Foreign tourists soon to pay 6% more to visit Canada

[citylover]

http://frommers.com/articles/3942.html

Do any of the workers give the 6% rebate directly?

;-)

 

[hornyitalian06]

Foreigners should pay more for hotels here in Canada than the locals . It happens in other countries like Germany, Italy and Carribean Islands. I have a friend and she is a travel agent and she has told several other locations where the foreigners/tourists pay more than the locals for hotels and other items .

 

[Dave in Phoenix]

I was surprised to hear about the discontinuation of the rebate. With vistiors to Canada plunging and the higher costs of the weaker $U.S. it may hurt the tourist industry even more.

I may spend 40 nights a year in Canada so I have enjoyed getting lots of rebates.

I assume Priceline will have to change their policy. I've sometimes used them (not as much recently) and they don't charge the tax to start with to U.S. residents.

 

[wilde]

I may spend 40 nights a year in Canada so I have enjoyed getting lots of rebates.

I assume you know that goods and services that are consumed in Canada such as your hotel bills are not eligible for the rebate, so you must have bought a lot of goods here?


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[BC visitor]

I assume you know that goods and services that are consumed in Canada such as your hotel bills are not eligible for the rebate, so you must have bought a lot of goods here?

I beg to differ - GST on hotel was very much eligible for the rebate. Not rental cars or food but jut about everything else was. It was a great deal. I find that a hotel room in Vancouver seems to cost 25% more than the quoted rate after you throw in all the tax. I have stayed in hotels across Asia & Europe and Vancouver has some of the most costly hotel occupancy taxes of anywhere.

Here is the link:

http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pbg/gf/gst176/gst176-06e.pdf

 

[Horse99]

I have no sympathy for these people...we have to pay the GST, let them too...I think when I was in Germany years ago, their VAT tax was way higher....

 

[wilde]

I beg to differ - GST on hotel was very much eligible for the rebate.

You stand corrected.

I should've said: I assume you know that goods and services that are consumed in Canada except your hotel bills are not eligible for the rebate, so you must have bought a lot of goods here?

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