The travel industry and the travelers we serve are both easy targets for politicians bent on raising more revenues. Since travelers are not represented by the politicians in the areas where they travel, they make tempting targets for governments bent on getting more revenues. Indeed, this fact brings taxation without representation to the forefront of any discussion on the topic. Taxes on travelers dramatically increase the cost of any trip and also risk creating a deterrent to travel itself. Since the only repercussion to the political class for raising these taxes is a potential loss of demand, and not votes, they can literally do it with impunity. Read More...