HotelChatter - Tag: Hotel Fees

Las Vegas: The Paradise Tower Paved Paradise and Showed Guests a Parking Garage

juliana — 2009-08-27T14:47:11-05:00

<![CDATA[You know the scene. You open the door to your brand new hotel room, run over to the window, open the blinds and bam, you are hit with the anti-view. Maybe you are looking down a dirty alley, witnessing a drug deal, staring at an air shaft in the face, or seeing a brick wall. Whatever you are viewing it is not extremely pleasurable. Help out your fellow hotel mavens by uploading your anti-views to the <a href="http://flickr.com/groups/hotelchatter/">HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool</a>, or by <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">sending the photo along to us</a>. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number with the not-so-easy-on-the-eyes view.<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/hrhparkinggarage.JPG" class="top"> We really hate to do two of the same anti-views in a

What is The Most Outrageous Hotel Parking Fee You've Ever Paid?

Jennifer Kester — 2009-08-21T09:45:21-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/parkingfees.jpg" class="top">We've <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/2/24/112412/519/hotels/How_Important_is_Free_Hotel_Parking_to_You_">said it before</a> and we'll say it again--when you shell out lots of moolah for a hotel room, free or cheap parking should be an automatic amenity (we'll take that over sweet-smelling bath products). But we've found that the more expensive the hotel, the more jacked-up the parking fees. A prime example is the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Peninsula+New+York/local/168">Peninsula New York</a>, where you'll fork over between $925 and $16,000 for a room, but if you want to park your vehicle there, the hotel will tack on an extra $60 for every 24 hoursand that's without any in-and-out privileges. What's worse is that most hotels don't even list their sky-high parking fees on their website, meaning you usually don't know

How to Avoid Hotel Taxes :: Which U.S. Cities Tax You More Than the Rest

abigailmschilling — 2008-08-19T16:00:13-05:00

These days you can't take a quoted room rate at face value. Before making a decision you must estimate the taxes and fees that will inevitably be added to your bottom line.

With the travel industry struggling, more and more surcharges are sneaking into our bills.

The National Business Travel Association recently conducted a study ranking cities in the United States by hotel and other travel taxes.

Online Travel Companies Under Pressure To Pay Up Owed Taxes

juliana — 2008-07-24T10:30:22-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/otla_taxfight.gif" class="imgborder">We've posted before on how several <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel%20Booking%20Sites">online travel agencies</a> are in hot water with local municipalities over hotel room taxes and it looks like the tug-of-war will be going on for a while.Several towns and counties have complained that online travel agencies like Expedia, Hotels.com and Travelocity have pocketed hotel room taxes which rightfully belong to the city or county that the hotel is located in. You know what those taxes are like. You see them on your check-out bill and it usually is listed as a state or city tax or both. For instance, we just checked out of a hotel in NYC and were docked with a NY state tax, an NYC city tax and

Vancouver: Pacific Northwest Hotel Guide :: Marriott Pinnacle Vancouver Has Great Location But Some Fees Apply

Tim L. — 2008-07-08T09:00:12-05:00

HotelChatter contributing editor Tim Leffel is moving around British Columbia and Alberta in Canada, seeing the hotel scene from a family travel perspective. All prices are in Canadian dollars--which currently trade slightly higher than U.S. dollars. Enjoy.

The Marriott Pinnacle Vancouver comes across as your basic high-rise business hotel, but with a gracious staff and a hotel restaurant that gets high marks on its own, this one is a cut above the norm.

You will recognize the furniture and the bedding as it sticks to very bland Marriott look, but the service goes beyond business traveler briskness to help tourists make the most of their time in the city.