Originally Posted by
Gringuito
It would be ok if it was optional
what’s the point in a forced fee?
To trick you into thinking you were getting something for a lower price.
In some cases, to also trick search engines into sorting the hotels in a deceptive order.
Potentially in other cases, to bait-and-switch some corporate customers by giving them less total discount than they thought they negotiated. (Although some of the biggest corp deals waive resort fees because the companies are large enough to demand it.)