UK hotels adding service charge to room rate

Re:UK hotels adding service charge to room rate by hakfoo on Monday September 13, 2021 @08:29PM (#28518680)

We had his happen with airline tickets... everything got unbundled so as to show the lowest price on Travelocity or whoever.

I never understood why there was no backlash at the aggregators for disguising the true price of the product (or offering "comparison" of noncomparable products.

A service that accurately shows comparable, out the door prices is more useful than the one that says "$30 cheaper" only to find out after the fact there's $50 in missing services or hidden costs buried in it.

I wonder if there's anyone that accurately does it now: a flight search that lets you say "show me lowest fare inclusive of a checked bag an inflight meal" or "hotel prices including the various undisclosed fees and taxes."

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Re:UK hotels adding service charge to room rate by eloff on Monday September 13, 2021 @09:02PM (#28518919)

This has definately made it much less pleasant to search for and compare flights. Now I have to read through all the fine print for various carriers just to know what the final price will be before I buy. I really wish regulators or travels search platforms would step up here and fix it.

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Re:UK hotels adding service charge to room rate by Leherenn on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @02:30AM (#28521050)

I think it's the case in the UE. It doesn't really solve the luggage issue, but that's a bit more difficult because that one is truly optional. I don't think I have paid a different price than what was displayed in the aggregator.

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Re:UK hotels adding service charge to room rate by bin_bash on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @12:16AM (#28520146)

with Google Flights you can add a checked bag to the fare. You can also add a carry-on bag which I often do to filter out (some) Basic Economy fares.

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