if Americans stop acting like they are better.
Michael King They won't because Americans are generally very hard to help. They have ego the size of Mount Rushmore. They look at every act of kindness with suspicion, not so much the case with the Asians who like to put their trust on people.
Thank you for kindly words
Most patels are huge business families even in India. I am from an Indian state called Assam, natives being the Assamese, here too people from Gujarat own big businesses. Gujaratis and Marwaris are business oriented communities. They know the art of making money.
One ques thats is ur dp?.... 😍
THE FREAKING Engineer u must be mechanical engineer
@@abhinavsharma9243 electrical
Great story. Once we were looking for a place to stay in Switzerland. Finally found a remote hotel run by a ......wait for it.... A GUJRATI
Harshita Bhuyan I am a marwari.. jai Shree nath ji
My next door neighbor had a hotel 2 miles away and a dry cleaners 3 miles away from where we live. And yes, his their last name is Patel.
Hallelujah!
i am patel..from gujarat.....patel is rock
+patel dhaval
so？？？
matlab kuch bhi！
Where i live there's a Pharmacy own two men with a last name patel.
@@pratapsinghuuwngifhgj2476 why are juealous. You should have proud because indians are sucessful in uk america specially patels
Not just hotels, a hell lot of companies in Silicon Valley when compared to 2% population
Yes, it is a wonder why we continue to allow in terrorists and criminals from the Middle East and Central America when we could bring in more sophisticated people from India and East Asia.
Only people who lack common sense feel like you do!
Satan Shameer
most of them fail
1% population, not 2. There are 3 million Indian americans in the US, while the population is 330 million, so really, 0.8 to 0.9%.
best.
In order to run a cheap motel, you have to be able to be there 24 hours a day. It's a job that a lot of Americans don't want.
see, american mind set and culture is different. American wants to do smart, innovative jobs and have enough time to enjoy life. Indian mindset is of insecurity, is money minded and is of repetitive lifestyle.
MondoBeno, well that's a unique twist on a vile criminal element.
Deepak Kumar
yes bro.well said havin population of over 1.2 billion n in which majority has young population..wat u wud expect..survival
Deepak Kumar but they mostly fail getting those innovative jobs or regret it
I know plenty of people who are American and would love to do things like that it’s just not as easy for Black people.
I cringe every time she says my last name.
Why do you cringe? Be happy she mentions your name joe.
@@Tboorohn because she mispronounces it horribly..
PaTaylEuH
😂😂😂 you're famous
Say it like russell peters. Pataaail
Indian doctors, professors, IT workers, motel owners, gas station owners, 7-Eleven workers, cab drivers in USA.
Indian corner store owners in UK.
Indian dairy shop owners, property owners, real estate agents, travel agents in New Zealand.
A bit of a generalisation ...you forgot to mention CEOs many top companies CEOs are Indian ie Google , microsoft, Adobe, MasterCard,pepsi ..and Indians have founded a ton of engineering/technological companies in America the man who invented the usb was Indian ..also ,in the UK Indians form part of the affulent middle class many are in managerial fields as well as doctors etc ..the Sikhs own the most real estate and have the highest household income alongside the Jewish people this is through the importance of hard work and education
Your point?
They have 1 Billions Brown people and USA has only 320 million , it's a matter of time the White skin will be a Minority at the rate of other minority group are expanding , could lead to civil war in the near future ,like 20/30 years from now motel owner could loose their property also .
@@hardcandy7112 But that also depends on how much the White population is marrying outside their own people. There are those whites who are having mixed marriages and reducing their own pure white population. Then there is the issue of the population of USA decreasing because of low birthrates. The American population is mostly maintained because of immigration. And then there is the issue of feminism and MGTOW. Men are no longer interested in getting married or having children because of all the problems it causes while being married. Divorce forces men to lose their money and property, and they are also stuck with paying for child support and maintenance. White women are seen as trouble. So, white men aren't marrying white women, but choosing to remain single. It just all leads to a lower white population. Even without others trying to take over, the white population is still becoming a minority because of the modern day issues. The same is occurring in Japan because people aren't getting married. The Japanese population has reduced by 1 million.
You Got The Picture and the White Gay MOVEMENT RIGHTS , Has grown very popular in all our inner city ,White men with white and same with Gay white woman with gay white woman , they are Adopting , but still not like the Brady Bunch Family .
In the UK - Patels owned all the corner stores. They replaced the Smiths. Now Patels lost interest in corner stores in U.K. Kids grown up & became doctors, business etc.
It's simply hard work - no substitute. Most Patels in US now own hotel franchises not motels.
Everyone works hard. Whether it is business, industry, agriculture, service etc. All work hard. My family own property since 1875 within ten years of slavery. They paid taxes but could not vote. They lived in SC.
yes...baby patel is rock
+patel dhaval
bhai, grammar to dekh lo .😂😂😂
@@christenasmalls6118 nah patels work harder
@@EarthPatel448King lets not be rude
I actually went to school with Indians named Patel. We were all in like a multicultural UN group. Their fathers or uncles owned the hotels they lived in. We would often joke about it. I didn't know there was a historical point to this.
I'm literally friends with a woman since we were in elementary school who is a Patel and her family owned a Ramada hotel in my city in Canada (they've since moved to the US).
@ercan kilic RICH PUPPETS
I stayed in a "Potel" this weekend because I saw the last Patel as an owner on the elevator inspection. The service and stay was great.
Thanks. i am also have motel in usa
@@smitpatel6760 Mr Patel..love from an Indian brother..keep going whatever they say.. Patna India
This is bizarre. Some years ago I was in Minnesota and I struck a small conversation with an Indian who later told me he ran a hotel on the state border somewhere and I thought it was really random an Indian owned a hotel in a rural area. I guess this video explains it.
A couple of years ago, a buddy of mine and I took cross country trip from California to New York and back. Over the 4 week trip, I'd say a clear 80% of the motels we stayed in were owned by Indians. They slept in their motels and were very kind to wake up so late and give us a room on the evenings that we decided to grab a room at a late hour. Great segment!
They don't smoke pot all day, simple.
Galaxy 69 Exactly 👍👍
ercan kilic hahaa you dumb, what do you want to say with that 😂 so let‘s buy and shot some heroin so we get succeful 😂?
Galaxy 69 ironically cannabis been legalized in India for a few decades LOL
india is an interesting place, the ones you see in america are the best of the best. remember, there are many indians, not all of them are like what you think of them typically
Not all over India. The state I grew up, if anyone caught you smoking weed, then your life is pretty much over. The community treat you like a criminal. So watch out where you smoke weed in India bro.
Patel are very hard working people I am proud to be a part of Patel community
Proud to be Patel (patidar/kurmi)
*Indian Hotels and Chinese restaurants :-)*
Let's add Korean spa and Native American Casinos to that, and we got a good mix of biases :-)
Its statistics. Not bias.
I'm watching this video from an Indian-owned motel...in rural California.
😂😂😂
Well gujarati people are really good buisnessman
Yes and Most of them were forced out of Pakistan.
Shubhampreet Singh you are from which Indian state?
Not really. They value profit more than quality
@@joshs1541 more money for us ig
@@joshs1541 TATA, Godrej, Bajaj -- 🤔🤔🤔Really.
I'm a Patel. My parents own a hotel.
Good for u
Patel in the UK is normally associated with dentists/doctors
That's the new generation, not the original settlers.
Patel s a truly Gujarati business man they covered all over u.k and United States of America
Walk into a potel and shout out loud
"BANIYE"
🤣🤣🤣hahahaa
Patel is not baniya
They are not illitrate like u
Patel is not baniya .patel community farming se judi hai.ajj bhi gujarat me kheti patel hi karte hai.hardworking men.kurmi hai hmm
@@perfectlady7471 evu chhe em ne.ohk saru
I've stayed in many motels owned/run by Indians (yes, often named Patel), and I have found most of them to be fine with the hotel sincerely concerned with providing excellent service. One thing I have noticed (which doesn't bother me) is that many of them are not landscaped--that is, the parking lot meets the sidewalk that meets the building. I suspect landscaping is simply a low priority and provides minimal economic returns for the owners. I love Indian food, so I'm disappointed that very few have an Indian restaurant!
Runining an Indian kitchen is a big responsibility and a lot of effort with minimal returns so it makes sense to not have one in a very competitve industry like hospitality.
Here in Australia too, Indians own many servos (service stations/gas stations)
It's mostly Sikhs who own servos
i dont care whether its marwadis or gujratis killing it in business as long as they maintain the level of hospitality to remind us that “atithi devo bhava”.
I have wondered why my parents never aspire to own a hotel. I can now attribute that to the wrong last name.
Great video. I always wondered why there were so many Patel hotels.
I would also add that their children do not appear to take to the family business. From my experience they are all doctors, lawyers, engineers or they work in finance. I think so much of this is that many of these people live in bumblefuck and their kids were the only Indian heritage children for a hundred miles or more.
it has a lot to do with indian upbringing.engineering and medical are still most sought after profession among indians even if their families are well off financially.one of my childhood friend's father has a huge business that makes millions but he still went to an engineering college with me and we are now working for the same tech company.
Because it rhymes
@UniworldCityGGaon mostly Indians leave India for IT and medical work.
they generally don't spend all their money to get a citizenship unlike Pakistan
By by America's and say hello to Hindus will over take Jesus Chris by 2040 , bet on it .
I stayed at a very good Holiday Inn Express in Weatherford, Texas that was operated by Indians. Nice room with fridge (first encounter with in room fridge), and great breakfast bar (first experience with breakfast bar as opposed to "continental" pastry). This was in 1996. 18 months ago, I got banned from the Benbrook, Texas Comfort Suites for calling Choice Corporate. The young female Indian-American manager was pissed at me for doing that and let me know it. She doesn't belong in hospitality. The GM was listed as a Patel. The owner, probably also Indian, sided with the manager. Choice confirmed I'm banned. Other people have complained about Patel properties on social media.
In Trinidad _Chaguanas businessmen are Patel's they own 75 percent of stores outlets at one time KIRPLANIS had most of the outlets here in T&T
Are most Gujuratis named Patel? I get that Indian immigrants get in the business because of ease of entry, but you haven't explained why the Patel name dominate the industry.
There is one more Gujarati,.... MODI... does that ring a bell? :D
They are equivalent to Jews of India.
Plus Indians are hardworking anyway. The south India provides you the CEOs for your tech companies.
Their name is obvious enough they aren't Patel or Gujarati.
@Alvin Patel's and Shah's lol btw i am also gujju
@@rajeshshah2804 patel and shah long rivalry in buisnesses. I have 3-4 shah friends
@@DhruvPatel-zg1zs Shah are jains, patel are from patidaar communities
I had to stay a year in a Patel owned hotel at 1st they was quiet to their self at the end we was like family if u ever had a India pizza man that thing is good
Chill comment
Thank you for doing this video. Only in America is this possible! You nailed it on the head - the story of the Patels is the story of immigrants in America. Every ethnic group from the Jews, Irish, Italians, to the more recent ones from Mexico all just want a fair shot at the Dream.
it's possible in the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and now possibly Germany. USA is not the only country where immigrants can build a successful life for themselves.
More recent? 😂 Mexicans have been in the unites states for hundreds of years
1/3 hotels in US are owned by Indians????? I am coming......
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..😂😎😘
That is even an understatement. I believe Indians over roughly 50% of all US hotels..
But only Patel's no one else does business as them
@Advait Thite they are not baniyas,ask me I am in Gujarat by birth,they are farmers the actual baniyas are Shah,Modi,Ambani,Thakkar,Luhana,Adani,etc.surnames not Patels and yes my sister is married to a Patel only so I know
Oof
yup patels were landowner responsibe for a particular village
my uncle used to live in his hotel. The hotel was pretty big so they renovated the upstairs to make a decent penthouse with full amenities with rooms for their kids. They had a bigger bedroom than me and I grew up in a normal-sized home
I recently went on a cross country road trip from PA to CA and back to SC and apart from the hotel in Texas all of the lower and middle level motels were Potels.
Because mostly all Patel's having good understanding and knowledge about how to run business in any part of the world.
Not only in United States.
They collaborate, I was staying at one of their hotels and saw a whole bunch of Indian men going inside an empty hotel room, once. I pick up on things.
I wanna see about how Sikhs moved to the United States
SuperSid Sky There are not many Sikhs in USA...Gujju tops in UK and USA..and Sikhs in Canada...
Sikhs in Kanedda !! :P
Harry Gamer what about south hall?? That is in UK and is filled with sikhs n even in US there r lots n lots of Sikhs
Still, it would be cool to see how they came to the US and contributed to our society. They are cool people, and we always feel terrible when people mistake them for terrorists and hurt them. It always makes me sick. They deserve better.
Sikhs move to Canada not US. haha
I have found that Indo-Pak owned hotels tend to smell of body odor, curry and sandalwood (used in an attempt to mask the first two smells). How can I avoid hotels that are owned by Indo-Paks?
By not going there. That's how, Karen.
Proud to be patel...proud to be indian love from india...(parag patel)
Where I live in Alabama I went to school with multiple “Patels” they lived in a local hotel. I’m in a very small town and all hotels and almost all except 3-4 hotels and gas stations are owned by patels. I’m in business and I’ve worked for a few since then and a guy named Mike Patel I worked for I became friends with and he explained to me the last name Patel is basically a gang but in a good way, they adopt the name and all look after each other and either hire each other or get them started and share their wealth. That’s why so many “Patels” own gas and hotel stops.
Actually India is an old civilization. So people who settled along trade routes became business communities. Patels, Agarwals and many such last names are business communities of India. No matter where they go, they will look to create businesses. If you look up where Gujrat is located (where Patels are from) you will understand the history behind it. Gujrat is as strategically located as New York.
Proud of Indian Hindu culture and upbringing
Very informative video and well presented. TY
I used to conduct Safety Inspections for Workers Comp Insurance Companies and inspected a lot of hotels with owners that had the last name Patel. I always wondered what the story was behind that. Thanks to this CZcams Video I finally know!
Just like Chinese or Jews Patel helps each other.
Racial networking. Whites, Blacks, & Hispanics are too stupid to do it. Everybody else does it.
@@josephinetracy1485 Unfortunately it's true. 😕
I am Singh, and I have hotels. No truck driver here :)
go back to where you came from!
It’s curious that you don’t mention how the US SBA opened up a flood gate of government loans in the 70s 80s hotel buying Immigrants.
Permanent residents who are not citizens are eligible for loans but it's always been at the discretion of the individual lender. Established immigrants will support newcomers. Indians and Koreans in particular have been known for helping new business owners get started. There's no conspiracy. Immigrants help each other.
@@DagnyKight They opened it for all, but it's the Patels who participated the most. That's the point. It's a very specific business community in India. India is a very ancient civilization, so people along trade routes and ports formed business communities. It's not random.
@H J what is not true
@H J never said nobody else is in the business...
@H J It is true. There was an article on it too.
Thank you so much for this video. I have wondered about this since the '70's when I began to notice that a lot of Mom & Pop markets where owned by Arabs and then I noticed a lot of small motels were being bought by Indians. I have wondered why all these years. I wondered is there a broker in India pitching motel opportunities? My grandfather sold a small motel beside his house years ago before he built another 25 room motel and then two more when I75 was built. His original motel which still used his name beside his home was bought by an Indian fellow. They formed a friendship w my grandfather mentoring the Indian fellow. I didn't want to offend the motel owner by asking why so many Indians picked small motels to buy. So now thanks to this video, I know the answer at last. Thank you?
Indians are usually not offended by any questions. We lack a lot of filter ourselves. We are a little rough around the edges that way. America born Indians may be sensitive, but immigrant generations are not. Indians love to talk about their roots and backgrounds. India is such an old civilization that regions with ports was almost entirely trader class. If you see the location of Gujrat on the map, you will understand how all the pieces fit.
Our clan was just people who were farmers and landowners since a very long time in India. Around 18th century people started entering trades other than agriculture. A good work ethic, pragmatic nature and good planning helped my clan get where they are. Most of us are simple people who value our families and the time we spend with them more than all the material gain one can acquire on this planet. The simple life truly is the best ☮.
make a video about the jews that own all the banks and tv stations
Moath Naim jews and indians bff
It is a known fact that Jewish people run american economy. Every one knows that. So no use of making video about them.
ramesh mehta they run the whole world through illuminati
Lot is jews have Indian connection though.
You can see that in Israel. We get along
They probably won't as aj+ is a qatari channel and they don't like jews that well.
Columbus would have been glad to hear America being given back to Indians.
Great video. Thanks!
And GAZ Stations!!
You forgot liquor stores!
I had a buddy who owned a liquor store. He had a PhD in physics, but he hated it, so he saved up and bought a liquor store. He did not drink, but he really did a good job of it. He is really successful. A lot of Indian immigrants are really cool.
Yea.....liqour stores
@madone 05 Yeah it is true with most of us.
and irony is Liqour is banned in Patel's Native state
as a non gujrati indian ,I remember the word of my parents to me before purchasing a car or house (Without debt) , that these material things dont give success or satisfaction in life , only hard work gives satisfaction and success .
I remember years ago, when I was lost about the Greater San Francisco area in 2000... Just about every hotel we went to to freshen up was owned or at least run by an Indian. Think about what it means when you, born in your own land, is homeless, and someone who is probably first-generation foreigner, owns the place you take refuge in! THAT was karma, apparently. I don't know what I did wrong in a previous life, but I hope to run out of bad karma soon, as I just had surgery to repair a detached retina, which has wiped out my cash savings. This was an unsettling feeling I had when we walked into hotel after hotel in the area, and I didn't see a SINGLE white person behind the counter like I used to in Texas in the 70s growing up.
I just don't understand how to get from the white American mentality that arises from the 1950s-1960s-born generation, where everything was made easy for them by their parents (post-war period) to that of the enterprising Hindu Indians who are apparently able to make money from nothing (I realize that this statement is a contradiction to Brahman transforming energy from an unmanifest, potential form into a manifest, material form like the universe - you don't make something from nothing, but that is how it appears to us, like magic).
They are amazing, because they somehow make it happen. It's not so much the "method" of how they did it, but the mental set up in their minds, given that a lot of them are Hindu and have the image of America as the country to be in. That has me trying to understand to help me shift into an enterprising or bold mindset to take a risk in something. For some reason, I have the feeling that it is near time for me to immigrate to India to get something going, as it seems to be in a position to become a superpower in its own right, and a lot of interesting things will happen there in the coming years, and I would like to be a part of that.
You will do fine in life Stephanie, remember to share your plate but never give all of it.
Sending you love from across the oceans.
Be good my sister 👍
trust me india needs 20-30 more years to be a good place for foreigners and i'm indian btw and money can be made far easier in us than in any other country
pls dont use word hindu -
its just a religion in nepal bhutan sri lanka and india
indians are hindus muslims christians buddhists
coming from an indian atheist
@@risingdawn641 Nepalis are not Hindu. all of them come here in USA and change their religon. Never sawed a Nepali who is hindu
Welcome
Having stayed in many of these hotels for years the biggest turnoff "for me" is walking in and smelling curry etc., they should take note.
Curry doesn't bother me. In fact, a nice spicy curry dish is one of my favorites. A Nepalese restaurant I've been to has excellent curry chicken and nan bread.
That's strange... usually they dont have Indian food at the buffet.
@@mewtubeofficial Hahaha You don't understand. The family living there is doing the cooking for themselves.
@@curtvahle2018 Thats the smell of "motive for colonisation".
I live in a Potel as I type this. it's an older motel that I know the original owners whom have sadly passed away. This couple run a good shop. If any riff raff shows up, they run them off quick. Great people. You pay your rent and mind your own business, they leave you alone. If you have any needs, just ask.
Patels also means cheap in North America 😆
Shut up idiot it's a radical and bigotry comment delete ur comments
Don’t forget the liquor stores
Saana, good job. One thing that is missing which is very key to immigrants by business growth is employability and scalability. As you said Patel's lived in their hotels but they also kept the economic benefit by working it themselves and having family members do it because many were not employable anyways (older parents, lack of English, undocumented migrants). The second key aspect is scalability. Hotels and motels have a huge real estate component which allows an owner to mortgage the property and replicate the model quickly. This lead to proliferation.
Koreans took on cash businesses for different economic benefits.
Punjabis took in trucking and gas stations.
The economic aspect is a key part above and beyond the cultural. It all ties into together.
Keep up the great work and I love your channel.
This is possibly the only insightful and value-added comment out of thousands of comments here.
Exacttly. I don't like clan mentality. If u move to a country then blend in or don't move in first place. The success of gujjus and marwadi people is because of their community chain. They have established a chain and they support their kind. Not denying that they do hardwork and also they are smart when it comes to business.
We have given a lot of business to grocery stores like the famous _Patel Brothers_ . I’m just glad they are vegetarian-friendly.
Patel do farming but only crops. Most of patels are vegetarian by birth.
this is so interesting, it all makes sense now
I can say that I have never once thought about who owned a hotel I have stayed in and I don't think many people do. I have lived in an area with a large Indian-American population my whole life and love the food/culture. Their work ethic and talent is very apparent and they seem to be the perfect immigrants. The Indian-Americans I know of are very entrepreneurial and/or well-educated and valued in the workplace. I hope the hotelier's experience at 3:22 has changed since he made those comments because I would certainly hope that doesn't happen.
Thaaaank you for the back story on Patels! Always wondered the 411 on the "why."
...i never evwn noticed this!
This was actually really interesting!
Gujjus and marwardis together own almost 40% of big firms in India.
There is always a business environment in there community .
Growing up ,I was never been said to become doctor , engineer or lawyer .
For them , it's just tactic study commerce , do a job for 3-4 yrs and then indulge somewhere in business .
40% 😳 are you tripping?
@@tradingbull007 more like 50%
In just about every small town in the US, the local Motel owner is Indian, especially if there is only one. Most people in those towns think the name Patel means 'Innkeeper'.
Ha ha ha ha😂
Great video, we travel extensively throughout the US and stay in all manner of hotels always was curious about this. Thank you so much for this video and I will be checking out the book.
Awesome 👏
Guajarati mind and their business attitude even in INDIA they are good at this believe me..
I don't care who owns the place as long as it's clean, affordable and well maintained. If a place fails to do that, it doesn't matter who owns it, nobody will want to stay there except the dregs of society.
Very nice! Best channel in CZcams 😍
Iron man of India is also PATEL
Lol! That is so true my Indian friends family owns two Hotels and their last name is Patel.
A lot of the Indian motel owners actually came from Africa. During British rule, lots of Indians were taken to Africa to work in indentured servitude. Many of the future generations of these Indians became successful business owners and landlords. When these African nations became independent from the British, they no longer wanted the Indians there and Indians were often convenient scapegoats for the countries' ills. So, many Indians sold their businesses and land and moved to the UK and US. Restaurants and motels were good businesses into which they could put the money they brought with them from Africa.
indians have a caste system that has black skinned people as the lowest....so they were extremely racist in africa causing hatred against them
jan eulo ... indian worked hard to gain what they have, while africans were not interested in business, they loved dance and bar to drink, so stop blaming Hindus and cast system
Follow The Bakri Agreed. I'm tired of non-Indians blaming Indians for their problems. Caste and race are not the same.
@@janeulo4388 lol no there are black upper castes and fair lower castes too.
@@kiranp5611 exactly
Gets a F for ignoring a major part of the history - the sudden influx of Gujarati Indians from Uganda when Idi Amin threw them out of his country literally overnight in 1971. Many of them were wealthy business people in Uganda but were forced to leave. They managed to smuggle out significant amounts of personal money when they came to America and invested them in the low to mid-end motel business. That is the real genesis of so many Indians owning Patel-Motels.
A similar phenomenon occurs in Australian truck stops and gas stations. Some of the best roadhouse food
Few things she didn't cover. I remember from my early 80's in Oklahoma typical sign "White American owned and operated". Dark side: Insurance claim on burn down motels. US immigration via motel business ownership loopholes.
potels, a hotel where you can get a room for one hour for 20 dollars.
They are con artists. I have a vast array of experience with this type of family. The main reason that try to shuffle so many hotels, is interest and depreciation. Hotels increase their revenue, skip on all maintenance supplies. Plus skip out on the taxes once the hotel is depreciated. HORRIBLE PEOPLE!
Lol jeff Bezos not paying tex
Bill gates fund his own trust.
Everybody do that things
Great story ty
Proude to be patel
Real question is why are so many them shit. Half the crap in the room never works, mildew, bad smells and so on…
Dan Bell’s channel has a series called Another Dirty Room. Watch the Royal Inn Motel in Michigan. Also many other similar motels are portrayed. They were not purposefully chosen as Indian owned motels. I’ve stayed in my share. I’ve not seen a decent one yet but I’ll let you know if I do.
very nice!
Lmao. Im also Patel. I know many relatives living in USA own hotels.
How about the story of graduates coming to USA for their masters degree later making big in Fortune 500 companies
The experience I’ve had with an Indian-owned motel was bad. I booked a motel for a friend online for her and when she showed up and gave them her booking #, they claimed it wasn’t in the system and charged her again. Thinking that it was an error and they’d refund it back or the site would refund it, she went ahead and paid them again. She wanted me to go and help her explain to them she’d been charged twice and soon as we walked in a man greeted with a bad attitude and would barely let us talk and told us to “be quiet” and come back tomorrow and talk to the manager and he was the owner!?! I told him not to talk to us that way, there was no reason for it and as a place of business he shouldn’t have disrespected us like that for no reason. We leave and he goes out the side door and starts yelling at us again and was referring to us as “he’s” and would just talk in circles around the whole issue at hand. Needless to say, we talk to someone else that had stayed there and they had done the same thing to them.
You are really something in utilising gestures of your hand...🙏🙏🙏
Al Jazeera fields this Pakistani Journalist to present news and updates about India and Indians.
I'm so tired of the mainstream anti India media. These people are jealous.
Whoa smart investors
Proud to be Patel
Yes my relatives owned so many hotels in USA 🇺🇸
My India friends unkle has many hotel in America
In fiji, new zealand and aus Patels are huge aswell right up there with The Punjas family
How do they get the money to start.....i would love to buy into it? ps i work for one of those "patel" hotels. If your a hard worker they pay you better than corporate that's one thing i know!
Always broadcast yourself. Share your dreams with the people you admire. Owners are always looking for hungry people. Just don’t procrastinate. They will judge you harshly.
Sindhis and gujaratis are great bussiness mans
Punjabis too.
@@ryanthomas49 😂 punjabi taxi chala te hai Canada mai
@@saitama5449 Canada ko kanada pronounce karo
Lol top 5 richest indian billionaires in America are punjabi KHATRIs
@@sigma4220 nah punjabi go to canada
One major point you are missing is that Patels are generally and mostly from the Merchant 'Varna', which is called Vaishya in Hindu Society. This has nothing to do with 'Caste' (which anyway is a made up word used to defame and divide Hindus).
This is not a small point. In Hindu society, people's Dharma (their purpose, their duty, how they think, how they live, etc.) is defined by what sector of society that they belong to. Patel households (eg. Vaishya households) are very different from the households of other Hindus for a good reason, because they focus on accumulating wealth, have a materialistic outlook on life, and even discuss business at the dinner table and in conversation.
The reason Patels are so good at business is because they have been doing it for hundreds of generations and have gotten very good at it. Just like why Indians win spelling Bees, many are from Brahmin families that have memorized and studied literature and texts for hundreds of generations and have gotten very good at it.
It is not a random process. This is how Indian Society was organized for many hundreds of Generations. I am not talking about discriminating against anyone or any group. This system was in order to have good utility of society and harmony between society. The way it is presented in the West is totally wrong and misleading.
I am a Patel I am a fifth generation to live in America (for my fam) My grandparents moved here with 2 kids and a whole family waiting for them to have enough money to support them. My grandparents started with 20 dollars, my grandparents had Indian education which at that time was not expected in America so they had to learn English, find jobs, and send 2 kids to school. Eventually my grandparents had money for a one room apartment luckily my grandparents had savings and had stable jobs. They bought a hotel and that was the beginning of the family business. They all worked there then they got a gas station, and then they bought their first home which is the home I live in. My grandparents are now retired they worked so hard in their lives I am very thankful for the opportunity they gave us. In this video when they said Gujaratis are usually business workers that is a true statement from the stories passed through generation I learned they there were multiple social classes in india (back before 2000) and we were in business all this time.
Funny, my professor's last name for Hotel Management class is Patel.
I am indian and want to say gujrati and marwadi people of gujrat and rajasthan are business minded people in India. nobody can match them in India in business. most of the cities in India they are dominant. business is in their blood..
Yes very conjuice people
Wrong. Marathas are ahead. Mumbai belongs to Maharashtra.
@resi p Gujaratis , then Parsis.
Parsis are not Gujaratis. Gujaratis are Hindus or Hindus. Parsis have Iranian origin , who mostly settled in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Where did Gujarat connection come from?