We’ve finally found it: the hotel with the most egregious add-on fees in the country. Every other hotel can stop trying, because the 31 Street Broadway Hotel in New York cannot be beaten.
On top of the room rate, they charge:
- 49% Destination fee
- 47% Bed linens fee
- $120.00 Property service charge per stay
Their mandatory fees are 96% of the room rate plus $120. Normally there’s some pretense that a destination (or resort) fee includes some “benefit.” Here they do not suggest you get anything other than to stay at the destination. That’s usually what the room rate is for.
And what does your room rate cover? Not the linens on the bed, apparently. Those are extra – 47% extra.
As a result, a $109 room actually costs $386.87 – plus there’s a $175 damage deposit, too.
Even though the room is advertised for $109, if you cancel you pay $158.73.
Unbooked rooms on the day of they advertise as low as $45. Why not when they’ll actually bill you $243?
Even considering the photos on web about this place, and knowing the total price going on, guests still consider their stay ‘disappointing’ according to Booking.com:
Maybe this is why? You’d think the property service fee covered pest control servicing of the property?
Don’t stay at 31 Street Broadway Hotel in Manhattan. Bugs everywhere, and abusive management. @Expedia I am extremely disappointed in your unwillingness to make this right. pic.twitter.com/eFv65WEwg6
— Melodie Garcia, MPA (@theworld_onfire) November 16, 2022
(HT: @FindFlightsForMe who highlights airline award availability, and doesn’t charge for the service.)
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