Umbuzo ovela kuBill Smith, Ukhozi, iColo.
KU: Umbuzo olungileyo. Kwaye kuya kufuneka ubuze kwihotele yakho, naye. Imirhumo yeholide, enokongeza iipesenti ezingama-30 ezipheleleyo kwibhili yehotele, inokugubungela yonke into ukusuka kwi-Intanethi engenazingcingo kunye nokufikelela ejimini ekufekseni nasekusetyenziseni i-notary ( yhu? ) -Inkonzo kunye nezinto onokungabinomdla wokuzisebenzisa. Ukanti abahambi abakhaba bekhwaza malunga nemirhumo yempahla bahlala bemangalisiwe xa kuthethwa ngezi ntlawulo zehotele. Umehluko? Kwimeko yemithwalo, ubuncinci uhlawulela inkonzo oceba ukuyisebenzisa.
Ukuqala kwabo ukwaziswa ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yoo-1990, ngokuka-Bjorn Hanson, umphathi we Tisch Centre for Hospitality, Tourism, and Sports Management kwiYunivesithi yaseNew York, iifizi zokubhengeza zisetyenziswa kwizibonelelo ezikhulu zeendawo zokuchithela iiholide: iinkundla zentenetya, amachibi, ulwandle iiklabhu, njl. Nangona ingezizo zonke iindwendwe ezisebenzise ezi nkonzo, usengaphikisa ukuba ukugcina ezi zibonelelo kufanelekile ngentlawulo eyongezelelweyo. Kwaye nangona kunjalo, uninzi lweendawo ekuchithelwa kuzo iiholide zazinobulali, zishenxisa umrhumo weendwendwe xa zazingasebenzi.
Kodwa malunga neshumi leminyaka eyadlulayo, iifizi zokungcebeleka zatsiba ukrebe kwaye zaqala ukubonakala kwezinye iipropathi ukugubungela iinkonzo ezinje ngokuhanjiswa kwephephandaba lemihla ngemihla, ukushicilelwa kweendlela zokubhoda, kunye nokufika ebusuku. UHanson uqikelela ukuba iihotele zithathe okungenani i-1.95 yezigidigidi zeerandi kwingeniso encedisayo ngo-2012 (ukusuka kwi- $ 1.2 yezigidigidi ngo-2000). Nangona i-akhawunti yemirhumo yeholide ingaphantsi kwesiqingatha sengeniso, iseyinto eyiluncedo kwiihotele.
Ezi ntlawulo zibalasele ngokukhethekileyo kwezinye iindawo: iLas Vegas, ephambili phakathi kwabo. Kutshanje siye sahlola iihotele ezikumgangatho ophezulu eStrip kwaye safumanisa ukuba iirhafu ezongeziweyo zimalunga ne- $ 25 ngobusuku. Nkqu neehotele ezazikhe zaxhoma imeko kwaye zenziwa hayi ukubiza iifizi zokungcebeleka inqaku lokwahlula (kunye nemikhankaso yentengiso) ngoku bayazongeza.
Abaphathi behotele bathanda ukubhatala iiholide kuba bayabavumela ukuba bagcine amaxabiso egumbi ephantsi, uyachaza uHenry Harteveldt, umhlalutyi weshishini lokundwendwela e-Hudson Crossing yaseNew York. Kodwa ezi ntlawulo kufuneka zijongwe ngale nto ziyiyo: ukunyuka kwenqanaba ngokungathanga. Uthi iihotele ziya kuhlala zongeza iifizi zokungcebeleka ngaphandle kokuba abathengi baqala ukuphendula ngeewallets zabo kwaye bahamba.
Oko kulula ukutsho kunokuba kwenziwe nokuba ukubona ezi ntlawulo kwangaphambili kunokuba nzima. Ngo-Novemba, i-Federal Trade Commission (i-FTC) yathumela izilumkiso kwiihotele ezingama-22 ngokungazichazi ngokufanelekileyo iifizi ezinyanzelekileyo zeeholide kwiiwebhusayithi zazo kwaye zichaze kakubi ixabiso abathengi abanokulindela ukulihlawula kumagumbi abo ehotele.
Kodwa ingxaki iyaqhubeka. Kuvavanyo lwamva nje lwewebhusayithi yeVasgas's Hard Rock Hotel kunye neCasino, Ndafumanisa ukuba ipropathi khange indazise ngemali eyi- $ 25 (egubungela i-Intanethi, iminxeba yasekhaya neyasekhaya emide, ukufikelela kwimithambo, ibhasi yesiphekepheke, ushicilelo lokudlula, kunye inkonzo ye-notary) de ndikulungele ukubhukisha, kwaye nangona kunjalo khange ndiyibandakanye kwitotali yokubhukisha. Kwangokunjalo, iiarhente ezinkulu zokuhamba ezikwi-Intanethi (i-Kayak, i-Expedia, iTravelocity) azibandakanyanga umrhumo kwigumbi labo liphela. Baqaphela nje ukuba kuya kufuneka ndibhatale i- $ 25 kwipropathi. ( Iihotele.com Khange azikhathaze nangokukwenza oko. Akunjalo nomgcini-ndawo wokugcina umnxeba, oqinisekisile kuphela ukuba kukho umrhumo weholide xa unyanzeliswa.)
U-Harteveldt uthi ukuba iihotele azamkeli inkqubo ecacileyo kunye nemigangatho yokuchazwa, i-FTC kunganyanzeleka ukuba ingene kummiselo, kakhulu njengoko iSebe lezoThutho laseMelika lenze kunyaka ophelileyo xa lanyanzela iinqwelomoya ukuba zichaze yonke imali eyongezelelweyo.
Kude kube lelo xesha, impendulo emfutshane kumbuzo wakho ngu: Ewe, kunokwenzeka yenza kufuneka uhlawule loo ntlawulo yeholide. Kodwa ukuba awusebenzisi iinkonzo, yenze phantsi koqhanqalazo.
Ngamanani
Iipesenti ezingama-30: Uphawu kwigumbi lama- $ 84 kwiRed Rock Casino, Irizothi, kunye ne-Spa, eLas Vegas, ngenxa ye- $ 24.99 intlawulo yeholide
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