I often mail literatures to the hotel I am going to stay before my trip. I just stayed at Sheraton Seattle and was charge $125 for 8 boxes (each box is about 25 lbs with box size 18 x 12 x 8”). I picked up these boxes an hour after FedEx delivered the boxes to the hotel. These boxes took about the same space as the mini bar in the hotel room.

I have done this for years, but have never experience hotels charge for receiving packages. This is especially annoying because when I called the hotel to verify the shipping address, the hotel did not disclose there would be charges for receiving packages.

When I brought this issue to the front desk, they did reduce it to $50.00. I actually don’t mind paying if they disclose in advance. But they charge me after the fact, which made me not too happy about it.

Is it common for hotels to charge receiving packages?