Originally Posted by
mecabq
This is not exactly double-dipping, but the most outrageous resort fee exclusion I have come across is at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, where they now charge to buy an inner tube to use on the lazy river. This is the number one "resort" feature that I value at the hotel and is not included in the resort fee. (But at least I can get a document notarized as an inclusion in the resort fee.)
I think it's $20 and you keep it. I suppose you could take the tube with you to your room, but that's inconvenient; it would be nice if they at least let you return it at the end of the day and take one the next day without paying again.
I love the site Kill Resort Fees, a Vegas page that continually highlights the ridiculous fees championed by Reno, and now Las Vegas, and catching on in other places. Being from Vegas, I'm old school and realize that the opening of the Mirage marks a point in time when the town I grew up in changed forever. But the resort fee, what a crock. Three years ago we had a reunion and stayed at the D downtown. At the time they charged a $29 per night resort fee for pretty much nothing. Even the wi-fi sucked. During our last reunion in January, we avoided resort fees by booking a vacation rental and others in our group booked hotels that do not stick you with this nuisance fee. I see some of the properties back-pedaling on charging for self-parking so maybe they are seeing a drop in revenues that equates to taking action. Until they are required to include resort fees in their advertising, the lure of what you think is an extremely inexpensive room rate will continue as a fraud on the consumer.