by Lauren Wolfe | Sep 27, 2023
Washington, DC, recently has seen a surge in restaurants charging a junk fee. These Washington, DC, junk fees are similar to a resort fee on their menus. Sometimes, the fee is not even on the menu. Like hotels, once one restaurant starts to add these fees and seems to...
by Lauren Wolfe | Sep 20, 2023
Travelers United is fighting the plague of unchecked social media influencers. Are they ads or legitimate editorials? Travel social media influencers continue to rake in large amounts of money to promote certain companies to their followers. Despite the Federal Trade...
by Lauren Wolfe | Jun 7, 2023
California Resort Fee Bill mandates that all mandatory fees be included in advertised lodging room rates. California, a leader in passing first-in-the-nation consumer protection laws, has introduced AB 537, The California Resort Fee Bill, which would call for all...
by Lauren Wolfe | May 3, 2023
Marriott will allegedly stop resort fees deception starting May 15, 2023 The largest hotel chain in the world, Marriott International Inc., will start including resort fees in overnight room rates. Marriott, a leader in deceptive pricing at hotels across America, says...
by Lauren Wolfe | Apr 27, 2023
Hotel resort fees make history in the State of the Union Address this year President Biden harked that he was going to ban hotel resort fees. You know, “those fees can cost up to $90 a night at hotels that aren’t even resorts,” to thunderous applause at the State of...