Traveller Letters: $778 for one night getaway - how did it get so expensive?
DO THE MATHS Good idea. Let's have a short local escape, and spend a night in the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria with our friends. We may have a quick holiday and help out a local business. Let's see: Sorrento, this one looks nice - three bedrooms, four adults. Okay, so $395 per night plus $175 cleaning fee plus a $88.52 service fee comes to $658.52. Mmmmm. Quite steep. But wait a sec. Single night stays also incur a linen charge of $40 per bedroom. So, $658.52 plus $120 - a total of $778.52. For one night. We'd better not. George Fernandez, Eltham North, VIC TOGETHER FOREVER The letter by ...
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