Articles tagged “fees”

The most likely future for hotel Wi-Fi is the tiered pricing plan: Get low-bandwidth surfing for free or cheap and pay more for data hogging activities like Netfilx streaming or video conferencing.

Although the FTC chided resorts in 2012 for hidden fees, hotels are expected to be more brazen in 2013 with a slew of new and increased fees. With occupancy rates up, hotels feel they have a captive audience for their fees.

The airlines have pretty much settled on most of the kinds of ancillary services they want to charge you for, and now it's all about marketing experts and revenue managers figuring out new ways to get you to pay for them, or to hand them out for "free" to their most loyal customers.

The unbundling of industries is a trend happening across every sector, and travel is leading through airlines and now hotels as well.

Bags fly free (two of them) at Southwest Airlines, but a whole lot of other stuff costs plenty.

Controversial and fee-happy, Allegiant undoubtedly does things differently, is nimble and successful.

Here's a radical idea: How about some minimum standards for legroom in economy seats? Otherwise get ready for a big knee-jerk reaction.

Why are car rental companies getting a pass on making their rates more transparent when it is very difficult to compare them on an apples to apples basis?

Whether Bags Fly Free stays or goes, rest assured that Southwest will be introducing new or higher fees in some areas as it makes a big push to bolster revenue.

Hotels optimally would love if more of their customers paid at the property, instead of guests prepaying to online travel agencies, so they should take any increased burden from Expedia's new program in stride.