Originally Posted by
timbre
To me, it was quite underhanded. If you look at everything I signed it says nothing about charging in pesos or an exchange rate. I thought they might charge my card in US$. The whole thing does make me wonder how many other hotels in my lifetime have played this game.
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Probably many. I'd expect that most hotels in most countries only have the ability to charge in local currency, That's the danger of US$ based pricing, and I seem to recall typically seeing some sort of disclaimer when booking "foreign" (i.e., non US) hotels with a USD rate.
I'm not defending any of this It is shady as all can be, because the hotels know their rate-du-jour is a hidden profit center, and most people don't blink, and if they do, they'll show you the disclaimer.