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Tips for Avoiding Hotel Fees Hotels have always offered their share of unreasonable fees — such as exorbitant taxes and dollar-a-minute telephone charges — but in recent years the industry has begun upping the ante. Ever been socked with a $25-a-night “resort fee,” or had the pleasure of paying $3 simply for having a safe […]

Hidden Hotel Fees Hotels have always offered their share of unreasonable fees — such as exorbitant taxes and dollar-a-minute telephone charges — but in recent years the industry has begun upping the ante. Ever been socked with a $25-a-night “resort fee,” or had the pleasure of paying $3 simply for having a safe in your […]

How to avoid paying foreign transaction fees Going on vacation is an invitation to splurge. It might be fine to order that unnecessary third bottle of chianti at dinner in Italy, and it might even be OK to purchase that rug in Turkey, even if you don’t really need it, because that rug will really […]