点评:Just arrived, parked the car checked into the hotel, all lovely.
Then we have just found out that the nav appears to have bypassed the pass booth. Not a drama you would think, until you read that you can be fined $25,000 for not having a pass. I would write that twice, because I now suspect that they would fine each person……
So we rushed into town to speak with the Visitors Centre who explained that because we were staying for 7 days and not 5 it would better to pay for an annual pass @ $167……or if your not sure, you have to buy a pass for 365 days, even though you dared to stay over 5 days and add to the tourism. How very dare we!!!
Here is the insult to injury - the pass is FREE for three months of the summer to promote tourism!!!!
I’ll be chatting with the restaurant and cafes to see if they confess that they put pressure on the government to waver the pass because it actually costs them money during the summer due to loss of income.
Sorry guys, but your 20% tips are out the window because we need to recoup some of this tax back!!!
翻译:刚到,停好车,入住酒店,一切都很顺利。
然后我们突然发现导航好像跳过了通行证柜台。你可能觉得这没什么大不了的,直到你看到没有通行证会被罚款25000美元。我得把这句话写两遍,因为我现在怀疑他们会罚每个人……
于是我们赶紧跑到镇上,去找游客中心。他们解释说,因为我们住了7天而不是5天,所以最好买一张167美元的年票……或者,如果你不确定的话,你还得买一张365天的通行证,即使你胆敢待超过5天,为旅游业做贡献。我们怎么敢这么做!!!
更可气的是——为了促进旅游业,夏季三个月通行证是免费的!!!
我会去跟餐馆和咖啡馆聊聊,看看他们是不是向政府施压,要求免除通行证费用,因为夏季通行证会让他们损失收入。
抱歉各位,你们的20%小费计划泡汤了,因为我们需要把一部分税款收回来!!!