Originally posted by sdix:
How about the $1 or so UNICEF donation they have not been disclosing that shows up on the bill. They probably figure no one is going to be cold hearted enough to demand it be taken off........
This type of thing irritates me. The $1 UNICEF donation is put onto your bill, and you have to
request at check-out for it to be removed. I would rather that the donation was opt-in where the desk agent asked if I wanted to contribute to UNICEF
before the charge was placed onto my bill.
Originally posted by hillrider:The suits seek class-action status and allege the chains charge as much as $3.42 extra per night in California for an ``energy surcharge'' without adequately informing guests.
This
surcharge is a bunch of baloney. The hotels are just following in the footsteps of the airlines with this "energy surcharge" BS.
The extra couple of bucks is plain and simple just additional revenue to the hotels. The hotels are just trying to make it sound like some kind of government mandated/imposed. I am not some kind of naive anti-capitalist. I understand that energy costs have skyrocketed here in California. I just wish that the hotels would increase the quoted rate and quit with this "surcharge" charade.
Since I have to pay the hotel occupancy tax on the surcharge, it is obviously
NOT a governmental imposed fee. I just wish that I got SPG points for the surcharge
The next thing I know, my local grocery store is going to have an energy surcharge at the bottom of my grocery bill? Why don't all the gasoline stations just roll their prices back to a happy $0.38/gallon and tack on a $1.50 energy surcharge?
