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Home Buyers, Beware: âViews Are Not Guaranteedâ
All kinds of things can go wrong, especially if youâre buying in an area youâre not familiar with. The advice from experts: Do your homework.
Homes dot the edge of the Tahquitz Creek Golf Resort in Palm Springs, Calif. A local environmental group wants to turn the municipal-owned course into a desert preserve.Credit.Kendrick Brinson for The New York Times
Feb. 26, 2021
Mike Tracy bought his dream home on a whim. He and his wife, Cyndi, were visiting Palm Springs, Calif., 10 years ago and looked at a Spanish Mission-style house that was built along the original course at the Tahquitz Creek Golf Resort.
Independent hotels are pushing back against high online travel agency commissions
The huge financial toll the pandemic has taken on the travel industry is renewing complaints from hotels, airlines, and tour providers about fees charged by behemoths such as Expedia and Booking.com â some as high as 25 percent.
By Jon Marcus Globe Correspondent,Updated February 10, 2021, 12:07 p.m.
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Hotels benefit from the nearly $11 billion a year on marketing spent by Expedia and Booking.com.Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
The expensive renovation had barely been completed when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. The brand new indoor pool and hot tub and the breakfast room overlooking the Atlantic Ocean from the coast of Maine were empty. So were most of the guest rooms. The adjacent events center was closed.