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Old Mar 24, 2006, 10:00 am
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CIMorse
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: RDU
Programs: AA EXP, HH DIA
Posts: 50
Thanks to all the posters for your advice. wharvey, your points are all good ones and, as I said at the beginning, I do recognize that I don't have much of an argument here, particularly since I want to use one of the items that the resort fee covers. I won't be throwing a tantrum at checkout or anything like that.

More on your points, the resort fee is not clear up-front. That is, the resort fee is disclosed only after booking and after taking my deposit. In my confirmation email there is a link to a page describing the fee but it is not on the main resort page. Certainly this is better than discovering it on the final bill but still deceptive in my book.

My reason for posting the question was as a follow-on to a recent thread to see if others had success in negotiating out of such a fee if the items it covered weren't desired. Also to blow off some steam with this annoying practice of add-ons to a quoted rate that is becoming more and more prevalent when traveling these days.
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