hotel fees

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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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