"The bill is.....Plus ...Plus...Plus,,,"

[rupert the dog]

What is this scam, sorry supplementary charge business? We're looking for a rental place in Italy in May/June and in the majority of instances the upfront payment bears little resemblance to the final cost, eg "...from 36Euros per night, then by the time we've added 20e each for towels and linen, 40e for final cleaning and even in a couple of places charges for using pool, and would you believe for electricity the final cost is more like 300+ euros a week instead of the starting figure of 252!

Hotels (even "budget" ones) don't charge for towels and cleaning, so why do rental places do it/get away with it?

[rupert the dog]

Crossflow Kid said:

So let's get this straight....
It says "from €36", you considered booking on that premise, and now it turns out it's quite a long way "from" €36?
Isn't that called marketing?

Yes, I'm not completely daft, I do understand this, what I'm saying is that the whole concept is wrong and in some cases very misleading. The budget airlines took a hammering for a similar pricing strategy, so why is it wrong for them and OK for rentals? I reiterate if you wanted to book a hotel and chose a room rate and then later found out that that rate didn't include essentials like your bedding, towels and electricity, I think you'd be a bit miffed.

[rupert the dog]

its hot said:

just dont book it find another we just found a villa on a site we always look for a private owned with all included, if its not we move on

What site did you use?

[rupert the dog]

its hot said:

just dont book it find another we just found a villa on a site we always look for a private owned with all included, if its not we move on

What site did you use?

[rupert the dog]

Thanks for the tips. I've tried airbnb, it is better than some, I'm on to Ownersdirect now.