But Michael W. McCormick, executive director of the National Business Travel Association, a trade group for corporate travel managers and suppliers, said that he expected hotel surcharges would climb and proliferate over the next year or so.
Mr. Hanson said he expected hotel surcharges to climb back up to $1.7 billion this year as a result of an expected rise of 3 to 4 percent in occupied hotel rooms, broader adoption of fees and more aggressive enforcement of and increases in existing fees.
In a state where voters have consistently turned down tax increases and where referendums are often used as the vehicle to do that, many in Oregon political circles are expecting the surcharge to face a challenge by ballot in the coming years.
Despite the fact the company said as such on their blog and communication channels, riders were apparently not expecting the surcharges to be so exponentially high, ranging between three to over six times the normal fares.
The new Westchester surcharge is expected to generate $1.4 million a year, which the legislature has earmarked for upgrading the capacity and signal strength of the county's wireless 911 systems.
Some shippers said they expected to raise fuel surcharges.
Under the new rules traders are expected to ensure any surcharges are representative of the actual processing cost involved, which can be as little as 10p to 20p per transaction.
Although the surcharge is not expected to change how much people drive or what cars or trucks they buy, air pollution experts say it is a harbinger of the future.
In addition to cutting from all corners of the Long Island utility's budget, LIPA officials said they expected to increase an 8.8percentt surcharge by an additional three to five percentage points.
The long-term impact on the wealthy was described by some as a cut and others as an increase: beginning next year, the highest-income earners will be taxed at a lower rate than at present, but at a higher rate than had been expected with the expiration of the surcharge.
