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Is there such a thing as a "good" travel fee?

A lawsuit in Colorado has left car rental customers wondering about the value of surcharges. What do you think?

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Christopher Elliott
Feb 14, 2025
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Everyone hates travel fees, but are all travel fees bad?

For example, last year Colorado passed a law that added a $3 a day “congestion impact fee” to rental cars starting Jan. 1. The surcharge, which will raise about $50 million annually, will pay for new transit services like intercity buses and passenger rail projects.

And now, the car rental industry weighed in on the issue.

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