The kiosk will be removed, a Wyndham Hotels representative said.

Pete Sager had anything but a normal check-in when he arrived at a La Quinta hotel in Florida last month.

Instead of staff greeting him from behind the front desk, a single candle burned on the empty counter. Taking to social media to share, a single video of his abnormal experience has garnered millions of views.

Sager, of Frisco, Texas, checked in to the La Quinta Inn & Suites in Sunrise, Florida on Friday, July 25, according to documents Sager shared with USA TODAY. Rather than making small talk with a front desk employee, Sager said he was greeted by a man on a tablet, who was helping guests remotely. Seizing on the abnormal moment, Sager said he recorded his interaction with the man on the screen using a pair of AI g

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