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I have found that the more expensive the hotel is to stay at, the greater the chance they charge for wifi/internet access. At cheap hotels they use it to attrac

I have found that the more expensive the hotel is to stay at, the greater the chance they charge for wifi/internet access. At cheap hotels they use it to attract customers, at expensive hotels they use it to gouge the customer for a little more. It is usually because expensive hotels know that people staying there for work will expense it, so there is little cost for the user in those situations but the hotel gets some extra income.

qwerty456127 8y ago
> I have found that the more expensive the hotel is to stay at, the greater the chance they charge for wifi/internet access. A curious observation. Thanks. I'm not really informed about expensive hotels, almost everything I know is about the middle segment. > At cheap hotels they use it to attract customers At the hotel market of the region I know guests wouldn't even consider booking a hotel that doesn't list free WiFi (unless it's really fantastic in other aspects and/or unbelievably cheap) and they would put submit a negative review if they came and there was no free WiFi (even if it wasn't advertised and they've just didn't notice), it's like if there was no free water in the WC. > but the hotel gets some extra income. And the guest gets some extra headache with authentication and billing instead of just turning WiFi on and using it.
- tertius 8y ago
  Upsell is real.