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Bill to be announced to eliminate resort fees today

Discussion in 'Casino Industry & Development' started by ffejry, Sep 26, 2019.

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  1. JosieCat

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    I don't pay resort fees - at least at M Life properties, but still am happy to see this, and hope it eventually passes. And if they start charging extra service fees for other things, fine. At least then you are only paying for what you actually use. Resort fees wouldn't have been that bad, if you could have opted out of them if you didn't need what they provided.

    For all of those people who get comped rooms, but have to pay resort fees, well IMO, if this bill passes, and that $100 room now goes for $140, it's likely those people will start getting less nights comped. So it's probably going to be a wash.
     
  2. Electroguy563

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    I think this is it right here. Why the hotels feel the need to do this is beyond me. Nothing to do with price. But everything to do with like how, as @woodsie stated, you won't find out until the THIRD CLICK.
     
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    I remember School house rock. LOL

     
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    It's not about the money at all for me. I never disliked resort fees because they "made things more expensive". I disliked them because they are intentionally deceptive.

    I think that for free markets and capitalism to work, there has to be a regulatory framework to prevent fraud and enforce transparency so that transactions are the result of well informed participants getting together.

    Resort fees are but a grain of sand on the beach as far as that topic goes but this is a Vegas Forum so that's our particular grain of sand.
     
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    but a catchy tune

     
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    IMO, the money-grabbing bean counters will just find more ways to get more $$ from the consumers.

    Housekeeping fee
    Energy fee
    Pool Fee, just to walk in, more for a towel.
    WIFI fee
    parking fee
    Food concession fee
    Fee to walk in the door

    Oh, and don't forget to still TIP, on top of this.
    It's all for OUR CONVENIENCE, right?
     
  7. Viva Las Vegas

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    To me the inconsistency is absurd. Gasoline prices are quoted all inclusive, airlines prices include initial tax but not the TSA Kabuki Security Theatre Fees. Hotels have their never ending resort/cocktail fees. I remember energy surcharge fees at the Riviera in the early 1990s ($1.92 a night or some ludicrous number they pulled out of their rear-end).

    Most stores in a sales tax jurisdiction charge the tax on top of the price tag, others mentioned various utilities which have up to a dozen plus itemized line charges each month.

    Resort fees are BS, but any prescribed "fix" or "solution" will likely be worse.

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  8. Nick61

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    At least at that point, the amount quoted will represent the TRUE amount/cost of the room.

    I happen to be in the mortgage/loan business. We have something called TRUTH IN LENDING DISCLOSURES, that must be highlighted on every contract. The point is to be crystal clear, forthright, and upfront in terms of the true cost of a loan. The intent is to simplify things for the consumer, in order for them to quickly understand the cost dynamics of a loan.

    There's no question that in the case of the resort fees, MANY people continue to be caught off guard. As one commenter pointed out, by their nature they are DECEPTIVE to the consumer. A $100 per night room is NOT a $100 per night room, when you add in a $50 per night misleading resort fee. If you stay like most people, say four nights, that an extra $200 for that stay.

    If as you claim the resort fee means nothing to the overall cost of the room, why would you have a problem with the hoteliers being required to be upfront about their actual cost of the room?

    Make no mistake, a $100 per night room simply sounds better on the surface, than a $150 per night room. And that's why the hoteliers prefer to offer that room as a $100 per night room, with the asterisk--- not including the $50 cost per night for the resort fee.
     
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  9. vegasmom

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    Definitely hope this gets passed as well. And I wonder if possible to get in on some class action lawsuits.
     
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