Beware The Resort Fee

I got an email yesterday promoting rates as low as $47at New York, New York on the Las Vegas Strip. But the the real cost would be $55.99.

That’s because the hotel is charging a resort fee of $8.99. (Add $1.08 tax on the resort fee and $5.64 tax on the room rate and it all adds up to $62.71.)

Hotels, like airlines, are looking for revenue where they can get it. And resort fees, once charged only at high-end beach and vacation hotels, are just another source of revenue.

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