68 thoughts on “This Hawaii Hotel Surcharge May Catch You By Surprise”
sandi
Nope not going anymore. My life is in the golden years and will have to give up all travel soon. Im sure this is not going to be just Hawaiian islands. My grocery bill for one person just 30 minutes ago for several bags of groceries was 130.00. Old lady, no big salaries, so no mo travels. Such a shame for someone that loves people and the world.
Charging end customers for credit card fees – or reverse – giving a discount if they pay cash (same difference) is becoming common for a lot of diverse businesses, so I am not surprised to see a hotel do this. This like restaurants tacking on a “we don’t pay our employees enough” surcharge on your bill. I even got cash discount last time I swapped my summer-winter tires. That certain restaurant in Kilauea offers a 5% cash discount. That certain Mexican Seafood restaurant in Kapaa charges an extra 3-4% for paying with a credit card. Try to pay any government fees (like property taxes) or student tuition or whatever with a credit card, you may extra. Credit card companies charge a lot of fees – that’s where all those FF miles come from.
That is highway robbery and I will cross their brand off my list for sure! It may be illegal to charge you for using a debit card because that is just like cash!
People need to talk with their wallets. The accepted way to pay for large expenditures is by credit card. If a hotel expects you to pay with cash or they are going to charge you for your credit card usage perhaps a different hotel would be better. If people start doing that instead of caving in to the desires of hotel management things will change. There is no hotel without guests.
I wouldn’t stay there. As long people keep paying these garbage
fees the resort will keep charging. When their reservations decline the will remove. Too many other choices!
I have to laugh at all the press lately about #airbnbbust people “sticking with hotels from now on” because of “all the fees”. They have another thing coming if they think they will be able to escape fees in Hawaii.
BOH: The reason they don’t just include these fees in the price is because they want the displayed price to be low to stay competitive with everyone else. If all hotels would just set their prices to absorb all the possible fees, that would be fine, but that’s not what they do.
Nope not going anymore. My life is in the golden years and will have to give up all travel soon. Im sure this is not going to be just Hawaiian islands. My grocery bill for one person just 30 minutes ago for several bags of groceries was 130.00. Old lady, no big salaries, so no mo travels. Such a shame for someone that loves people and the world.
Charging end customers for credit card fees – or reverse – giving a discount if they pay cash (same difference) is becoming common for a lot of diverse businesses, so I am not surprised to see a hotel do this. This like restaurants tacking on a “we don’t pay our employees enough” surcharge on your bill. I even got cash discount last time I swapped my summer-winter tires. That certain restaurant in Kilauea offers a 5% cash discount. That certain Mexican Seafood restaurant in Kapaa charges an extra 3-4% for paying with a credit card. Try to pay any government fees (like property taxes) or student tuition or whatever with a credit card, you may extra. Credit card companies charge a lot of fees – that’s where all those FF miles come from.
Time to go back in time.
Remember Travelers Checks? Worked just like cash with the same inconvenience that you had to go to the bank to get them.
That is highway robbery and I will cross their brand off my list for sure! It may be illegal to charge you for using a debit card because that is just like cash!
Thank you for exposing this!
Pay them with Bitcoin, Venmo, PayPal, or Zelle. But I bet they don’t accept any of these.
People need to talk with their wallets. The accepted way to pay for large expenditures is by credit card. If a hotel expects you to pay with cash or they are going to charge you for your credit card usage perhaps a different hotel would be better. If people start doing that instead of caving in to the desires of hotel management things will change. There is no hotel without guests.
We’re now priced out- this is before food, car and airfare. We will continue to travel, it just won’t be to the Hawaiian Islands.
I wouldn’t stay there. As long people keep paying these garbage
fees the resort will keep charging. When their reservations decline the will remove. Too many other choices!
You pay the CC fee on taxes, too, so pay up!
Just say “NO” to credit card fees. As you said, who carries that quantity of cash around? This is the worst, with resort fees right behind.
I have to laugh at all the press lately about #airbnbbust people “sticking with hotels from now on” because of “all the fees”. They have another thing coming if they think they will be able to escape fees in Hawaii.
BOH: The reason they don’t just include these fees in the price is because they want the displayed price to be low to stay competitive with everyone else. If all hotels would just set their prices to absorb all the possible fees, that would be fine, but that’s not what they do.