Some hotels offer to pay fliers' bag-check fees

[straitman]

Hotels offer to pay Bag-check fees.

By Roger Yu, USA TODAY
Hoping to cash in on a common traveler complaint, some hotel companies are offering to pay for the checked-baggage fees charged by some U.S. airlines.


Kimpton Hotels and chains run by InterContinental Hotels Group, including Holiday Inn, introduced the promotion to spur weekend and leisure business.


Although hotel companies are showing signs of recovery, the industry has undergone a rough two-year downturn, marked by cutbacks in business travel, meetings and conventions, and shorter-stay vacations. Hotels have been aggressive in introducing deals, including deep discounts and third-night-free offerings. But refunding bag fees is a marketing tactic aimed at generating goodwill on an issue that has ignited a firestorm.


The deal targets leisure travelers and vacationers. Most business travelers prefer carry-ons, and road warriors are often elite members of frequent-flier programs and not subject to bag-check fees.

 

[JohnK]

Interesting strategy but it is likely to get more people to go on holidays? There are lot more costs to consider when going on holidays than bag-check fees.

But if you are already going on holidays and you had to pay bag-check fees and you are staying in one of these hotels then this saving would be a small bonus.