<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by EnhancedByCO:
In all fairness, although I disagree with the surcharge (why not just roll it into the quoted rate?), during the summer of 2001 many hotel properties in the western U.S. (at least California and Nevada, in my experience) were charging this "energy surcharge."</font>
Although the "energy surcharge" is a scam (especially in this case, since the room had no heat or hot water, but that's another story), my reference in that post was to the act of forcing me to sign my agreement with the fee on check-in, obviously with the threat of walking me late at night as the alternative. Clearly, on checkout, they would say, "But you agreed to it on checking in, see, here's your signature."