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Niagara Falls from Embassy Suites

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Ground level view of Embassy Suites and Tower Hotel at Niagara Falls. (Ontario - Canada)

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With around 14 million annual visitors, Niagara Falls is already a potential cash cow for the many area businesses serving tourists. But at some of them, visitors contentious fees added to their bills — and CBC Marketplace has found they're growing. If noticed at all, tourists typically see them next to provincial sales tax or the city's Municipal Accommodation Tax.

Tourists and critics say that placement on the bill gives the appearance of a government-mandated charge. But that is not the case.

Just as there is no consistency in how much — Marketplace found they ranged from three to 12 percent — there is no single name for the added fees. They go by NFDF, Niagara Falls Destination Fee, TIF, or Tourism Improvement Fee. There's even an LF, or Luxury Fee, among many others. While they are at every hotel, restaurant or attraction, random spot checks conducted by Marketplace over nearly a decade show number of businesses adding fees to customer bills is growing, as is the amount.

For instance, a $150/night hotel charge would see up to an additional $18. "It's a total cash grab," a server at Milestone's restaurant told an undercover Marketplace producer. When asked by customers, she says she "cringe[s] every time I'm about it because that's what it is."

The restaurant charges a six percent "Luxury Fee" at its Niagara Fallsview location, a charge that exists at most others of the chain, according to the restaurant's parent company, Foodtastic.

Critics of added fees say they lack transparency when an array of names is. Many visitors may not know the Marketplace spot check. In a hidden camera spot check of hotels and restaurants, journalists asked for an explanation of the added fees and misleading from front-line staff.

At the Days Inn, a staffer described it as a Tax before correcting herself and calling it the Mandatory Charge, which the hotel combines with the recently instituted Municipal Accommodation Tax (MAT) of the only fee collected by the city. The Radisson front desk described it as an environmental fee: "It pays to recycle."

The Skylon Tower overlooking the Falls charges the lowest figure documented, an added three percent on top of the admission price. Staff explained Attractions and Promotions Fee pays for renovations and landscaping, among other things, but could be if requested.

At a nearby TGI Fridays, a server said the NFDF, or Niagara Falls Destination Fee, "goes towards improving the tourist experience" at IHOP server said he had to explain the 10 percent NFDF as "mandatory" and going toward "maintenance and fireworks." The city's famed fireworks are paid for by a separate fund, which receives money from the MAT.

Ching opposes fees that could as taxes and is concerned by front-line staff providing false information. "I would say this is very problematic," he said.

The server at Milestones was upfront about the Luxury Fee. "I always joke that it should be called the BS instead of the LF," she told Marketplace journalists posing as tourists. She described the fees as "insulting because the prices are jacked up in tourist areas already."

The Ontario government has allowed destination marketing fees in tourist communities since 2004. Multiple communities adopted such fees, including Niagara Falls. The city also now collects the MAT from hotel stays. The money funds tourist initiatives in the city.

But the fees to the MAT are collected by a third party, like a tourism authority is solely another revenue stream for the businesses that them, according to Thomson.

While hotels show the added fees when a reservation on the Marketplace visits does not provide notice of the menus or signs.

Marketplace reached out to all 12 establishments we visited. The parent companies of Days Inn, Milestones, Embassy Suites and Starbucks sent us statements, saying they don't control the pricing and charging those extra fees is unique to the independently operated locations in Niagara Falls.

The Radisson said it is four percent resort fee is on the low end compared to its competitors and goes toward amenities guests can enjoy while staying at its property, not an environmental fee Marketplace was told.

The company said it's working with staff to ensure the messaging is clear moving forward. In 2017, Ontario's then-Tourism Minister Eleanor McMahon told Marketplace: "If businesses in Niagara are not being transparent and they're not telling people what the fee is used for, then not only am I concerned about that, but we'll engage and do something about it."

And yet there is no indication the government took any action. Marketplace shared its latest findings with the Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture, and Sport and asked if it would investigate how the fees are marketed and collected. Instead, it directed us to Ontario's Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery, which said businesses cannot misrepresent consumer fees as taxes, and any misrepresentation about the purpose of a fee may be considered a violation of the Consumer Protection Act.

The ministry also said any corporation convicted of an offence could be fined up to $250,000. Ministry investigations can begin, but there is no indication the provincial government plans to investigate or engage in enforcement. 

Longtime Niagara Falls Mayor Jim Diodati believes businesses should be transparent and inform customers about the fees before they purchase them, as well as explain why they are necessary.

However, he claims that the city is powerless to effect change. Diodati is calling on the province to use its powers to "investigate to find out if it's allowed, if it's legal, and the question is if it's a good idea."

He does defend the addition of fees for these businesses, especially with the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic across the tourism sector.

Though he acknowledges that restaurants and attractions could take a different approach, such as raising the cost of their rooms, meals, and admission fees rather than adding fees that many tourists don't understand.

Diodati has advice for tourists. "I always tell people, first off, make sure [it's] buyer beware, and if it's on a hotel bill, you should have received an email confirmation. You should have read it, right? Do your diligence, do your homework, right?"

And if it's not on the bill, he says, "Well, then you don't have to pay it."

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Weekend getaway to Niagara Falls Summer 2020

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TOP 10 WEEKEND GETAWAYS FROM TORONTO FOR FAMILIES

TOP 10 WEEKEND BREAK GETAWAYS FROM TORONTO FOR FAMILY MEMBERS

1. Wonderful Wolf Lodge, Niagara Falls, Ontario. Waterpark, swimming pools, health facility, dining establishments on area, show during the night, themed spaces for the family ... Great Wolf Lodge is a no brainer household trip. You do not need to intend activities at all ... they plan everything for you.

2. Niagara Falls, Ontario. You can visit the Loss, walk up and down Cliffton Hillside to see the outrageous galleries, ride the maid of the haze ferry. And there are a lots of dining establishments as well as resorts (we such as Embassy Suites because it pleasantly rests our household of 5 plus it's walking range to the Autumns).

3. Muskoka, Ontario. You can lease a cottage or stay in an airbnb. Or reserve at Deerhurst hotel, Horseshoe resort, Clevelands House (the latter all supplying lakeside tasks, restaruants, and also much more).

4. Blue Mountain, Collingwood, Ontario. Whether it be ski season or environment-friendly period ... there is always something to do at Blue Hill. Dining establishments of all kinds in the village in addition to non-ski activities like ropes course as well as rollercoaster.

5. Kingston, Ontario. We always visit Ft Henry when we visit Kingston (to get our nationwide historical website buzz). As well as yes, it's a fantastic tour for households. Very interactive. Kingston is a rather little city with lots of greenspace to stroll.

PARENT CLUB SUGGESTION: STUDY A CITY'S TOURISM PAGE TO FIND THINGS TO DO/WHERE TO CONSUME FOR WEEKEND GETAWAYS 6. Ottawa, Ontario. Explore the Parliament building (complimentary!). Take the aquabus trip of the city (it's quite neat to go from riding on roads into the water without leaving the bus). And also, the number of museums in Ottawa that are spectacular are a lot of! Canadian Museum of Background is my much-loved.

7. Elora, Ontario. It's about swimming at the Elora Chasm. I went when I was a youngster as well as it was AMAZING. It's not like swimming in a swimming pool neither swimming in a lake. You obtained ta do it.

8. Port Dover, Ontario. OK, possibly do not go when it's the Friday the 13th (that's the big motorcycle drive ... which isn't anti-family ... it's simply extremely crowded!). Port Dover is a cute little community with a beach which will certainly maintain you active all the time.

9. Vaughn, Ontario. Where to start in Vaughn? Canada's Paradise? THE amusement park in Ontario. Or Vaughn Mills Shopping Mall (which is an excellent destination on a chilly or rainy day).

10. Toronto, Ontario. Ok-- deceived you below. Save the journey as well as be a tourist in your on city. Most likely to the Ontario Scientific Research Centre. Look into the beach. Head over to Centre Island for the day.

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