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Chevy Chase
'Currency Units'
REGARDING YOUR item on the Marriott hotel in Moscow charging a different rate than the one quoted in the United States [Coming and Going, May 8]: Don't blame Marriott alone. I took a Royal Viking river cruise in Russia last summer (with a Smithsonian group). The bill for incidentals paid at the end of the cruise was expressed in "currency units" -- which I was told by other passengers were "euros." I don't remember if I had an official explanation from the cashier. However, I did not bother to check the euro exchange rate so I don't know whether I paid more than I should have, even in euros.
This is probably a practice authorized by the Russian government tourist office.
Donna H. Sandin
Reston
