Before booking a hotel room, check these resort fee details that can raise the real price, limit perks, or surprise guests at ...

The FTC’s Junk Fees Rule took effect in May 2025 and requires hotels to show the real total price upfront when you book. That ...

Resort fees are a hot topic in the lodging industry. Ask virtually any hotel charging a resort fee, and the answer is typically some variation of "We bundle popular amenities into a single fee based ...

The hotel industry practice of charging so-called resort fees as a mandatory add-on to the quoted room rate has been spreading in recent years from actual resorts to urban and even suburban properties ...

Last month I wrote about a surprise resort fee I encountered at the end of a very nice hotel stay in Los Angeles. Based on reader comments and social media engagement around that post, I'm clearly not ...

After the Biden administration put mandatory resort fees firmly in its crosshairs this year, different facets of the hospitality industry found themselves at odds, with some defending the fees and ...

The Andaz Maui at Wailea Resort, a Hyatt resort on 15 beachfront acres in Hawaii, is far from a place to sleep. There are multiple pools, including a lagoon and three infinity pools. As part of the ...

An attempted crackdown on hidden hotel charges now faces a potential roadblock in Washington, as a growing number of travelers complain that resort, urban or facility fees can add up to $50 to your ...

Starting Thursday, MGM Resorts International will raise resort fees at 10 of its 13 properties. Fees will go up by $2 to $37 at seven mid-range properties, including MGM Grand, The Mirage and Mandalay ...

Rio Las Vegas announced June 5 that meeting and incentive groups will no longer be subject to the fee, which typically adds ...

Tamara Myers thought that her hotel bill at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino would come to $415. At least that’s what Otel.com, the website through which she booked the room, promised her. But ...