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The argument is disingenuous. No one is complaining about hotels rolling the paddle boat rental into the room cost. If Marriott wants to move to a more inclusiv
by bradleyjg 7y ago
The argument is disingenuous. No one is complaining about hotels rolling the paddle boat rental into the room cost. If Marriott wants to move to a more inclusive model, that’s perfectly fine. The issue is that if it’s a mandatory part of the cost then it should be a part of the main advertised price.
It’s in my opinion unfortunate that tax is listed separately in a lot of places but at this point that’s water under the bridge. But for money that’s going directly to the vendor (also looking at you telecoms) it’s inexcusable.
- kd5bjo 7y ago“Free nights” from rewards programs also sometimes require the payment of the resort fee, even when some of the items included in that fee (like internet access) are also included in your status level.
- imroot 7y agoMost of the terms and conditions of the various reward programs out there (Hilton included -- I'm a Hilton Lifetime Diamond) specifically exclude resort wifi from their "benefits."
- pureagave 7y agoI'm thankful that Hyatt isn't like that. Wifi and all the benefits of status in their program persist even on award nights. In fact, they wave the "resort fees" for all stays if you are their top tier. So at least they don't anger their best customers with this.