New Tax On Hotel Stays For Bangkok?

[rickfarang]

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?

[The_Munchmaster]

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.

[WorldFun]

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