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Taxes and Fees for an Alaska Cruise
I have booked a one-week cruise to Alaska RT from Seattle, leaving May
20, 2007. The cruise only price for one person is $2,154 plus the insurance at $168. The tax/fees are $345.69 PER PERSON. This seems rather high to me. This tax/fee includes the new $50 per person tax that was added months after I had reserved the cruise with a deposit. Does this tax/fee seem unreasonable and extraordinarily high, or am I being unreasonable? When I check online at Travelocity and Expedia, the tax/fees are around $200, but the cruise price is higher than what I locked in with a travel agent last year. How do I get a break-down of what all the taxes, fees and government charges are, that are NOT covered in the cruise price? Can anyone help me with this? Thank you. |
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Taxes and Fees for an Alaska Cruise
In article .com,
wrote: How do I get a break-down of what all the taxes, fees and government charges are, that are NOT covered in the cruise price? Can anyone help me with this? Thank you. You posted that the taxes and fees were $345.69. So you have the breakdown. Didn't you get that when you booked? Look at your invoice. What don't you understand? The $50 was person tax was passed by Alaska voters. So you have to pay it. It does not matter that it was added after your deposit. The tax is on you. If you think it is unreasonable then cancel the cruise. -- Charles |
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Taxes and Fees for an Alaska Cruise
wrote I have booked a one-week cruise to Alaska RT from Seattle, leaving May 20, 2007. The cruise only price for one person is $2,154 plus the insurance at $168. The tax/fees are $345.69 PER PERSON. This seems rather high to me. This tax/fee includes the new $50 per person tax that was added months after The taxes/fees probably includes what are known as "non-commissionable" fees (NCF's). These used to be called "port charges" but were in reality, the cruise lines way of padding the bill without having to pay commission. The state of Florida sued the cruise lines and now these "non-commissionable fees" are included in the advertised price. For example.. Cruise line says fare is $1000 pp plus tax of $55 = $1055 pp A travel agent sees a fare of $840 + $160 NCF plus $55 tax = $1055 Travel agent gets commission based on the fare of $840. FWIW, a lot of TA's (including me) usually invoice these separately as the accounting systems we use do not differentiate between commissionable fares and non-commissionable fares. A typical invoice would show a $840 fare + $215 tax/fees = $1055 -- George Leppla http://www.countryside-travel.com April 29, 2007 GGC2007 http://cruisemaster.com/pride.htm October 14, 2007 MOAGC 3 - http://www.moagc-3.com January 20, 2008 - Adventure - http://cruisemaster.com/adventure.htm |
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Taxes and Fees for an Alaska Cruise
Here is my opinion:
You are going to worry yourself sick over the taxes so, DO NOT GO. The rest can enjoy a cruise without the worry that you will. You might worry yourself so sick that you could DIE right before you step onto the ship.Do you want that to happen? NO, and neither do I. Think about yourself. Jim |
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Taxes and Fees for an Alaska Cruise
On 4 Feb 2007 20:11:16 -0800 in rec.travel.cruises,
wrote: The tax/fees are $345.69 PER PERSON. This seems rather high to me. Well, I'll admit that I voted for $50 of that, and I would have voted for one higher, high enough to make folks stay away, but it wasn't on the ballot. For the rest, ask your travel agent for a breakdown. My understanding is that much of those "fees" are the cruise line's way of padding the bill, like the bogus "document charge" that car dealers add to the price of a new car. |
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Taxes and Fees for an Alaska Cruise
I have been wondering about the price of your cabin. It must be a good one.
Alaska port taxes are very high. That's the way it is. We can pay them or stay away. I don't know if I am oversimplifying, but imagine a port somewhere that only charges $20.00 per passenger. A ship arrives with 3000 passengers. Does the cruise line hand the port authorities a check for $60,000.00 and they do it one day a week, every week, for the cruise season. Wow Don wrote in message oups.com... I have booked a one-week cruise to Alaska RT from Seattle, leaving May 20, 2007. The cruise only price for one person is $2,154 plus the insurance at $168. The tax/fees are $345.69 PER PERSON. This seems rather high to me. This tax/fee includes the new $50 per person tax that was added months after I had reserved the cruise with a deposit. Does this tax/fee seem unreasonable and extraordinarily high, or am I being unreasonable? When I check online at Travelocity and Expedia, the tax/fees are around $200, but the cruise price is higher than what I locked in with a travel agent last year. How do I get a break-down of what all the taxes, fees and government charges are, that are NOT covered in the cruise price? Can anyone help me with this? Thank you. |
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Taxes and Fees for an Alaska Cruise
On Wed, 07 Feb 2007 18:54:01 GMT in rec.travel.cruises, "Don &
Lynn" wrote: A ship arrives with 3000 passengers. Does the cruise line hand the port authorities a check for $60,000.00 and they do it one day a week, every week, for the cruise season. Wow while we keep around extra ambulances, cops, search and rescue, fire fighters trained in marine firefighting, docks, bus parking, crossing guards because you goobers would otherwise just step in front of cars, parks, seawalks, signs... |
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Taxes and Fees for an Alaska Cruise
You sound a little defensive. Is it not true that we goobers provide enough
extra so that you folks in Alaska don't have a State income tax, a sales tax or property taxes? And you almost got a $219,000,000 bridge to nowhere from the Feds until the word got out and it was killed. "Dennis P. Harris" wrote in message ... On Wed, 07 Feb 2007 18:54:01 GMT in rec.travel.cruises, "Don & Lynn" wrote: A ship arrives with 3000 passengers. Does the cruise line hand the port authorities a check for $60,000.00 and they do it one day a week, every week, for the cruise season. Wow while we keep around extra ambulances, cops, search and rescue, fire fighters trained in marine firefighting, docks, bus parking, crossing guards because you goobers would otherwise just step in front of cars, parks, seawalks, signs... |
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Taxes and Fees for an Alaska Cruise
On Feb 8, 10:10 am, "Don & Lynn" wrote:
You sound a little defensive. Is it not true that we goobers provide enough extra so that you folks in Alaska don't have a State income tax, a sales tax or property taxes? ... In your own backyard of Reno, what's your city hotel tax rate now? Might it be 13.5%? And aren't there also a fistfull of extra fees imposed on rental cars and restaurants too...all within the theme of "make the vistors pay". Granted, it has become all too common to create "make the visitors pay" localized tax structures - Nevada isn't alone in them, although Nevada has apparently gotten very good at the game: you're in one of only seven states without a personal income tax and one of only three without a corporate income tax, and its all because the majority of tax revenues in Nevada are generated from the tourism and gaming industries. And you're free to do that "soak the tourist" form of taxation under the concept of local rule governance. However, to be doing this in your own backyard and to then wag your finger in displeasure at someone doing the same exact thing as you are is the classic hypocrisy, commonly known as "do as I say, not as I do". -hh |
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Taxes and Fees for an Alaska Cruise
Nevada has a sales tax and a property tax and does NOT pay it's citizens an
oil dividend and it is not in my backyard. "-hh" wrote in message oups.com... On Feb 8, 10:10 am, "Don & Lynn" wrote: You sound a little defensive. Is it not true that we goobers provide enough extra so that you folks in Alaska don't have a State income tax, a sales tax or property taxes? ... In your own backyard of Reno, what's your city hotel tax rate now? Might it be 13.5%? And aren't there also a fistfull of extra fees imposed on rental cars and restaurants too...all within the theme of "make the vistors pay". Granted, it has become all too common to create "make the visitors pay" localized tax structures - Nevada isn't alone in them, although Nevada has apparently gotten very good at the game: you're in one of only seven states without a personal income tax and one of only three without a corporate income tax, and its all because the majority of tax revenues in Nevada are generated from the tourism and gaming industries. And you're free to do that "soak the tourist" form of taxation under the concept of local rule governance. However, to be doing this in your own backyard and to then wag your finger in displeasure at someone doing the same exact thing as you are is the classic hypocrisy, commonly known as "do as I say, not as I do". -hh |
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