Questions tagged [price]
Questions regarding prices of various objects and services (not related to budgeting a trip).
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How do airlines determine ticket prices?
Based on the question How to find historical airfares?, I got curious. Is there a guide or resource that describes how the price of a ticket is determined?
When you search you often see curious ...
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Why are prices published without tax in the US?
On a recent trip to San Francisco it was always a surprise to see what to pay in stores. It was never as simple as just adding all the published prices. There was always the addition of taxes. ...
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Why is air travel between South American countries so expensive?
I checked the price to travel around South American countries (Uruguay, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, etc) but it is insanely expensive, often taking over $500 to fly to other countries.
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"5 = 1€" for souvenirs in Paris, why do they write the price this way?
In Paris, many street souvenir vendors have thier stuff laid on the ground and a piece of paper says "5 = 1€". Well, 1€ for 5 souvenirs would be a pretty good price but no, the price is 5€ for 1 piece....
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Hotel booking: Why is Agoda much cheaper than booking.com?
I noticed that Agoda.com often offers significant cheaper prices than booking.com when comparing prices (looking at the same hotel, same room type, same dates...).
I wonder why that is considering ...
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Is there a 'minimum daily spend' in Bhutan, and does it vary on citizenship?
While reading an article about Bhutan today, I came across this surprising bit:
However, visiting the country for Australians is not straightforward.
While there are connecting flights from ...
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What is the cheapest regular-priced scheduled flight I can book and fly?
What is the cheapest (regular priced, scheduled) flight anywhere in the world, that I can book and fly?
To be a bit more specific:
by regular priced I mean: no error fares (Allitalia once had a ...
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Is leaving airport at a stop before the final destination illegal?
There are tricks such as "fuel dumping" or "hidden city ticketing" which involve booking a ticket composed of several connecting flights, then leaving the airport at a stop, possibly even "hopping off"...
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Why don't airlines offer last minute empty seats cheap? [closed]
There are lots of empty seats out there. Why aren't airlines selling them cheap on the day of the flight?
I've seen a few anecdotal answers to this question. A lot of the answers come down to "...
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What are the rates posted on hotel room doors / in the lobby for?
When I'm travelling, I often see hotel room rates posted on the back of the hotel room door (typically in the US) or in the lobby, behind the check-in desk. These rates are typically eye-wateringly ...
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How close can I get to space for a reasonable price?
Recently there's been news about a company who will be offering balloon rides to the stratosphere for $125,000 (USD). Blue Origin hasn't announced the ticket prices for their flights yet, but the ...
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Buying hotel breakfast without having a room?
I'm wondering how common it is for hotels to allow people to pay for breakfast even if they don't have a room. In other words:
Come in the morning
Pay a fixed price in reception
Eat breakfast
Leave
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What is the purpose of a round-trip ticket?
I had assumed that buying round-trip plane tickets saves a lot of money, but lately I've been comparing prices and the round-trips I've seen are almost identical in price to just buying two one-way ...
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Massive price difference between broker and rental car company
This may be a duplicate of Why is renting a car through a broker cheaper than directly through a car rental company? but I don't think the answer addresses a really large price difference.
I rented a ...
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Compare train ticket prices in Britain
I'm looking to buy some train tickets for travel in Great Britain, but I know there are many train companies in the country. Does there exist some kind of website that allows me to compare the ...
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