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Hotel parking fees take a turn for the worse

Now you have to pay them even if you don't have a car

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Christopher Elliott
Feb 04, 2024
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Hotels are taking fees to the next level: Now they’re charging guests for parking — even if they don’t have a car.

Seriously. It happened to Sira Mas checked into a boutique hotel in Chicago recently. She found a $25 per night fee on her bill for parking.

But she didn’t have a car.

“The parking fee was mandatory for every visitor,” says Mas, who works for …

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