From a hotel spa notice: “For your convenience, a 20% service charge will automatically be added to each spa treatment and salon serice (sic) received. A tip or gratuity is not included and may be given to the therapist at your discretion.” Ah ha! A service charge for no service. How ingenious.
This weekend we hear the director of TSA agree with us that checked-bag fees are bad, we take a look at hotel added fees that have been skyrocketing and a new passenger records privacy deals between the U.S. and the European Union.
Actually, it would be lovely to have free wired or wireless Internet access in every hotel room. But that’s not going to happen. Janice Hough has an alternative idea
Early departure fees are on the rise. The hotel charges, which can include the cost of your unused nights, are being imposed more strictly — and frequently — as the economy slumps.