Let me guess: this is intentionally done to show up at the top of flights price low -> lists.
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Maybe, or maybe it’s to curb the law that force a refund in certain cases. You want a refund? It’s 64$.
This is just silly. I recently saw Las Vegas hotels doing something similar though to a much lesser extent where it's called "resort fees". Should be illegal but it doesn't affect me since I'm not traveling to the US
Those "resort fees" were part of Biden's FTC's efforts to crack down on junk fees. Trump is now undoing that work. https://www.investopedia.com/trump-has-undone-biden-s-war-on-junk-fees-11772720
It's not just Vegas. It's also very popular in short-term rentals (like AirBnB) and other gig enterprises.
For hotels, I'm wondering if this is a trick to meet a government rate.
More like "extort fees"
~~Resort fees are required by legislation, it's basically a tax on tourists.~~
I was wrong: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resort_fee
The hotels receipts I've seen (I worked approving travel expenses, so I've seen a lot) they differentiate between specific locally mandated fees and their own fees (which is probably part of the legislation that compels them).
Then why do they vary by hotel?
Because I was wrong, edited.
OK. May we see the itemized list?
On the invoice it doesn’t seem so. Just 520$ per person. That link on the pic is just text.
volatile, unpredictable or fluctuating operating costs and fees
Socialize the Costs and Privatize the Profits
edit: What confuses me is how these things can be "volatile" and "fluctuating" before you bought the ticket?
So literally no itemization, just $520.
OK, that is indeed bullshit.
I'm guessing it's the "peak dates" thing. They have a base price aka. minimum price when planes are mostly empty and then put on a surcharge for when demand is high, instead of altering the base price.
On the invoice it doesn’t seem so. Just 520$ per person. I’ll try.
What are their surcharges?
Enjoying a succulent meal.
I had a hotel charge me for "services." Like bitch that's in the price of the room!
That's like renting a flat and being charged extra for doors.
Bullshit, mostly.
Being alive...
I recently did a return trip from Dublin to Boston and back. Each ticket was 1 Euro; rhe rest was airport taxes, government levies, etc.
In the past, pre-covid, 1 Euro tickets were not unusual. Part of the reason why Ryanair became so dominant was that they contracted with secondary airports that had much lower fees, so the final price was below what the competitors could offer.
Yes, Ryanair. But even they could itemize what you had to pay extra for. OP got this instead:
What confuses me is how these things can be "volatile" and "fluctuating" before they bought the ticket?
edit: somebody made the Ryanair experience into an operetta song! https://youtu.be/ZAg0lUYHHFc