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Subject: Re: NYC hotel tax query Posted on: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 23:27:25 GMT

PeterL wrote:

>
> You got it. When we travel to London, we got hit with tourist taxes
> too. Tourists are easy marks for all kinds of taxes. They don't vote,
> so they can't object to anything. The only thing you can do is not go
> to NYC (or any other tourist destinations). But most tourists would
> just say, for $1.5 a day it's not worth fighting it.
>
>

Thanks Peter - That would make sense.

Charge a small amount so that it won't put people off, but it will add
up to a tidy sum with the number of people visiting NY.

Cheers,

Jeff (UK)

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