the hotwire 'scam' works like this (and this is also the reason they will not honor their low price guarnatee as I found out) They have a ridiculous low pre tax rate of say $40 then they add say $16 of 'tax and recovery' (what that consists of is anyones guess but it definitely includes their booking fee) bringing it to a $56 total The actual hotel will have a pre tax rate of say $48 and actual real 'sales tax' of $6 bringing it to $54 So, when anyone says 'You charged me more than the... read full review »