Is there a handling fee for refunding the hotel deposit during the epidemic?

Legal analysis: no handling fee. According to the relevant notice, if the consumer cancels the hotel reservation due to the epidemic situation, the hotel has no right to deduct the handling fee, and the deducted handling fee should be returned. Common infectious diseases generally have vaccines. Planned artificial active immunization is the main link to prevent various infectious diseases, and preventive vaccine is the best active means to prevent infectious diseases.

Legal basis: Article 13 of the Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Laws in the Trial of Tourism Dispute Cases cannot be fulfilled due to objective reasons such as force majeure that cannot be attributed to tour operators and auxiliary service providers. If tour operators and tourists request to terminate the tour contract, the people's court shall support it. If a tour operator or tourist requests the other party to bear the liability for breach of contract, the people's court will not support it. The people's court shall support tourists who request tour operators to refund the expenses that have not actually occurred. If the travel itinerary is changed due to objective reasons not attributable to the tour operator or the tourism auxiliary service provider, such as force majeure, and with the consent of the tourists, the tour operator requests the tourists to share the increased travel expenses or the tourists request the tour operator to refund the reduced travel expenses, the people's court shall support it.