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Ask HN: Website/idea listing inclusive hotel prices

3 points| baltcode | 7 years ago

All the regular travel websites I've seen for searching hotel rooms list prices without including taxes, and more importantly, resort fees.

How about if someone makes a website which displays, and can search/filter by the room+resort fee? It doesn't seem that hard. Even if the hotels don't like it, a website like this can still be monetized by ads and other affiliate programs. There's a hole in the market, and the implementation isn't even that hard. Why doesn't it exist? If nothing else, I think one could even make a browser plugin that at least changes the source page for listing.

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[+] mtmail|7 years ago|reply
In Europe travel websites are no allowed to do that. They have to list final prices including any taxes, credit card fees and such. http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-17-844_en.htm A recent trick was to default to a co-branded credit card where any other payment method costs extra. Of course the co-branded credit card has a high annual fee so it was unlikely a user would choose that.
[+] psyklic|7 years ago|reply
I recently booked on Hotwire in Europe and was charged an undisclosed "city tax" at the hotel. In the Hotwire fine print, it states: "Hotwire rates do not include special fees charged by hotels upon check-out. ... Customers will be required to pay these fees directly to the hotels at check-out time." (https://www.hotwire.com/mobile/legal/restrictions)
[+] baltcode|7 years ago|reply
Does that mean that european travel websites will list the full prices even for American hotels?
[+] iamben|7 years ago|reply
Yeah, same with airlines and (hand)luggage. It's all very well seeing that the bargain flight will cost you £30, but when the new cabin baggage rules mean it's going to cost you another £12 on top, it's a little frustrating.