Not only do these charges add a significant amount to travelers' bills, but no one warns that they are coming. Cities get away with burdening travelers with a disproportionate amount of the costs of building arenas because we don't vote there. Overseas, the tab can be worse. Be sure you arrive at a mutually agreeable definition of terms. You'd be surprised how many people don't ask about the room rate and don't define the terms ahead of time, only to find out, too late, that their rate is actually double.
Many hotels now have a deal where up to two kids under age sixteen can stay free.
But you need to know these details up front, even if the rate quoted is for the room. Today Show's Travel Detective Shares Best Tips Travel Tips for Eight Hot Destinations Excerpted from The Travel Detective by Peter Greenberg Copyright 2001 by Peter Greenberg. Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.