Yeah and even for the actual taxes this justification is untrue anyway. Nobody hides the price do that users will be like “Oh good, Marriott is treating me righ

Yeah and even for the actual taxes this justification is untrue anyway. Nobody hides the price do that users will be like “Oh good, Marriott is treating me right but that damn government is making them add a tax,” they do it to get you past the first few decision points and correctly expect many will just admit defeat on the checkout page.