Resort fees are bogus!

[Pluto777]

Who else thinks resort fees are BULL%*@@?!?

I mean just tell me the total PRICE; unless you are actually giving me the option of NOT paying a fee (i/e parking), why do they add on a 'fee' at the end instead of telling us upfront? It's not like you can say Oh, no thanks, I will decline to use the 'option' how is it ANY different then the stated cost per night??

These fees used to be a small nuisance ($5 a day etc.), but now some of these 'resort fees' are becoming seriously expensive ($20 dollars a night & higher) - especially for those of us staying multiple family rooms for a longer vacation..

 

[RUDisney]

^^^^^^^^^^
What Pluto said.

I'm in complete agreement.

I also don't appreciate when I go to other countries and you have to pay a tax at the hotel... in cash.

As if I have cash! I'm a card person.

 

[_19disnA]

I agree, those added 'fees' are nonsense. Just raise the price of the hotel room if that is what they are trying to accomplish. I think part of this is because they want their hotel to appear cheaper when doing those online searches making it difficult to do comparisons. They hide the extra cost in those 'fees'.

 

[HopperFan]

I agree, those added 'fees' are nonsense. Just raise the price of the hotel room if that is what they are trying to accomplish. I think part of this is because they want their hotel to appear cheaper when doing those online searches making it difficult to do comparisons. They hide the extra cost in those 'fees'.

THIS ^

It's a marketing tool. Funny to say but - be like Disney, just tell us the full price upfront. Plenty of hotels have gotten in to the cart until I see the fee, then delete. I don't use most those "amenities" so I opt not to pay for them.

 

[EACarlson]

It's not just about marketing. In most places, taxes don't need to be paid on "resort fees" like they do on the room. Rather than raise the room rate by $40 and then paying another $10 in taxes, they created the "resort fee."

 

[Genie+]

This is an interesting article Frommer’s has on the subject

https://www.frommers.com/blogs/arth...-tax-dodge-why-they-re-destructive-for-us-all

They also wrote up methods to dispute, especially useful when you got nothing out of them.

https://www.frommers.com/deals/hotels/how-to-get-out-of-paying-a-hotels-resort-feeit-can-be-done