Rental car with base rate of $62.42 for 2 days

Hotwire taxes/fees = $17.70



Go to www.hertz.com and get a base rate of $87 for 2 days

Hertz taxes = $8.64 (8% base, $1.56 license fee)



The Hertz base rate is higher, so we would expect the taxes to be higher.



The correct taxes on the Hotwire rental car should be $6.55, so they are charging $11.15 in service fees.


Hotel example. 3* Fishermans Wharf. $78 base rate, $16.95 in taxes/fees

Since the tax rate is San Francisco is 14%,
Hotwire taxes should be $10.92, so they are charging $6.03 in service fees.

Comments? How can they get away with such nonsense?