rickfarang Posted April 18, 2014 Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 My brother is trying to book a stay at the Ambassador Bangkok in June of this year and keeps running up against what seem to be new taxes. For example: On one booking site it says: The hotel will charge an additional fee at check in or check out 242.36,USD Tax recovery charges and service fees $248.53 <==itemization of charges On another bookit site it says: The total price of your booking does not include extra city taxes. Mandatory city tax to be paid at the hotel is between 19.74 USD and 212.1 USD After a little reading, the tax recovery fee is apparently common in the United States (that's where he is right now) but I have not heard of this in Thailand. My take is that there are some mix-ups in the booking systems, but there is the lingering worry that a booking site might slip in some overlooked fine print and he'll be hit with a substantial and unexpected fee. Has anybody run across this while booking or staying in Bangkok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Munchmaster Posted April 18, 2014 Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 I just tried a booking on Agoda who I normally use and no such taxes mentioned and never seen before. Only wish I could go ahead and complete the booking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorldFun Posted April 24, 2014 Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 never had a problem or heard of such substansial. usual taxes either included direct or specified to be added on agogo, booking.com etc is: 7% vat and 10% serv. charge when booking in thai baht/local curency. if it has to do with being in the us try a proxy? btw current price at ambassador is around 2500bt up for std double incl. taxes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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