AmidFuror

Irrelevant unless tipping culture stops after the wage increase.

What’s SCROTUS?

My recent automatics have been 8 speeds. Do you drive an 8 speed manual?

Getting the car to start rolling up a hill instead of down it backwards is also an important thing to get the hang of before someone is right behind you in traffic.

My comment was a joke based on the headline having the possible interpretation that the exchange would be in Istanbul rather than the agreement being made there.

They should just do the exchange at one of the front lines. Sailing all those people to Istanbul and back seems like a waste of time.

They were all over Southern California as well last time I was there.

I made no argument about whether there should be a wage increase. I merely pointed out that there will be some impact and it will be across the whole tourism industry, not just hotels.

Thanks for the info in the other sub thread on labor costs. We’ll see what the prices do and how that impacts travel plans.

Part of the article mentions that visits are already down due to the economic climate, which is also a point you’re making.

No. Please provide an estimate of the percent of the expenses which is labor.

Counter-counterpoint, “what the market will support” has a lot hidden in it, including the interplay between what you charge and your occupancy rate and whether your competitors can pull business away from you with lower rates. Your expenses are important to your bottom line and impact that equation.

Higher costs will cause fewer visitors, and there are far more affected by that than hotel owners. You can argue for or against the increase or this particular minimum, but don’t argue against the facts. If air travel gets more expensive, hotel owners are affected. If hotel prices go up, your operators, restaurants, transportation services, museums, and attractions will be affected.

I guess I was very unclear in my argument.

ITT Walmart is raising prices despite making more money than ever. In reality, Walmart is earning less than last year and trying to recoup tariff costs through price increases. The difference is in if you understand that sales being up doesn’t mean profits are up.

Tariffs still being in effect means Walmart is justified in its actions.

Then you’re arguing Mr. Trump has a 70% mandate for his second term (~245M eligible voters, only ~75M went for Harris; third party and non-vote means Trump support).

I guess you think we should give him more of a chance to enact their will.

Dude said Democrats lost 3 (Presidential) elections against MAGA and dismissed the win because “COViD.” You can’t think of anything he got wrong?

He has the Presidency and is expanding its power. He doesn’t have complete control… yet.

My point is that you can’t count non-voters as being on either side. They contribute to the ultimate result by not reversing it, but you can’t count them as being for the winner’s positions.

If we’re counting people not voting as voting for fascism, then Trump has an overwhelming mandate to take over the nation.

Each state has its own Constitution, legislature, executive branch, and judiciary.

I’ll stick to IRL strippers, thank you very much.

The headline seems to be interpreted by others here that the two parts are linked, but they don’t directly relate. Sales being solid doesn’t say anything about costs. Revenue was up but EPS was down quarter over quarter.

We’ll see if the China tariff pause will help.

Who’s that old sourpuss, Roy?