{"id":22660,"date":"2020-04-10T19:12:30","date_gmt":"2020-04-10T19:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/uncategorized\/porterage-fee\/"},"modified":"2025-02-04T10:22:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T10:22:23","slug":"porterage-fee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/porterage-fee","title":{"rendered":"Porterage Fee"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>What is the meaning \/ definition of Porterage Fee in the <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/hospitality-industry\">hospitality industry<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>A fee that may be given to a group or individual guest for the use of a doorman and bellboy. This fee is commonly given to large groups in hotels, hotels with a unions and <a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/resort-hotel\">resort<\/a> hotels where a gratitude is automatically charged to a guest through a porterage fee.<\/p>\n<p>In some cases, a porterage fee is added even if a guest did not use the porter on arrival. Most of the time this fee cannot be wavered once added to a guest\u2019s bill.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"glossary-only-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xotels.com\/en\/glossary\/resort-fee\">Resort Fee<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-glossary","category-p"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Porterage Fee Definition \/ Meaning - Xotels<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Definition: A fee that may be given to a group or individual guest for the use of a doorman and bellboy. 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