Originally Posted by
slowly
No, not everyone does that. IHG hotels in Turkey quoted their rates in euros, charged me in Turkish liras and I was pleasantly surprised that they used interbank exchange rate. I was already preparing for a long discussion.
I had a similar experience at Istanbul St. Regis as they used the uninflated interbank rate for their conversion. Upon check out, the total bill for three nights was within pennies of what I expected.