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Re:Ending Junk Fees, the Most Annoying Thing in American Com... by hotpotamus on Sunday October 15, 2023 @12:18PM (#37891016)
I'm curious where you have ever seen a national advertisement for a hotel room that includes a price; it is not something I've observed but perhaps my chauvinism has blinded me. That said, do you think that a hotel company is able to calculate the price of a room when I go onto their online portal and request a price for a particular location and date?
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Re:Ending Junk Fees, the Most Annoying Thing in American Com... by ghaff on Sunday October 15, 2023 @01:32PM (#37891676)
The usual strategy is to nationally advertise "as low as" some base $$ amount. And then you go into the online portal and come up with an actual price for an actual date that (hopefully) includes all taxes and fees--and is probably a fair bit more.
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