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This new hotel scam will have you seeing five stars and it’s all legal.

Hotels across the country have been caught slapping customers with often-outrageous charges for checking in early or checking out late a perk until only recently offered as a courtesy when available, reports the Wall Street Journal.

The latest travel travesty comes as the hospitality industry explores new ways to boost the bottom line while quietly doing away with basic amenities like daily housekeeping.

In recent years, hotels have been found guilty of sticking up their guests with a growing number of “junk fees,” from bewildering resort charges to steep parking tabs a trend the White House recently pledged to fight against.

President Biden announced he’s asking the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to squash the rising tide of secret add-ons that “cost Americans tens of billions of dollars.”

Meanwhile, visitors to NYC’s TWA Hotel, located at Kennedy Airport, will find themselves paying anywhere up to $150 for a late check-out.

In Beantown, the Hyatt Place Boston Seaport tacks on $50 for guests who stay past 1 p.m., with the price increasing $25 every hour through 3 p.m., according to the Journal.

Once you start paying…it creates a precedent. Its going to be harder to not pay it in the future,” frequent traveler anda precious-metals dealer Wei Chang told a reporter. I always encourage people not to pay it.

Ask those in the industry, like the vice president of San Francisco’s Hotel Nikko which charges $50 to get into a room before 1 p.m. and they will say you’re justly covering the price of convenience.

Because we had to pay a housekeeper to get in early and get the rooms ready. Were basically passing the cost on to the consumer,” the hotel’s VP and general manager Anna Marie Presutti said, claiming that they don’t profit off the early fees.

And apparently, loyalty doesn’t get you very much in the new rumble for a room.

Amy Franks is a Florida travel agent with has diamond status inHiltons loyalty program yet she was still got the “nickel and dime” treatment at an Orlando Doubletree, which charged her $35 to check in early.

They just gave me a cookie-cutter answer that its their policy,” Franks said.

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A balance must be struck between decentralization and security.

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Lido v3 debuts institutional staking upgrade as US awaits staked ETH ETF

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Institutional interest in staking has grown since November 2024, when Trump’s victory ignited hopes for the first staked Ether ETF.

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Israeli PM says Gaza ceasefire ‘will be terminated’ if hostages are not returned by Hamas on Saturday

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Israeli PM says Gaza ceasefire 'will be terminated' if hostages are not returned by Hamas on Saturday

The Gaza ceasefire will end if Hamas does not return Israeli hostages by midday on Saturday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said. 

He warned of a return to “intense fighting” if the hostages are not released.

Hamas said on Monday it would postpone the scheduled release of Israeli hostages, accusing Israel of violating the terms of the ceasefire agreement.

Mr Netanyahu made the announcement after an “in-depth four-hour discussion in the political-security cabinet”.

He said the cabinet “all expressed outrage at the shocking situation of our three hostages who were released last Saturday”.

Mr Netanyahu said they passed a unanimous agreement: “If Hamas does not return our hostages by Saturday noon – the ceasefire will be terminated, and the IDF will return to intense fighting until Hamas is finally defeated.”

Donald Trump has emboldened Israel to call for the release of remaining hostages, rather than the three scheduled to be freed in the next exchange.

Mr Netanyahu said the cabinet “welcomed” Mr Trump’s demand for hostages to be released by midday Saturday, “and we all also welcomed the president’s revolutionary vision for the future of Gaza”.

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