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Cool. So where is the line? It sounds like 10% is where taxes appear to bother you.
Until then, get outta here with that Slippery Slope fallacy.
Once you lure the tourists here with advertising that the tax pays for, they’ll have no choice but to pay the tax on their hotel… devious >

It’s common. Kansas City built a large arena and added a tax to hotel rooms and rental cars. Visitors to Kansas City paid for the arena. >

People visit Kansas City? >

I visited there for Christmas a few years back, and once or twice before then.
KC has some nice museums like the Nelson-Atkins, and the toys and miniatures museum. I was also visiting someone who had tickets to the symphony so I had a chance to see them and enjoyed it. 
Arthur Bryant's was good but not the best barbecue I've had, and it seemed like there were huge gaps in what was available at markets in different parts of town (places like Cosentino's closer to richer areas had better selection). Of course it was really cold (some 0 and -2 days when I was there), but I felt like as long as I dressed appropriately it was fine, and that's as someone from Los Angeles. I thought it was a nice enough city even if I'm not itching to move there >

We have like 40 BBQ brands.  they’re not all to eveveryone’s taste
though it was interesting finding Arthur Bryant’s sauce in an Amish store in the middle of eastern Ohio once. >

I still thought it was really good; we had a big group so I did try everything. The burnt ends were the best! I did have the sense that the sauce is supposed to be the star at AB's. >

I prefer one of their sauces, not a fan of the other two.
Joe’s is my favorite, followed by Jack Stack and Gates in no particular order.
Q39 and Rosedale are popular too.
Smokestack has great cheesy corn, we go there a lot.
Someone could eat local BBQ twice a day and take weeks to run out of options.
Our grocery store has a BBQ sauce section as big as the salad dressing section. >

Gates was my favorite when I was in KC on business.  That was 20 years ago so I can't speak to it now. >

It hasn’t changed in 20 years.
the recipe is still cook meat, mix sauce the same.  Done. >

State of Georgia charges you a flat $5 extra on top of taxes for every night you stay at a hotel >

I’m an accountant in the industry. In NYC you’re paying close to 20% tax on hotel stays with everything they tack on. >

Where i was staying in NYS it was around a 30 percent tax. Since there was country, city and state taxes on a hotel stay. >

Yea, it’s dependent on the county and city. You’d think NYC would be the highest, but nope! I worked on the books for a property in the Catskills and it was close to 30% on the taxes. >


tax tourists 1% for hotel rooms.....will amount to $1 more per $100        

r/TheyDidTheMath! >

It’s also an extra $10 for every $1000 spent. >

It's an extra billion for every 100 billion spent. 😱 >

There is no basis in maths that supports this claim. >

The proof is by violence:
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Q.E.D. >

All of these tiny tacked on fees add up, and are what pushed people initially towards Air BnB's, until they also became just as bad with all of their additional fees and expectations. >

I would say Airbnb is even worse at this point… at least when you’re booking a hotel they usually include most of the fees with the initial estimate. Booking on Airbnb is like Ticketmaster now; subtotal for 2 nights: $229. Checkout page: $412 wtf >

Honestly, it makes sense though. Most people aren’t going to notice a 1% increase on their hotel costs, because for most people it’ll account to like, $3 extra per night up to $10 a night if you’re really spending big. The money going into advertising is almost certainly going to have a positive impact on tourism, assuming that there aren’t other variables still at play, such as fears of violent crime, or inflation hitting everything across the board, which is likely a culprit for decreased tourism globally.
This is not really oniony at all if you get past the title. It’s a decent decision that could work out in their favor. >

1% here, 3 % there, 1% for the other thing, 5% for this. Pretty soon you get to real hidden costs.