Local governments would love it if all hotel taxes were embedded into the price.
Travel (hotels & car rentals) in the US are industries where the average tax rate is much, much, much higher than the standard sales tax rates for goods sold in the same location. There are all sorts of taxes at that are levied because most of the customers who pay them, don't live there and therefore can't vote against the politicians that imposed them.
Travel (hotels & car rentals) in the US are industries where the average tax rate is much, much, much higher than the standard sales tax rates for goods sold in the same location. There are all sorts of taxes at that are levied because most of the customers who pay them, don't live there and therefore can't vote against the politicians that imposed them.