LV Hotels with No Resort Fees ?
Which Casino Hotels in Las Vegas does not charge Resort Fees?
Thx
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I assume you want ones on the strip. Best Western at Casino Royal, Travelodge (between MGM and Planet Hollywood) and the Jockey Club.
I've never understood this question, resort fees are just part of the room cost you just have to factor it in. They'll tell you what the resort fees are on the website.
Unless you're a whale and they wave them obvs, but they'll give you free rooms if that's you.
Anyone remember the Tam O'Shanter? My first time in Vegas in 2002 we stayed there, on the Strip right across the street from The Mirage for $40 a night, those were the days.
Treasure Island through their "TV deal", no resort fees AND free parking! Stayed there in Feb, $70 a night on weekdays.
I've never understood this question, resort fees are just part of the room cost you just have to factor it in. They'll tell you what the resort fees are on the website.
Unless you're a whale and they wave them obvs, but they'll give you free rooms if that's you.
People tend to not like getting scammed.
I've never understood this question, resort fees are just part of the room cost you just have to factor it in. They'll tell you what the resort fees are on the website.
Unless you're a whale and they wave them obvs, but they'll give you free rooms if that's you.
I agree. It’s sort of like when airlines charge bag fees. Let’s say you have to pay a $75 bag fee but the flight price is $100 cheaper. You are still $25 ahead (all else being equal). It sucks paying $75 for a bag fee, but it could a better deal. Same situation sometimes as paying resort fees.
The difference is 1) Hotel #2 is hoping I won't notice and 2) I hate having to keep a separate list of all the real prices to be able to compare. Just tell me what the damned price is. Don't bait and switch me.
hiding resort fees was made illegal effective last year so the "bait-and-switch" no longer applies
The "base price" is still what shows up on a search, ime. You no longer have to go all the way through the booking process to find out what the resort fee is, but you still have to click though the results and/or add it up yourself to see what the real total is.
I understand there are states that mandate showing the actual total in the first results, but I don't live in one of them, and I don't know if they apply to hotels outside the state in question.
The difference is 1) Hotel #2 is hoping I won't notice and 2) I hate having to keep a separate list of all the real prices to be able to compare. Just tell me what the damned price is. Don't bait and switch me.
Totally agree, deconstructed pricing is the worst. I work for a consulting company and we push a lot of this so this is at least in part on me lol
The "base price" is still what shows up on a search, ime. You no longer have to go all the way through the booking process to find out what the resort fee is, but you still have to click though the results and/or add it up yourself to see what the real total is.I understand there are states that mandate showing the actual total in the first results, but I don't live in one of
I'm fairly sure this practice was banned on a federal level, and I indeed can see the entire price right away
pretty disappointing if there are states who choose to have it the old way
It is the FTC’s Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Fees, 16 C.F.R. Part 464. It applies to all states.
Casino Royale (The Strip) and Four Queens (Downtown) are the two most famous ones that does not require any resort fee.
This does however just give them an excuse to jack up the prices on their rooms in general, so you end up paying equally as much for an arguably worse room than you can get with paying a resort fee somewhere else.
According to that link, the federal rule applies to "a business that includes pricing information in its ads." IANAL, but I suspect that the argument is that a travel website's search results are not ads. That said, I've noticed that both Expedia and Priceline are now including the resort fees in their initial search results (though not taxes and fees, at least on Priceline) when I search from here, so things are moving in the right direction, imo.
It specifically says it applies to all sites that advertise or sell tickets or short term housing, including third parties.
Anyone can argue anything, but I would be beyond shocked if a major casino or reseller tried to argue that case. I can’t imagine they would have any chance of succeeding.
As you say, pretty much all purveyors of hotel rooms now abide by the rules set forth.
The only thing that catches people is that the advertised rate does not need to include taxes or other governmental fees, which is too bad but everyone in a market has to pay the same amount I guess.
