{"id":264728,"date":"2024-08-02T08:04:13","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T13:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=264728"},"modified":"2024-08-02T09:26:22","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T14:26:22","slug":"vegas-myths-busted-you-dont-need-to-pay-resort-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/vegas-myths-busted-you-dont-need-to-pay-resort-fees\/","title":{"rendered":"VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: You Don\u2019t Have to Pay Resort Fees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>EDITOR\u2019S NOTE: <\/strong>\u201cVegas Myths Busted\u201d publishes new entries every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition. <\/em><em>Today\u2019s entry in our ongoing series originally ran on March 17, 2023.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>All major resorts on the Las Vegas Strip now charge resort fees, even those, like Planet Hollywood, that once proudly advertised not doing so. According to a growing chorus of consumer advocacy websites, paying these fees is unnecessary because they&#8217;re illegal.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_326565\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-326565\" data-style=\"width: 1670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-326565\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/resort-fees-858x607.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1670\" height=\"1181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/resort-fees-858x607.jpg 858w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/resort-fees-430x304.jpg 430w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/resort-fees.jpg 1111w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1670px) 100vw, 1670px\" \/><figcaption  id=\"caption-attachment-326565\"class=\"text-description\">AI renders a photo of a hotel guest attempting to argue why he shouldn&#8217;t have to pay a resort fee at a nondescript Las Vegas casino. (Image: Microsoft Designer)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cYou do not legally have to pay any hotel resort fee,\u201d claims killresortfees.com. Resort fees violate Nevada&#8217;s Deceptive Trade Practices Law, the website proclaims, so you may refuse to pay them at check-in.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"main-blockquote\"><p>Tell the manager you already paid the published rate for the room and all necessary taxes,\u201d killresortfees.com advises, encouraging you to stand your ground.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">Is this good advice? Only if you don\u2019t mind running a serious risk of having your reservation canceled, being charged a cancellation fee, and getting escorted out of the hotel by security.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, many hotels won&#8217;t even allow you to raise a stink about resort fees at check-in. Unless you specifically remember to inquire about hidden charges, they will only be revealed after you check out and your credit card has already been billed for them.<\/p>\n<h2>Hidden in Plain Site<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">The first resort fees went unnoticed because only a few dollars per night were charged by only a few hotels 25 years ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong> Now, according to a Nerd Wallet analysis of more than 100 hotels around the US in January 2023, they average $42.41 per night or about 11% of the overall cost of a hotel stay.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Only four hotels on the Las Vegas Strip don&#8217;t charge them: Travelodge by Wyndham Center Strip, StripViewSuites at Jockey Club, Hilton Garden Inn Las Vegas Strip South, and Best Western Plus Casino Royale.<\/p>\n<p>To check if a hotel charges a resort fee and how much, visit resortfeechecker.com.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><b>Why Resort Fees Exist<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>According to hotels, they&#8217;re a convenience for their guests, who demand only one price for a bundle of amenities rather than be billed separately for things like Wi-Fi, gym access, and local phone calls.<\/p>\n<p><em>Because all travelers still use the hotel phone to make local calls.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The <em>real<\/em> reason resort fees exist is the introduction of online travel agencies (OTAs) in 1996. The first resort fees were rolled out one year later, allowing hotels to compete on Expedia, Travelocity, and Booking.com.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p>That\u2019s because OTA users almost always search for the \u201cbest value\u201d or \u201clowest price\u201d parameters on these platforms. And the only way for resorts to show up higher in these searches is to offer lower daily room rates. The most economically efficient way to accomplish this is by disguising a portion of their rates as undisclosed fees.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Now that 41% of all booking comes through OTAs versus 29% via hotel websites and 29% through travel agents, according to hospitality.net, the cost of <em>not<\/em> appearing on the first page of OTA results has increased, too.<\/p>\n<p>And resort fees provide other economic benefits. Hotels pay commissions to OTAs for every room booked &#8212; commissions based only on room rates, not separate fees. Additionally, resort fees contribute to revenue per available room, an important performance indicator. And according to the analyst firm OTA Insight, resort fees offer tax advantages.<\/p>\n<p>But the biggest incentive for hotel corporations to continue charging resort fees is because it&#8217;s a revenue stream their stockholders have grown accustomed to. According to <em>Consumer Reports,<\/em> US hotels collected a whopping $2.9B in resort fees in 2018, triple their 2004 take.<\/p>\n<h2>Not Illegal <em>&#8230; Yet<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>You can certainly challenge resort fees, for instance, by filing a dispute with your credit card company or a complaint with your state\u2019s attorney general. But even if you can (somehow) waive them, you\u2019ll still need to pay them first.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p>If resort fees truly <em>were<\/em> illegal, President Biden wouldn\u2019t currently be calling on Congress to make them illegal, along with \u201cjunk fees\u201d\u00a0 for concert ticket \u201cservices,\u201d bringing bags on airplanes, and canceling your cable, internet, or phone service.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>By the way, you shouldn\u2019t take advice from avoidincometax.com, either. (Yes, it&#8217;s a real website.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Look for \u201cVegas Myths Busted\u201d every Monday on <\/strong><em><strong>Casino.org. <\/strong><\/em><strong>Visit <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vegasmythsbusted.com\">VegasMythsBusted.com<\/a> to read previously busted Vegas myths. Got a suggestion for a Vegas myth that needs busting? Email corey@casino.org.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EDITOR\u2019S NOTE: \u201cVegas Myths Busted\u201d publishes new entries every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition. Today\u2019s entry in our ongoing series originally ran on March 17, 2023.\u00a0 All major resorts on the Las Vegas Strip now charge resort fees, even those, like Planet Hollywood, that once proudly advertised not doing so. 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