Early Departure Fee on a One-Night Hotel Stay?

[CaptJCool]

Really quite simple isn't it. By enhancing the check-in and out times, there's more opportunity to charge fees for things that used to be normal. MBAs are doing their thing for hotels as well as airlines.

Time-based charging with Auction pricing !

Double the Profit gouging

 

[Happy Dude]

Sounds like the hidden ticket pricing
Fly less, pay more
Fly more, pay less

Paying less for more services

Similar also to a late collection fee (or even booking cancellation) imposed by some car hire joints. If I've paid for a vehicle from, say, 12pm, then it's not the concern of the company if I pick it up later.

If they're greedy or stupid enough to have a pricing system that can be gamed so that a longer stay/hire/flight is cheaper than a shorter one, then they can't blame the player and certainly shouldn't be taking it out on them.

 

[JohnK]

In Australia many hotels and packages now offer a ‘super late’ checkout of … ‘11am’, so you can ‘fully enjoy your morning’. Err… no, it always used to be midday! And if ‘super late’ is 11am, what’s the regular time?

I always thought check out time in Australia is/was 10:00am. (In Thailand most are midday.)

Ibis Mascot offering late check out until 4:00pm for an extra $50 which sounds worth it to me.