Mayor Mamdani is banning so-called junk fees at NYC hotels -- resort fees, surprise credit card holds, deposits, etc. New

[riversedge]

Good for New Yorkers--and all the International travelers they get.

Mayor Mamdani is banning so-called junk fees at NYC hotels — resort fees, surprise credit card holds, deposits, etc. New rule starts in a month.

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[MichMan]

1. Does that include the NYC Hotel Occupancy Tax?

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[jmowreader]

3. No, that's not a junk fee

What he's getting rid of is all the crap hotels are using to get their properties listed higher on websites like hotels.com and travelocity.com when someone selects "view by price low to high." If you're charging, say, $300 per night and adding on $100 in junk fees, you'll be higher on the list (and more likely to be booked) than if you charge $400 per night with no junk fees.

[Prairie Gates]

6. Seriously...

What would an occupancy tax, voted on by the representatives of the people and going to the benefit of New Yorkers, have to do with hidden hotel fees, arbitrarily dreamed up by private companies and going into their own coffers?

What an odd question...

[leftstreet]

2. DURec

[Renew Deal]

4. That's great

It is such a scam. You can "prepay" for a room and still get hit with a surprise fee when you arrive.

[JCMach1]

5. Brilliant