I have an ethical question.
At the last hotel we stayed at in Haifa, when they asked for my ID I gave them my T.Z. and spoke my non-accent Hebrew to them. They had no idea I was American. When it came time to check out , they charged me 18% MAM. My issue is that, they charged me and my SO 2x the MAM and they charged the MAM on the full amount that the hotel should have been, so it turned out to be a lot of money.
We've got two more trips coming up, to Tiberius and Yershaliyim. My question is, if my name is on the reservation (booked via Orbitz), can we just speak our American english to them (since we are both American we do not have accents), when they ask for I.D. hand them my US drivers license (or passport?) , and then they would never charge us MAM. Is this unethical? Is it against the law? What is the risk associated with doing such a thing?
TIA for your help!