Originally Posted by
lowfareair
A solution would be to have Priceline bundle any mandatory hotel fees in the bid. If the hotel's minimum bid on Priceline is $80 and the resort fee is $40, make the minimum bid $120 and on the confirmation page break it down as "Resort X has accepted your bid of $120 (including $40 resort fee)." Simple and would still allow Priceline to remain very opaque.
I agree this would be a great enhancement, but how would Priceline handle a bid where there were two hotels in the same zone, same star level and one property charges a resort fee and the other one doesn't?
Would an easier solution be that after you enter your bid price, a prompt follows advising you there is a property (or properties) in this zone and star level that charges up to $40 in resort fees, giving you the option of abandoning the bid or going forward if you agree to the additional charges?