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RatherBeMTB@sh.itjust.works 1 year agoIn the US it is common to have an amenities fee that you will only know, in most cases, the day of your check in. The fee applies whether you use the amenities or not.
tal@lemmy.today 1 year ago
California just passed a law banning any mandatory fee if it isn’t included in the advertised rates; the ban goes into force starting middle of next year.
frommers.com/…/california-bans-deceptive-resort-f…
That being said, I would imagine that there is some wiggle room on “mandatory”. Like, a hotel is going to be allowed to charge for use of items in a minibar, for example, and I don’t know what the bar is for notification that a given action will incur a fee.
Confused_Emus@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That’s great for California.
tal@lemmy.today 1 year ago
Right turn on red didn’t exist anywhere until some states started allowing it; a lot of people thought that it would be too dangerous. Then it worked out okay, and other states added it, and eventually essentially everyone was doing it.
Just saying that it sounds like the direction things are going right now is to legislatively-restricting what hotels can charge without disclosure.
chilicheeselies@lemmy.world 1 year ago
California is so big that often, when they make a law, companies follow it nationally. It can be cheaper than having to maintain different rules for sifferent states