nacho

Not true, I have a PB reservation for HIX BW Parkway MD and there's a $3.9 fee per day. I know it's per day because I also have a 2 nights reservation that has a fee of $7.8.

Kacee

Perhaps you meant to refer to San Bernardino County, to the north east, which would be the tenth largest state by area, or Los Angeles County, to the north, which would be the tenth largest state by population. ; )

happychic

Interesting.

I have stayed at HIX Baltimore BWI Airport West on points. No tax or fee charged for my stay.

nacho

I also have a reservation for HIX BWI North and that one has no fee/tax.

Just double checked my reservation for HIX BW Parkway - $3.9/night is not little compared to 90 cents.

hockeyinsider

I redeemed points last year for three properties in Malaysia: Marriott points for the J.W. Marriott and Renaissance properties in Kuala Lumpur and SPG points for the Four Points by Sheraton in Penang. The Four Points required me to pay a Malaysian tourism tax. The Marriott properties waived the tax because it was not disclosed on my booking.

joshua362

FWIW for point stays (USA), I often see small taxes and disclaimers that there will be taxes on the reservation but none are imposed after the actual stay. If there are amounts approximating $15-20 they are erroneous internal charges that can be a PITA to call & get removed. YMMV.

NWstu

No. San Bernadino county is 21,105 square miles which would make it 42nd in size between West Virginia and Maryland.

CPRich

OP - as you can see, it varies all over the place. You can call the property and get a better answer.

At 948 sq. mi. and 3.19M in population, it would be 51st by area (61% of Rhode Island) and 30th by population.

At 20,105 sq. mi., San Bernardino would be 42nd by area.

(EDIT:duplicate - I didn't see the responses above. But links are provided)

Jaimito Cartero

garkster

Ditto. And not only Marriotts, IHG, etc.

And, recently paid zippo on a 5-night stay at Renaissance Hong Kong.

nacho

There's no sales tax in Hong Kong. The only fee for hotel is service charge which is 10% and it's based on the paid room rate.

I checked my other reservations for my upcoming trip and the $3.9/night is the only tax/fee I have seen.

Voodoo Daddy

While this may be common in Europe, I have never seen it in the US after probably 50 reward stays. I suspect that others are correct in saying that this is either some local tourism bureau fee or that it will disappear before the final folio.

pollyG

I am trying to redeem Marriott points for a one-night stay in Alexandria, VA. At the confirmation page, It has points + taxes & fees (estimated) $1. I will report back if the hotel actually charges me a $1 for the stay.

MDtR-Chicago

When the award reservation is pushed to the hotel's on-property system, it is booked with a placeholder room rate of the minimum redemption reimbursement the property gets from MR, and a special rate code, but with charges billed to the guest. Someone at the property has to manually change the payment method to a billing account back to Marriott Rewards.

Having worked in both Hilton and Marriott systems in the past, it's easy to miss that manual step. Most properties have a 7am procedure to fix that day's reservations but if you book same-day or there is a new employee, they can easily miss it, and thus a charge around $40-60, depending on the type of property.

Always simpler to have someone at the property fix it, since corporate won't be able to easily change the payment information after checkout.

Kremmen

What is the situation worldwide? I have an upcoming free night stay booked in Europe at an ex-SPG property. The original SPG confirmation says nothing about additional charges. If I look at my booking on the Marriott site now, it lists: "Estimated government taxes and fees 10.00"

Marriott's T&Cs say: