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Articles tagged “fees”

Hotels

Texas Challenges Marriott and Hyatt Over Resort Fees

Resort fees or any other mandatory hotel fees should always be clear to consumers at the point of booking.

Doyinsola Oladipo, Reuters | 11 months ago

Texas Challenges Marriott and Hyatt Over Resort Fees

Online Travel

Why Hopper Asks for a ‘Tip’ When Booking

'Deception' may be too strong of a word in this case, but the media attention goes to show that customers do not like to feel that they've been swindled. A quarter of customers pay the tip, but how many of them know it?

Justin Dawes | 1 year ago

Why Hopper Asks for a ‘Tip’ When Booking

Tourism

Bhutan Offers Duty-Free Gold to Offset Tourism Fee Impact

Bhutan is looking for the Midas touch for its tourism, quite literally. But will that make price-sensitive tourists disregard the otherwise high tourism fees?

Peden Doma Bhutia | 1 year ago

Bhutan Offers Duty-Free Gold to Offset Tourism Fee Impact

Airlines

White House Urges U.S. Airlines to Follow American’s Lead on Family Seating Policy

Americans shouldn't have to pay for a positive family travel experience, with President Joe Biden urging U.S. airlines to follow American Airlines' example of guaranteeing parents can sit with their children at no extra cost.

David Shepardson, Reuters | 1 year ago

White House Urges U.S. Airlines to Follow American’s Lead on Family Seating Policy

Short-Term Rentals

Sonder Eliminates Cleaning Fees in Short-Term Rentals and Hotel Rooms

Sonder will have to see if it can make its pricing competitive while eliminating cleaning fees as a separate guest charge. There could be some reputational upside if the financials work out.

Dennis Schaal | 1 year ago

Sonder Eliminates Cleaning Fees in Short-Term Rentals and Hotel Rooms

Short-Term Rentals

Airbnb Debuts Total Prices Before Taxes With Plan to Make It Default View

Airbnb's pricing changes will likely have a ripple effect, prompting some hosts to reduce cleaning fees and property management websites to switch to showing total prices.

Dennis Schaal | 1 year ago

Airbnb Debuts Total Prices Before Taxes With Plan to Make It Default View

Short-Term Rentals

Airbnb Mulls Removing Cleaning Fees as a Separate Charge

Hosts may be sabotaging their own bookings by levying excessively high cleaning fees. It is turning off many people to Airbnb, which is a concern for the company.

Dennis Schaal | 1 year ago

Airbnb Mulls Removing Cleaning Fees as a Separate Charge

Short-Term Rentals

Airbnb to Display Total Prices Up Front and End Checkout Task Drudgery

Airbnb has responded to years'-long criticism about a lack of transparency in the way it displays its prices. Now, will competitors do likewise?

Dennis Schaal | 1 year ago

Airbnb to Display Total Prices Up Front and End Checkout Task Drudgery

News Blog

Pets Are Now Living on Airbnb

Toss out all the cliches about the woes of "a dog's life" because many dogs — and cats and other domesticated animals — are now living on Airbnb. That's because during the first six months of 2022, around 25 percent of the nights booked that included a pet were for stays lasting 28 days or…

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

News Blog

Google Is NOT Going to Kill Airbnb

"Google will kill Airbnb," tweeted Nick Huber, who writes about business and real estate, owns a self-storage company, and has 247,000 followers on Twitter. Two people independently messaged me about the tweet, which has generated a few thousand "likes," and hundreds of retweets since Sunday. One Skift colleague said of the tweet: "Everything this guy…

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago