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Want to select your seat on for a flight? It could cost you $100.

The 13 travel rip-offs we keep paying for

Want to choose your airline seat? Check in to your hotel early? Park your car at the airport? Prepare to be gouged.

  • Ben Groundwater
The foyer from the Park Avenue entrance of the revamped Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York.

Legendary New York hotel reopens after whopping $3 billion revamp

The Waldorf Astoria was the first hotel in the world to introduce room service, in-room telephones and electricity – and the first to permit unaccompanied female guests.

  • Kristie Kellahan
A real hotel or a scene from The Sims game? One of the images of the Outlook Hotel on Expedia.

Beware booking that overseas hotel – it might not exist

The quality control at major booking sites, including Expedia and Booking.com, leaves a lot to be desired – as one traveller recently discovered.

  • Michael Gebicki