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10 Worst Hotel Rip-Offs and How to Beat Them

10 Worst Hotel Rip-Offs and How to Beat Them
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Airlines aren’t the only outfits in the industry that overcharge travelers. Hotels, too, are guilty. And as hotel managers look enviously at airlines successfully charging fees for everything, the hotel situation will probably get worse, not better.

Fortunately, you can avoid most of the worst rip-offs by opting out of whatever the charge might be. Sadly, however, the trade-off for avoiding a rip-off is often an inconvenience, which is undoubtedly the reason hotels can still get away with many of them. Here are the 10 worst rip-offs that you should watch out for when staying at hotels.

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