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Oil prices are not just hitting the airlines hard, it's everything commodity related.  Hotels are feeling the crunch as well and passing the costs to the consumer.  Tough times call for tough measures, more here via USA Today.

"Hotel chains are nickel-and-diming people to death," says Sommer, a technology consultant in Jacksonville who spent more than 230 nights in hotels last year. It's particularly annoying, he says, that hotels in the same chain have different policies and don't waive fees for their best customers.

Many business travelers agree with Sommer, and some say that hotels set high prices because they know it's a hassle for guests to find outside vendors for such services. "Hotels, to a significant degree, hold their guests hostage," says frequent traveler Peter Roberts, who works in the banking industry and lives year-round in hotels.