Booking a Trip on Other People's Money? Which Price Model Carries the Overrun
Fixed price, day rate and cost plus each put the risk of a budget overrun somewhere different, and local rules keep moving where that somewhere is.
Travel & Leisure
09 entries
01 02 Booking a Trip for Someone Else? The Party Whose Fees Never Show in the Listing
The nightly rate comes from one party, but the final bill is assembled by four, and the one nobody reads about is usually the one holding the keys.
03 Fixed Price, Day Rate, Cost Plus. Which Trip Pricing Puts the Overrun on You
Three ways a vacation is priced, and how each one decides who absorbs the cost of a delay, a change of plan, or a fee nobody mentioned at booking.
04 Booking a Trip for Someone Else? How to Read the Charges That Land After You Pay
The headline fare is the first of many numbers. Here is how to build the judgement to tell certain add-ons from conditional ones before you hand the itinerary over.
05 Booking a Trip for Your Mother? What the Protection Costs, and Which Date Decides It
Travel protection is priced three different ways at checkout, and the one you pick decides who carries the risk when a trip's cost or a traveler's health changes.
06 Booking a Trip for Someone Else? Five Checks on What the Protection Actually Covers
What the word protection means on a large travel platform, which failures it answers for, and the five things to confirm before the card is charged.