Travelers don't vote in their destinations. Politicians and providers therefore can pick on travelers for ever burgeoning number of taxes and user fees that seem to see no end.
A case in point is a round-trip ticket to London from Washington...Here's the fare breakdown exactly as you will see it on the ticket:
02DEC DEPARTURE DATE-----LAST DAY TO PURCHASE 02NOV/2359
BASE FARE TAXES TOTAL
1- USD240.00 564.10XT USD804.10ADT
XT 362.00YQ 32.60US 5.50YC 7.00XY
5.00XA 2.50AY 96.00GB 49.00UB
4.50XF
240.00 564.10 804.10TTL
ADT-01 LLWNC13S
WAS UA LON120.00LLWNC13S UA WAS120.00LLWNC13S NUC240.00
END ROE1.00 XFIAD4.5
NONREF/0VALUAFTDPT/CHGFEE
You will see that the BASE FARE is $240.00 and the final price of the ticket (even without agency fees) to be $804.10.
In this case the taxes and user fees amount to a 235% of the value of the ticket.
For a Car rental example, we have selected a typical weekend rental:
Rental Time Charge $41.38
APT CONC RECOV FEE (11.11%)$4.72
Customer Facility Charge ($3.50 per day) $7.00
Energy Recovery Fee ($0.55 per day) $1.10
STATE TAX (9%) $5.44
VEHICLE LICENSE FEE ($1.00 per day)$2.00
Vehicle Rental Tax (10%) $4.25
Total Estimated Mandatory Charges (USD)$65.89
Relatively speaking, a car rental taxes and fees are considered bargain at a tax/fees percentage of 59.2% of the overall cost.
We will spare you the nauseating hotel bill which is infested with a creative array of all types of taxes and fees imaginable.
Chicago has recently adopted an increase in their already high hotel taxes, and the infuriating part of it is the explanation: "To keep pace with New York" (sic)
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