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June 18, 2009
Hotels ratchet up obnoxious fees
In the Middle Seat column in today's Wall Street Journal, Scott McCartney reports: Paying for the Pool: Hotels Are Piling On Fees (Pd. subs. may be req'd): Some hotels are charging mandatory valet parking fees if you show up with a car. Some have upped their "resort fees," required whether or not you use the pool or exercise room. Housekeeping gratuities and bellman fees are aggressively being added to bills, travelers report. Some motels are even charging for in-room safes, regardless of whether you use them. As noted in the story, many of these fees are for SERVICES YOU DID NOT WANT AND DID NOT USE. So, complain. Demand that these add-ons be eliminated from your bill. And go somewhere else next time. And tell your corporate booker never to book there again. Otherwise, next time, they'll be charging you for the air in the room, even though in some hotels it smells like that nasty carpet cleaner perfume they use.
Posted by Ed Mierzwinski at June 18, 2009 10:17 AM
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