Comments on: Clear Airfares Act left sitting on the tarmac http://www.consumertraveler.com/today/clear-airfares-act-left-sitting-on-the-tarmac/ The last honest travel site Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: laura townsend elion http://www.consumertraveler.com/today/clear-airfares-act-left-sitting-on-the-tarmac/comment-page-1/#comment-19925 laura townsend elion Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:50:16 +0000 http://www.consumertraveler.com/?p=25522#comment-19925 I've always found most airline booking sites to be accurate as to what I'm charged for a ticket, aside from baggage fees. That's not to say that they explain what all the fees are, just that when I check out to buy the tickets, my card is charged what they say it will be and I'm issued tickets. In my experiences, the most opaque sites are third party sites, and some travel agents are not well versed enough to be able to competiively compare airlines will all fees included. Then there are the hotels. These, I think, are the absolute worst. From resort fees to charges for in-room safes and parking, to the annoying haggling over fraudulent or erroneous mini bar and bottled water fees, hotels rack up more undisclosed fees than anyone else in the travel industry my opinion. That definitely needs to be addressed. I’ve always found most airline booking sites to be accurate as to what I’m charged for a ticket, aside from baggage fees. That’s not to say that they explain what all the fees are, just that when I check out to buy the tickets, my card is charged what they say it will be and I’m issued tickets. In my experiences, the most opaque sites are third party sites, and some travel agents are not well versed enough to be able to competiively compare airlines will all fees included.

Then there are the hotels. These, I think, are the absolute worst. From resort fees to charges for in-room safes and parking, to the annoying haggling over fraudulent or erroneous mini bar and bottled water fees, hotels rack up more undisclosed fees than anyone else in the travel industry my opinion. That definitely needs to be addressed.

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