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Originally Posted by Wild Dog
I hate those turist traps, because that's what they are. In fact by law they are required to show you or inform you the price beforehand.
Sadly if they see they are not from the country they will try to pull it anyway, i knew this girl from Brazil that was screw over an asado (barbecue), because they hide from her a few details about the pricing...
Then they complain that they don't get as many tourist as they wish... Well stop with the tourist traps..
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Yeah that one I smelt a rat right from the beginning because the young duty manager refused to tell me the price until I had seen the room, even though I asked him two or three times. He was probably told to act that way however, by his boss, thinking once I saw the room I would be so tired I would just take it. But not me, not at the price he was quoting me.
There is another Australian motorbike YouTuber called Peter Ricci ("Solo World Traveller") who recounted on one of his Argentina hotels they tried to get US$100 out of him for a broken electric lamp. He said as soon as he touched it, it fell to pieces, he didnt knock it over or anything like that. They already had his credit card, and he was riding a KTM. He sensed a scam, refused to pay, and after a lot of arguing eventually they relented.
What I found is sometimes they play upon your memory not being 100% and charge you an extra day if you stayed over a week or so. They tried that on me in India a few times as well. You only get bitten once before you get alert to these scams, and overall the vast majority of hosts are pretty helpful and welcoming.