A partial list of The Grand Hotel’s costs follows:

a. Advertising in local newspaper

b. Bedding (sheets, blankets, pillows)

c. Bellhop wages

d. Champagne for special guest packages

e. Coffee and tea for rooms

f. Cost of customer surveys

g. Depreciation of the hotel

h. Desk clerk wages

i. Guest long-distance telephone costs

j. Kitchen employee wages

k. Laundering towels and sheets

l. Lobby furniture

m. Maid wages

n. Mini-bar supplies

o. New carpeting

p. Painting lobby

q. Pay-per-view movie rental costs (in rooms)

r. Salary of the hotel manager

s. Soaps and shampoos for rooms

t. Training for hotel restaurant servers

u. Utility costs for hotel

v. Valet parking services

w. Wages of convention setup employees

Instructions

1. What would be The Grand Hotel’s most logical definition for the final cost object?

2. Identify whether each of the costs is to be classified as direct or indirect. For purposes of classifying each cost as direct or indirect, use the hotel guest as the cost object.