Hidden charges add up to big hotel bills
October 19, 2004 |
It isn't just outrageous taxes and fees that drive up the cost of a room; it's the surcharges and extras, as well.
I felt like the luckiest guy in Las Vegas a couple weeks ago when I checked into the Tropicana Resort hotel. I’d gotten a cheap rate at a time when most other Strip hotels were charging two or three times as much.
But I soon found a potential trap that could have made my stay a lot more expensive. The front-desk clerk warned me long-distance telephone charges were $14.40 for the first minute, $1 a minute thereafter.
Wow. I had my cell phone, but what if reception was lousy? What if I’d forgotten my power cord? Three brief long-distance calls and my phone bill would have exceeded the cost of the room.
This discovery underscores a problem with hotels. It isn’t just outrageous taxes and fees that drive up the cost of a room; it’s the surcharges and extras, as well. Overnight parking charges. Resort fees. Bottles of water from the minibar that cost $4. The list goes on and on.
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