DMF Fee (destination marketing fee)
Jun 27, 2017, 8:25 pm
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DMF Fee (destination marketing fee)
can you dispute the DMF fee?
curious if anyone here does and their success?
curious if anyone here does and their success?
Jun 27, 2017, 8:35 pm
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In Toronto, there is a 3% Destination Marketing Program fee and it is optional. You can decline to pay it, and I have successfully done so at every instance.
Jun 27, 2017, 8:46 pm
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Jun 27, 2017, 9:09 pm
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Jun 28, 2017, 4:31 am
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I "opt out" at check-in and make sure it's been removed at check-out.
Lots of articles on the subject.
https://www.thestar.com/business/per...e_roseman.html
http://www.citynews.ca/2016/03/23/to...s-by-surprise/
Lots of articles on the subject.
https://www.thestar.com/business/per...e_roseman.html
http://www.citynews.ca/2016/03/23/to...s-by-surprise/
Jun 28, 2017, 7:28 am
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I tried to get it removed in Ottawa and the agent said he couldn't remove it I would have to go to the tourism centre to have it removed?
How hard do you have to push to get it removed? Or is it mandatory in Ottawa?
How hard do you have to push to get it removed? Or is it mandatory in Ottawa?
Jun 28, 2017, 11:19 am
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All I say at check-out (I actually usually call later in the morning to check-out instead of waiting in line) is "can you also please remove the DMF from the folio?" Never had any pushback. In fact, my employer has a large message when booking hotels (via our corporate portal) in Toronto to decline the DMF.
Jun 28, 2017, 1:57 pm
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Good to hear just checked out of a Toronto hotel and they removed it.
The Ottawa one I was at didn't remove it.....
The Ottawa one I was at didn't remove it.....
Jun 28, 2017, 3:33 pm
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Which Ottawa property was this? I stayed at the Four Points and Sheraton and did not see the DMF on my folio.
However, I checked my folio and saw this - Taxe Hebergement 3.5%
The other taxes were GST and PST.
However, I checked my folio and saw this - Taxe Hebergement 3.5%
The other taxes were GST and PST.
