<p>[Travel</a> | Ryanair contemplates fee for using the toilet | Seattle Times Newspaper](<a href=“http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/travel/2008793916_webtoilets27.html]Travel”>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/travel/2008793916_webtoilets27.html)</p>
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<p>What if a traveler does not have a pound in coins? The obvious solution: sell bathroom vouchers at the time of booking or check-in. Or sell astronaut diapers. :)</p>
<p>Air travel looks less and less appealing to me.</p>
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<p>My CC laugh for the day. Thanks, BB.</p>
<p>Although this type of charge sounds ludicrous, I believe that MIchael O’Leary was the one who came up with the idea of charging passengers for their bags. Now, lots of airlines are doing it.</p>
<p>I could see where charging for an extra bag sounded good when the fuel prices were so high. But now that fuel prices have dropped precipitously, the baggage charge remains. Why am I not surprised…</p>
<p>Pretty funny – but we ARE talking about an airline that offers ridiculously low fares and unbelievable deals. Daughter of a friend of mine bought a round trip ticket from London to Sardinia for 8 pounds… that’s what? $16? So… they have to make money somehow ;)</p>
<p>They probably ply you with lots of liquids during the flight…</p>
<p>I heard somewhere on the news today that this would probably be illegal, withholding basic “services” on a flight. It is bad enough standing in line for the loo on a plane, can you imagine waiting for people to rummage through their purse for change or asking the flight staff to break a $20? I can’t see it happening.</p>
<p>What do you do if you really have to go on a bus? Or out walking for that matter. Sometimes there just aren’t any facilities handy. Life is full of problems. At least if you know there will be pay facilities available you can be sure to bring exact change.</p>
<p>Passengers should also be required to pay to enter, leave and return to their seats. A simple pound coin will lock or unlock the seatbelt. (Seatbelts will unlock automatically in case of emergency).</p>
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<p>ADad, you have me laughing. What’s next? Seat optional? After all, they allow standing on the subway. If they can pack in enough people it won’t matter about take off and landing.</p>
<p>For $16 they have to lose money. Charging for the bathroom won’t make it up with volume.</p>
<p>Reminds me of the old joke; A company makes hats and loses ten cents on every one sold. The owner doesn’t worry because he will make it up with volume.</p>
<p>I heard about this silliness on the news the other day. Absurd. I do believe there are regulations about facilities that offer transportation over a certain distance or time frame (ie charter busses have bathrooms in the back, trains have bathrooms, and subways have public facilities int he stations). Ryan air has all sorts of extra fees that make their cheap flights not so cheap, if you want food, entertainment, etc. One canadian airline not too long ago entertained the idea, if I recall correctly, of removing the emergency oxygen tanks to make the plane lighter and save on fuel. Never heard another word about that brilliant idea either.</p>
<p>This thread is very funny but I must give it to ADad’s post…hilarious. My husband had to ask me what I was laughing about!</p>
<p>For all of you who love musicals (and for those of you unfamiliar with them too), as soon as I read this thread, my mind turned to a song that my daughter is performing in a couple of weeks. It comes from the show, Urinetown, which I saw on Broadway. </p>
<p>The song is : It’s a Privilege to Pee</p>
<p>Lyrics below…</p>
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<p>Once again, life imitates art. :)</p>
<p>LOL at Ellemenope for post #4.</p>
<p>And NJRes, have you ever used a coach bus restroom? Just one time 30 years ago as a college student was enough to get me to turn back and sit tight like a spinx to wait until we arrived at the next terminal.</p>
<p>Too darn funny!</p>
<p>Top annoying fees for me.</p>
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<li>Air plane toilet fee (I hope this will not happen. I will wear diaper if it does)</li>
<li>Toll road fee</li>
<li>Fast track fee</li>
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<p>I always feel the need of going to the bathroom(multiple times) whenever I am on a plane. I don’t know if it’s air pressure or what. So this would be very bad for me - going to bathroom would cost more than the airfare.</p>
<p>I think a good way for airlines to make money to serve premium drinks and food to order. I could do without their cold sandwich, water down coffee, and cheap wine. I would rather pay extra to get better quality food and drinks, especially when it’s a more than 3+ hr flight.</p>
<p>Oldfort, LOL; “cheap wine.”</p>
<p>After reading the article, my H had two questions:
<p>Just plain LOL to many of these posts…</p>