Originally Posted by
austin_modern
so, you're saying that you have to approve the charge prior to staying there by officially looking at the total cost???
It doesn't appear in the cost until you're ready to click "confirm" for that specific property.
It's during the "shopping" phase that this is an annoying practice.
When comparing prices, this mandatory fee isn't included. Only after clicking thru a few pages do you see the hotel saying "that comparative price we showed you was just click-bait to lure you to select our hotel. The actual price is $30 a night higher but we're hoping you don't notice and click the 'confirm' button anyhow."
If it were an optional fee that you could pt-out of if you truly only want a place to sleep then it would be fine. But since it's mandatory, then it's deceptive when not including it in the comparative shopping price.