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Honestly, hotels are the one place where I think parking should be free (included in the price, anyway).
I stay there when I'm traveling. There's a decent chance it's either a road trip or I'm flying somewhere and probably renting a car to get around. I don't make a habit of staying at hotels near my home.
There's a bunch of places where you go in your own city, those make more sense to have paid parking because you could more reasonably use public transit or walk.
When parking is included in the price, people who visit without a car pay for a service they don't use.
Of course if literally no one arrives without a car, then it's easiest and most transparent to include it.
Yep. Plus, if my group carpools but sleeps in multiple rooms, we only have to pay 1 parking fee. If the fee is included then we'd pay per room instead of per vehicle.
It's a hotel, most people would arrive by car unless it's downtown in a big city (good case for paid parking)
If you are talking about North America, then that might be true. But a lot of other countries have extensive train systems where even ruraler places are well connected. Add hotels close to bike trails and you've got two two examples of people not necessarily arriving by car.
Trouble with trains is you'd likely have to take multiple trains (unless heading to a major city) with a bunch of luggage. I find it easier to drive, my car could easily fit an entire family's luggage and it's not even an SUV. So can a rental if I'm going multiple countries away and therefore flying. On a train I'd just be a hindrance to everyone else with a luggage and a toddler that's got the energy levels of a thermonuclear bomb.
If I'm paying for your train (via taxes), you can pay for my parking (via an extra euro per day in your hotel cost).