Las Vegas - Orleans: Automatic incidental charge?

I was just browsing online and I seen that Orleans charges $5 a day a "resort" fee for incidental charges.

I don't recall last year ever paying that at the Orleans. Is this something new?

I just paid it 1/20/2007. Maybe the old energy surcharge replacement.

I heard it came into effect January 1. Apparently, you don't have to pay for coffee in your room anymore....what's next? A daily charge to have your personal items locked in the cage downstairs because they don't offer a safety deposit box in your room?

The coffee is now complimentary and probably worth the $5 fee. Two cups each of regular and decaf. At any rate, the Orleans is rated #8 best bargain US hotels by tripadvisor 2006 travelers' choice awards-only entry from Nevada.

If you drink coffee then it may be worth it. For those that don't or who don't make telephone calls in their rooms, or use the spa, it's probably not (depending on how much you paid for the room). However, this seems to be the start of extra fees at the newly owned Coast hotels. If they want to charge these BS fees, just incorporate the fee into the room rate, not this sneaky way.

In any case, if they keep on adding extra fees, then the days or getting a room for $20, 30+ a night at the Orleans are numbered.

I wish some consumer protection organization would push through a law that requires hotels, airlines, car rentals (among others) to be required to quote "all in" prices ALL THE TIME.

Examples of things I would like to see prohibited:

-- Quoting rates as "per person based on double occupancy"
-- Not including taxes and other mandatory fees in quoted prices.

I personally believe it is totally unethical to REQUIRE payments of more than the total per day (or per event) price that was advertised. Obviously, it is not currently illegal to do so, but think it should be.

(Yeah, the "fine print" does general tell the whole story, but "fine print" gets its name for reason. It is hard to read.)

A bit OT, but I also consider quoting a plane ticket as "$xx (one-way, based on purchase of a roundtrip ticket)" to be deceptive and misleading.

I wish some consumer protection organization would push through a law that requires hotels, airlines, car rentals (among others) to be required to quote "all in" prices ALL THE TIME.

Examples of things I would like to see prohibited:

-- Quoting rates as "per person based on double occupancy"
-- Not including taxes and other mandatory fees in quoted prices.

I personally believe it is totally unethical to REQUIRE payments of more than the total per day (or per event) price that was advertised. Obviously, it is not currently illegal to do so, but think it should be.

(Yeah, the "fine print" does general tell the whole story, but "fine print" gets its name for reason. It is hard to read.)

A bit OT, but I also consider quoting a plane ticket as "$xx (one-way, based on purchase of a roundtrip ticket)" to be deceptive and misleading.

If people are tolerant about this sort of thing and just take it, then obviously things won't change. I am surprised though that there are not better laws in the US since there is a lot of successful litigation and going on in the USA, compared to, say Canada, where most people accept being taken advantage.

I wish some consumer protection organization would push through a law that requires hotels, airlines, car rentals (among others) to be required to quote "all in" prices ALL THE TIME.

Examples of things I would like to see prohibited:

-- Quoting rates as "per person based on double occupancy"
-- Not including taxes and other mandatory fees in quoted prices.

I personally believe it is totally unethical to REQUIRE payments of more than the total per day (or per event) price that was advertised. Obviously, it is not currently illegal to do so, but think it should be.

(Yeah, the "fine print" does general tell the whole story, but "fine print" gets its name for reason. It is hard to read.)

A bit OT, but I also consider quoting a plane ticket as "$xx (one-way, based on purchase of a roundtrip ticket)" to be deceptive and misleading.
Ever see a retail item for sale that included sales tax?

Ever see a retail item for sale that included sales tax?

Yes.

Hey smarty, ever seen 1000 times as many that don't?

Hey smarty, ever seen 1000 times as many that don't?

Yeah, everything is different in YOUR planet, isn it? What happened, your spaceship ran out of fuel? :D

How about just a yes or no answer! Isn't that your style?