Hotel guests risk booking rooms on sites that apply steep fees

Justin Perry was planning a one-night stay in London for early February and booked a room on what he thought was his chosen hotel’s website. It was only after getting a reservation confirmation that he realized he’d used a third-party platform — which charged him $155.92 in service fees on top of the $269.16 room rate.“I was shocked,” said Perry, who considers himself a frequent traveler and has booked numerous trips on well-known platforms.Perry, 49, a managing director for a financial services firm who lives in Boulder, Colorado, reserved the room on Jan. 31 after having…

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