Tons of industries affected by this, though hospitality comes to mind as being particularly egregious. "resort fees" you can't get out of where they tell you what you're "getting" for those fees, Airbnb service fees, cleaning fees, things that should all be spread across the nightly rate. The feds doing this for airfare was the best thing to happen for consumers shopping for flights.
Ideally we would take it further and include restaurant fees post-covid for fair wages when instead they frankly should just be hiking the cost of food and paying their teams properly. Not sure if this bill affects the service industry specifically but the late tacking-on of mandatory fees is getting egregious.
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Edit: I'm staying at an IHG property right now that says I'm getting the following for my $29 amenity fee:
• $15 credit for incidentals
• "premium" wifi
• newspaper access
• tablet from the front desk
• free Lyft within two miles (this is kinda useful if you're too lazy to walk)
• free EV charging
• wine reception
• business center
• gym
• free calls within CONUS
I used none of these and yet they won't refund the fee.
Ideally we would take it further and include restaurant fees post-covid for fair wages when instead they frankly should just be hiking the cost of food and paying their teams properly. Not sure if this bill affects the service industry specifically but the late tacking-on of mandatory fees is getting egregious.
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Edit: I'm staying at an IHG property right now that says I'm getting the following for my $29 amenity fee:
• $15 credit for incidentals
• "premium" wifi
• newspaper access
• tablet from the front desk
• free Lyft within two miles (this is kinda useful if you're too lazy to walk)
• free EV charging
• wine reception
• business center
• gym
• free calls within CONUS
I used none of these and yet they won't refund the fee.