InterContinental New York Times Square adds a ‘resort fee’

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• BP says:

  10 May10 May 08:46

  It could be worse than $30. Westhouse NYC charge $47 plus tax per adult nightly fee. I almost booked it until I seen that!!

• Ben says:

  10 May10 May 08:52

  Does BA silver status get you higher baggage allowance on Vueling?

• Cate says:

  10 May10 May 09:02

  SPG I think are big offenders for adding costs onto the headline price throughout the booking process. It comes over as dishonest and manipulative and a sure way to stop us completing a booking with them.

  Doesn’t this come under a breach of an advertising standard?

• Andrew says:

  10 May10 May 09:17

  “Scriptwriter”, “Backstage” & “Auditorium” Rooms…

  Oh dear.

  Did anyone stay at the Victoria & Albert in Manchester when it had themed rooms based on Granada Studio productions? Room 221 was quite cool with the flickering carriage lamp and Sherlock Holmes theme.

  On the other hand, the Mrs Merton Room, that I ended up in one night was just creepy. Doilies, a picture of “Malcolm” by the bed… The lifesize framed poster of “Mrs Merton” hugging Peter Stringfellow on the wall was quite something to wake up to in the morning.

• Stuart says:

  10 May10 May 09:28

  I see Vueling has been upgraded from “IAG’s low cost carrier” to “BA’s sister airline” or more likely BA has dropped!! 🙁

• Geoff says:

  10 May10 May 09:50

  Re taxes on resort fees, I guess if the taxes are lower of the ‘fee’ part, it is like eBay listings that show £1 for the item and £20 for postage, to avoid auction fees.

  Can you aggregate these ‘per day ‘fees, or do you have to wash one shirt each day?

  • Peter K says:

    10 May10 May 10:16

    EBay charges the same selling fee on postage as on the item, in the UK at least.

  • Rob says:

    10 May10 May 13:50

    One shirt per day.

• Dave says:

  10 May10 May 09:52

  Off topic Rob but according to SPG on Flyertalk it’s been confirmed that people (like me) with Marriott Gold through a status match from SPG Gold that have through Amex Platinum will only be matched to the new Gold status in the programme from the start of August rather than at the end of the year as had been suggested elsewhere.

  Have you heard anything either way? Be good to know for sure before I cancel all the Marriott stays I have booked!

• Nicky says:

  10 May10 May 09:56

  I am gobsmacked that the IC Times Square has the audacity to charge a resort fee. I stayed there 2 years ago at New Year. Upon arrival they couldn’t find my reservation and then things went down hill from there. The room obviously hadn’t had a thorough clean in about 5 years – it was disgusting but they couldn’t move us because it was New Years Eve: They closed the restaurant for a party, but you could buy a ticket for $250pp (not warned of this when booking). It would take too long to write everything that happened, suffice to say they couldn’t pay me £750 to stay there again. Let’s just say that I did get my money back for the 4 miserable days I was stuck there. Oh and breakfast for two (they gave me vouchers to shut me up) came to about $70 per day for a naff cooked buffet and automatic servers tip) Now I stay in a DECENT hotel in NY. Resort fees are a scam.

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