Sit with me for a tenner

I just went down to my local travel agent, and they have brochures with PACKAGE holidays (PACKAGE I thought, means including everything...)
They had a self-catering holiday advertised at £129, which sounded reasonable until I was told the REAL cost, which was .. wait for it .. £192!
Is this because of insurance? No, not including insurance.
A parade of costs was read out to me, some compulsory, some not.
First of all £18 security tax (since 9/11) - The prices include airport departure taxes, yet strangely not this compulsory £18
Next we have £15 to be taken from the airport to the hotel on arrival. This is not compulsory. I enquired about the options for making my own way to the hotel, and was met with silence. 'We can arrange car hire' - she suggested.
Followed by £10 because the apartment could take 3 people, and we were only two. This one obviously was compulsory.
Next up, £10 to have a meal on the plane, not compulsory, and probably no great hardship not to eat on the plane.
And finally, the one that made me REALLY irate. £10 so you can sit together on the plane!
YES, indeed, if you would like to converse with your fellow holiday maker on the way there, you better stump up a tenner. She said that if a group of ten people book a holiday, they can't guarantee they will sit together.
I am NOT with 9 other people, I am with ONE other person, and I don't NEED a GUARANTEE.
How about you do your best, and let me keep my tenner?