http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T10:42:42Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Boston%20Globe http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/7/105625/9151 <![CDATA[<img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/hc_reader_deals.jpg"></p> <p>Clearly, we don&#146;t like <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hidden%20Hotel%20Fees">hidden hotel fees</a>, whether we&#146;re being charged for <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel%20WiFi">Wi-Fi</a> or <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/6/1763/97396/hotels/Is_a_Surprise_Hotel_Fitness_Fee_Worse_Than_a_Steep_WiFi_Charge_">workouts</a>. So we&#146;re not particularly thrilled that such fees seem to be a growing trend.</p> <p>Though airlines have gotten a lot of flack for charging for longtime standards like food and pillows, the <a href="http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2009/04/01/if_you_stay_youre_going_to_pay/?p1=Well_MostPop_Emailed7">Boston Globe reports</a> that &#147;travel industry analysts say the other giant in the travel game - the hotel industry - has become even worse at adding on miscellaneous fees and surcharges.&#148; In fact, 2007 was the peak year for the introduction of add-on hotel fees, according to the article, and last year US hotels pretty much made bank, raking in a record $1.75 billion revenue (via KatieK 2009-04-07T11:21:47-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/