There are 2 issues here. 1 is the various taxes that have been assesed by the government, which are

No industry piles on the fees and surcharges like the car rental industry. Yes, they have their reasons . And yes, they have competition from airlines, which haven t met an ancillary fee they don t like.
I can t fathom which of the above constitutes international nursing travel sales tax, analogous to what one would expect to pay when buying a meal or a shirt but the difference between the rental charge itself international nursing travel and the grand total, composed international nursing travel of additional taxes and charges ripped out of an unsuspecting consumer, is $127.77. This represents approximately 40 percent of the overall cost. There are no polite words to describe what I feel has just been done to me.
It is simply unbelievable that a company can get away with the kind of charges they willingly international nursing travel tack on to a customer s bill to fatten their own bottom line and that, in addition, they can be coerced by a local, state or federal government entity to extract even more blood to pay for their own programs which have not survived a simple cost-benefit analysis to the extent that they could be funded out of general tax revenues.
There is something seriously wrong with the financial machinery of this country and the inter-relationships between private wealth and the public purse. I m wondering what can be done to lift the veil on this kind of robbery so the public can be better protected.
This is one of those rare cases when I feel that the victims aren t just renters like Irvine, but the car rental companies, too. When 40 percent of the money you take from your customers goes to taxes and other fees, you aren t a car rental company anymore. You re a quasi-government agency that collects taxes from unsuspecting travelers.
OMgosh do i agree! I have vowed to only rent off airport whenever possible. See, citizens of each state feel no shame in fleecing visitors but often will not levy the same taxes on their own citizens . therefore.. many of these taxes/fees can be avoided by heading a few miles in and renting at a city location.
In looking really quick over the charges, I see at least one or two that the car rental company has decided to line it s pockets with. First is the national bussing recovery fee, second is the facility charge, which I could argue is the same as the concession fee since both pay for exactly the same thing. Then you have the license recovery fee. Perhaps the cost is higher in other states but in my state a tag for an entire year is like $60. So to get $11 for a week is charging more to the customer than reasonable. i m not even sure what the FSO is, but i suspect it s another overpriced add on.
There are 2 issues here. 1 is the various taxes that have been assesed by the government, which are somewhat legitimate. the other are the various international nursing travel fees that have been added by the rental companies which really should be included in the daily fee. Can you imagine buying a shirt in a department store and when you get to the register they added a fee for rent to the shopping center, a fee for having the lights on, and a fee for putting the price tag on the shirt? This is the real problem, the rental companies want to keep the daily rental fee low so they look good to shoppers and then kill you with add on fees after you agree to make your purchase
Sports venue tax ? What the f*** is this taxes for. ? Just take a small cut in the millionaire salaries of the players and the overpriced tickets of the event. Why the car-renter international nursing travel or the travelers have to pay for this.
Oh, just wait for the next layer of taxes and fees that will be levied on vacationing car renters ..recession recovery fees, TARP recovery international nursing travel taxes, Big 3 auto failure bailout fees, high unemployment international nursing travel fees, bad federal/state/municipal government management taxes, etc ..the total taxes and fees will soon outpace the total for the base rental itself!!
Who is going to hold the elected officials responsible? The same ones who tell their constituents, Sure you can have that shiny, new ballpark without paying for it. We ll just tax visitors who don t get a say in the matter.
I am renting a car at O Hare next week, have just checked the charges for the rental company Dollar Rental for two days $35.26, Motor Vehicle tax $2.75 and State Tax $7.05, thats it, pretty reasonable at O Hare
While I agree that the fees are ludicrous, I don t know if you can use the phrase unsuspecting travelers unless international nursing travel the fees are not disclosed before international nursing travel you rent. I don t think that boycotts will work, because even if leisure travelers stay away, business travelers have to travel to certain places and they often have to rent cars. Large companies get negotiated rates so they aren t as affected anyway.
OMG I JUST did my expense international nursing travel report for the HOUSTON area yesterday and noticed the same exact rip off ! I couldn t figure out why my rental car expense was double nearly every OTHER city I had visited recently. I m glad it wasn t just me BUT someone should investigate what are legit taxes vs. pocket lining and get HOUSTON some reality. I doubt we ll be back.
it ll never end while a parasitical government international nursing travel continues to grow and fester like a gigantic tumor on the productive and hardworking section of society. Reagan said it best: a government programme is the nearest thing to eternal life you ll see on this earth!
international nursing travel If offended travelers begin voicing their anger en masse to Convention and Visitors organizations, state attorneys general and home offices of the rental companies the notion might begin to seep in that these practices are actually hurting business.
The idea that anyone would visit Houston for pleasure seems a little far-fetched. I ve been there many times for family international nursing travel business and always with clenched teeth. I ve learned how to do without a rental car which, in addition to dodging the greedy hands of the vendors, has the added benefit of avoiding some of the worst traffic in the country.
Obviously, it makes sense to separate the rental tax and I ll give the agency some leeway on the sports venue tax. So, whether most of the blame falls on the gov t or the rental agency probably comes down to what an FSO and a Concession recoup fee are. Yet, for some reason, Elliot seems to give the rental agency a free pass and picks on the gov t. Huh???
So the rental agent asks you Would you like the Fuel Service Option? It s only $2.17 per gallon. These are real numbers, I called National at IAH today. Or if you don t refill they will charge you $3.26 per gallon.
The trick is, you have to pay for a FULL TANK, or what THEY say is a full tank. At $2.17 per gallon, Paul s FSO would be payment for 14.89 gallons (probably different rate on the day he rented, so let s call it 15 gallons). I hope he had an SUV, cause the G5 only has a 13 gallon tank. But I digress, the point is, to get this fabulous rate you have to USE all the fuel in the tank, and bring it back empty .try that some time! If you drove 200 miles, at 25 mpg, you actually paid $4.04 for your gas, nice huh?
And don t even get me started on Avis s AUTOMATIC fuel charge for driving less than 75 miles (yeah, they ll take it off .IF you notice it ..and IF you have the receipt showing you put gas in Just cause the gauge says F doesn t do it!)
This is one of those rare cases when I feel that the victims aren't just renters like Irvine, but the car rental companies, too. When 40 percent of the money you take from your customers goes to taxes and other fees, you aren't a car rental company anymore. You're international nursing travel a quasi-government agency that collects taxes from unsuspecting travelers.
So totally true! It s so frustrating for customers international nursing travel who start checking rates . they think they see a good deal $19 a day or a weekly rate for $149 but once all the taxes, surcharges and fees are added on, it s hardly a deal anymore!
I recently got a fantastic deal at Boston/Logan from one of the major car rental companies. The car cost $30 for a three day weekend. The taxes and fees were $32 for the rental period for a total of $62. That 100%+ beats Paul Irvine s 40% by quite a bit. I don t have the rental agreement in front of me but remember that there was a $10 tax for the Hynes Convention Center. This is a flat $10 tax regardless of the number of days that are on the rental contract. Therefore a person international nursing travel renting for one day gets hit at a much higher percentage than a fourteen day renter. The Hynes Convention Center is not on the airport property or near the airport. It is located in the Back Bay district which, depending traffic, can be a 20 minute or a one hour drive from Logan. Because of Boston s heavy traffic international nursing travel and winding streets, I m sure that many people arriving at Logan who use the Hynes take a cab or the subway to reach their hotel. The $10 tax appears to be of little benefit to car renters. yet it is there and nothing can be done about it.
Somebody has to pay for that nice new stadium the Houston Texans play in. It darn sure wasn t going to be people who actually LIVE in Houston. Unless you ve done yourself the disservice of wrecking your car, of course
Seriously ridiculous! And thanks to William for decoding the FSO for us. I m surprised Chris didn t do so in his article. That s exactly the reason why I ve always filled my own tank (which is why I didn t recognize it). What a ripoff. And yet, with virtually all the companies doing this and no one to *seriously* call them out on it, they will continue to line their pockets with these cryptic fees, and there isn t much we can do about it except demand more media attention and/or government intervention.
The full service option doesn t bother me. Its a completely voluntary choice and 100 percent avoidable charge. Its well documented how much gas will be if you accept it. Granted, its rarely a good deal, but I can t quarrel with having more options rather international nursing travel than less.
Ah, but Carver, You know what an FSO IS or ISN T and can avoid it. How many of the well traveled folks just above us here didn t know what it was? Ok, so maybe they KNEW what it was, just not what it shows up as on their receipt?
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