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Big Burke announcement
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the original trailboss
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What is the $15 resort fee listed in the fine print ?
Unfortunately a lot of hotels and resorts charge this "fee".
Really stupid to charge the fee. Just put it in with the room rate.
Yes, it is just the way to hide costs. They play this game to make the room look cheaper on paper. I consider it a dishonest business practice.
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VTKilarney
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Is it true that the travel agent doesn't get a commission on the resort fee?
No matter how you slice it, it's a way to hide costs. Consumers HATE resort fees - and for good reason.
No matter how you slice it, it's a way to hide costs. Consumers HATE resort fees - and for good reason.
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It's kind of like buying airfare. You want to bring bags? That's $25 each bag. You want something to eat? You have to pay for that. You want a chance to get overhead carry-on space? Need to pay.
It's worse though because you can't refuse the service and fee. You can't say, "I'm not using the pool, I'm not paying the fee."
Very true. I was thinking of that after I hit "send." And a lot of airlines are simplifying things with things.
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I forgot to mention it is a daily $15 resort fee....
VTKilarney
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And let's not forget that the hotel's facilities hardly justify any sort of resort fee.
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That's $15 for the most awesome Q experience you can imagine and YOU WILL LIKE IT!!!!
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LONGBOARDR
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The resort fee is applied at all Q resorts.
Jay Peak for example does. 20?/day
They supply a coupon book of discounts to justify, not worth it IMO.
But if you do the math, it is quite the nice revenue enhancer.
Well worth the negative vibe in their eyes.
Jay Peak for example does. 20?/day
They supply a coupon book of discounts to justify, not worth it IMO.
But if you do the math, it is quite the nice revenue enhancer.
Well worth the negative vibe in their eyes.
Right, but they could do the coupon thing and look like rock stars if they just snuck the fee into the room rate. Even though at the end of the day the consumer would pay the same, they don't feel as though they're being nickel and dimed on everything. It only looks even shadier because they slip the fees into the fine print.
Especially since they have no competition per se.
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If you put the fee in the room rate then it goes to the hotel revenue stream and needs to be split with EB5 investors. If you keep it separate it goes into Q's pocket alone.
Is the same true for F&B revenue and other profit centers?
That's a good point. Also consider that they are deeply discounted rooms at this point. So guess who is going to be taking the hit financially?
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whitemtn27
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To be fair, on their website it says "All Rates are subject to a $15/day Resort Fee" right in the main body of the room details.
Now, I haven't been to Burke since the whole Q thing happened. I have stayed at Jay's Tram Haus which, although pricey, is really nice. We went for one of their end-of-season blowout deal weekends and had a great time. So I thought maybe we'd splurge and check out the new Hotel Burke.
Thing is though, these rates are... ah... not competitive. The 30% off promo brings the cost down to the right ballpark, but the $90 in hot tub fees for a long weekend bumps it back up above similar lodging elsewhere. Do they really think the product is worth a super-premium price point?
Now, I haven't been to Burke since the whole Q thing happened. I have stayed at Jay's Tram Haus which, although pricey, is really nice. We went for one of their end-of-season blowout deal weekends and had a great time. So I thought maybe we'd splurge and check out the new Hotel Burke.
Thing is though, these rates are... ah... not competitive. The 30% off promo brings the cost down to the right ballpark, but the $90 in hot tub fees for a long weekend bumps it back up above similar lodging elsewhere. Do they really think the product is worth a super-premium price point?
Smellytele
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Should only be 45 extra for a long weekend.
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