by Lauren Wolfe | Mar 23, 2020
Hotels should pledge truth in advertising — include any mandatory fees in the room rates Consumers are the only groups not requesting money from Congress. Consumers ask for truth in advertising. Include all mandatory lodging fees in the room rates. For hundreds of...
by Lauren Wolfe | Aug 31, 2017
Deceptive hotel resort fees are cropping up in Washington, DC Washington, DC, has seen a 450 percent increase in the number of hotels that charge deceptive hotel resort fees in just one year. Marriott Hotels, headquartered right in the DC suburbs, has been accused by...
by Lauren Wolfe | Aug 11, 2017
When hotels charge resort fees the city loses tax revenue and consumers lose the ability to comparison shop New York City has seen an incredible explosion in hotels charging resort fees in 2017. In May 2016, fifteen hotels in the city charged resort fees. Today, in...
by Lauren Wolfe | Jun 10, 2016
Mandatory resort fees are a sneaky way for a hotel to advertise one low price but charge travelers a much higher price when they get to the hotel. Resort fees are seeping in to America’s hotels at a rapid rate and they are usually never included in the initially...
