Hotels are Hiding Room Rates in “Resort Fees,” but the Feds Have Taken Notice
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More hotels charge carefully hidden resort fees as they face growing competition from Airbnb and tumbling room rates. The number of hotels charging such fees increased by 26 percent last year while the average fee grew 12 percent, according to resortfeechecker.com. Long common in beach resorts and casino hotels, resort fees are now spreading to big cities. [Link]