The problem with the state regulation argument is that hotels do all sorts of things far dirtier, more deceptive, and outright wrong things all the time and states never do anything. The very fact that mandatory resort fees exist at all is evidence of this. Add on all sorts of other forms of price gouging, "walking" with no solution for the guest, minimum-stay rules designed to circumvent when a price gouging law actually *does* exist, randomly canceling reservations with no recourse for the guest, and on and on and on. Now the resort fee scourge is extending into all sorts of places where it hasn't been seen before - including regular city hotels.

So for now, I'm going to assume that the hotel industry has purchased and controls more politicians than I have, and I'm not counting on states attorneys general to get involved in our Travel Package certificates. That said, Marriott's self interest is the simplest and fairest treatment of the certificates, so I'm not terribly worried about it right now.