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I HAD a similar experience with Hilton in Cancun. Made a reservation last fall, confirmed in dollars. The first night was paid (through a Hilton billing office in the United States) at that rate 30 days before I arrived.
When I left the hotel at the end of the stay in February, the remaining nights were charged at the then-current peso rate and converted to dollars (significantly higher), despite the fact that I had a printed confirmation of the reservation with the dollar rate. Hilton and the hotel refused to refund the difference.
Daniel Stein
Vienna
ONE EXPLANATION for the difference between the charged rate of $208.38 and the nightly rate of $175 might be the Value-Added Tax, which typically runs at 18 percent. Thus, $175 plus 18 percent = $206.50. The shortfall ($208.38 -- $206.50 = $1.88) might be attributed to the passport registration fee, fluctuation of the dollar-to-ruble conversion rate, etc.
The Marriott Web site and many other Western hotels quote room rates "excluding tax." Russian hotel Web sites tend to include the VAT whenever they choose to quote room rates.
Allan Schneider
