On January 5, 2017, the Federal Trade Commission released an Economic Analysis of Hotel Resort Fees concluding that: Quoted prices never include resort fees, which can create confusion for the customer who finds out only when he has to pay the bill at the end of his stay. Indeed, they are managed completely independently of the quoted nightly room rate, so upon booking, the price per night offered might seem lower. In return, these supplementary fees allow you access to some of the services within the facility.įor several years, these resort fees have been a source of contention as consumers believe that they are, in many ways, hidden charges.
In other words, you pay resort fees upon check out. The fees are due to the hotel at the end of the stay. These daily supplementary charges are not included in the initial booking cost (when booked through the hotel website or via a third party). In recent years, most Las Vegas hotels have implemented “resort fees.” Here is a quick reminder if you’re new to the idea of resort fees: What is a Resort Fee? We manually checked over 100 Vegas hotels to update our resort fee list for 2023!
