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East Coast Hotel Energy Tax



Hi all,

At the recent MARAC conference in Philadelphia we were also charged an
energy tax on our rooms. It may not just be due to electricity but also
charges for gasoline and other fuels or in anticipation of what's
happening in California happening here. In fact a recent issue of New
York Magazine posed the question of whether New York would be faced with
rolling blackouts.

Danna Bell-Russel
National Digital Library
Library of Congress


On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Katherine S. Sturdevant wrote:

> The energy tax is becoming common on the West Coast, because of the
> crisis there, but I did not know it was present in DC. As for the
> advanced charging of a credit card, that seems very questionable, when
> one considers the finance charges one accrues, the interest one doesn't
> accrue if one cannot have that money in an account, etc. Perhaps
> organizations should protest this practice?
>
> Kathy Sturdevant, historian
> author of Bringing Your Family History to Life through Social History
>
>
>
> On Wed, 20 Jun 2001 10:38:54 -0400 "Jones, Virginia"
> <VJones@CI.NEWPORT-NEWS.VA.US> writes:
> > Something else to be aware of.  Many Washington D.C. hotels charge an
> > additional "energy" tax or fee for each night's stay.  Several
> > people I know
> > have recently experienced this new charge.  Check with the hotel
> > about this.
> >
> >
> > Ginny Jones
> > (Virginia A. Jones, CRM, MIT/LIT)
> > Newport News Dept. of Public Utilities
> > Newport News, VA
> > vjones@ci.newport-news.va.us
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tsnspg@AOL.COM [mailto:Tsnspg@AOL.COM]
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 10:34 AM
> > To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
> > Subject: Hilton Reservations
> >
> >
> > I have not attended an SAA convention since 1998, so perhaps the
> > situation I
> > am about to describe is neither new nor upsetting to those who have.
> >
> > For the coming meeting at the Washington Hilton and Towers, I
> > reserved a
> > room
> > and guaranteed it with a credit card. I received my credit card
> > statement on
> > Monday, and the first night's lodging has already been billed to my
> > card.
> >
> > I called the hotel this morning, and the reservations clerk informed
> > me that
> > this hotel takes a "credit card deposit" instead of the customary
> > "credit
> > card guarantee." So I have been forced to pay for a room I will not
> > be using
> > more than two months in advance. The clerk said that most hotels in
> > the
> > Washington convention trade have adopted this policy.
> >
> > In addition, if I decide to cancel this reservation, the deposit
> > will be
> > returned only if I cancel no later than 72 hours prior to scheduled
> > arrival.
> > This contrasts markedly with the standard 4:00 p.m. or 6:00 p.m.
> > day-of-arrival deadlines.
> >
> > It is true that the reservation information in the annual meeting
> > program
> > spells out these details, but since I read through these in some
> > haste, I
> > thought others might have, too.
> >
> > Steve Gietschier
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