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Hidden Hotel Fees Becoming the Norm, Says Boston Globe

Clearly, we don’t like hidden hotel fees, whether we’re being charged for Wi-Fi or workouts. So we’re not particularly thrilled that such fees seem to be a growing trend.

Though airlines have gotten a lot of flack for charging for longtime standards like food and pillows, the Boston Globe reports that “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.” 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 PricewaterhouseCoopers).

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