Originally Posted by
arlflyer
Yes, and this is actually a relevant point. Most company travel policies set maximums on *base* rate, and thus these add ons allow the properties to make an easy cash grab without potentially pricing themselves out of someone’s travel policy.
I don't really understand why they calculate the base rate, sure, they can get VAT more or less completed refunded if they can charge the same amount of VAT in their products with the official receipt of the expenditure, but other than that, destination fee, resort fee, tourism fee, can't be refunded or reimbursed in any way, doesn't it? The same set of companies that don't have a problem with employees flying full-price economy but have a problem with employees flying discounted premium cabin(J,F), although the latter is sometimes even cheaper, therefore, god invented premium economy, with Thai once attempted to offer fully lie-flat PE on their 77W.
Originally Posted by
Xero
The US government needs to step in here to make hotel pricing all-in, just like how the US government did for airlines.
The two industries that need such a mandate are Hotels and the Cable/Phone company.
Don't forget insurance companies, there are two things that insurance policies don't cover, "this" and "that", overall, when laws aren't imposed, agreements signed tended to be extremely one-sided, such as the Marriott Bonvoy T&C, yet many hotels still attempt to violate the T&C without providing the necessary reimbursement.
Originally Posted by
cyclefanatic83
Leave a pre-printed (if possible) note for any service staff (bartender, wait staff, housekeeping) that says
“Until Marriott stops imposing junk fees I won’t leave a gratuity”
does it hurt the little person? Sure. But it’s a job seekers market. If they quit b/c of this they’ll be able to find another job. But the property will quickly have staffing issues. That should ripple back to Marriott HQ quickly
In the same way, I decided not to give tips during my trip to Thailand eating in hotel-owned restaurants, your hotel already charges service charges for food, and expect me to pay additional tips as an expression to thank you for your service? Well, unless you did something phenomenal, I won't be paying a cent of additional tips.