Marriott, pricing will be all-inclusive: goodbye resort fees and other hidden extras
The change was inspired by Joe Biden's willingness to put a stop to all the levies that chain [...]
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The change was inspired by the will of Joe Biden to put a stop to all the hooves that hotel chains, airlines and other companies hide from the view of users to the last.
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The Junk Fees, as POTUS called them, in the Marriott house are destined to disappear, or rather it would be better to say that they are intended to appear at the time the user searches for the hotel to book.
What are Junk Fees
We have written many times about the issue of fees that hotels have come up with to collect a few extra dollars. At first it was just resort fees, a surcharge that guests often find out when they check in and which in some facilities plus be as much as 50$ per night. For example at the Sheraton Waikiki is 49,95$ per night per room.
This tax levy often includes services that guests take for granted, or would not even use. Such as local phone calls, the ability to watch Netflix in the room, or discounts in hotel amenities.
If previously these gabels were only applied by resorts Lately they have also arrived in big cities called destination fees. For example, the very bad W Times Square in New York charges 35$ per night in exchange for museum tickets or discounts in bars.
What changes
Just do a search on the site to see the difference. The price shown also includes all the extras that were previously reported only at the final moment of booking. Goodbye surprises, especially for Italian and European travelers accustomed, thanks to consumer protection laws, to seeing the all-inclusive price and not a partial cost as is the case particularly in the U.S.
In conclusion
In the end what we all knew happened, hidden fees were not eliminated, but simply incorporated into the final price shown to the traveler. Better than nothing, at least now we will see the companies compete a little bit on the final price (including taxes).
