Travelling is nice. But be careful of extra charges in your room bill.

I’m just back from a reporting trip to Bermuda, and boy, did my blood pressure rise when I examined my hotel bill while checking out of the Fairmont Hamilton Princess. In addition to my $350 room rate and a daily resort fee of $7, another $9 a day was tacked on for “room gratuities.” The three-night stay added an unwelcome $27 to my trip cost.

“What’s that?” I asked, and was told it was a fee charged by Bermuda hotels with union workers and that it went to housekeepers and bellmen, among others. A front-desk clerk says I should have been informed at or before check-in. Wish I had been, before I passed out tips to doormen, a bellman and housekeeper. Anyone else have a rude-awakening with this or another unusual fee?

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