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If you thought the new
fees airlines are charging are bad, check out your hotel bill.
Recently, airlines
have received lots of attention for moving longtime standards -
baggage, food, drinks, even pillows and blankets - from the
"included" pile into the "for an additional fee" pile. But
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.
Industry analysts say that 2007 was the peak
year for the introduction of add-on hotel fees and surcharges.
And last year, US hotels raked in record revenue, taking in
$1.75 billion, up from $550 million in 2002, according to
PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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