MtM Vegas – Junk Fee Prevention Act Vegas
On this week’s MtM Vegas we have so much to talk about including the elimination of ticket and resort fees. Before we dive in don’t forget to subscribe to the Miles to Memories YouTube channel to see every episode plus our Vegas reviews, guides and tours!
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This week President Biden continued his push for the passage of the Junk Fee Prevention Act. Specifically when it comes to Las Vegas it aims to eliminate resort fees and severely limit ticketing fees. These types of fees have added up over the past few years. Will eliminating them make things cheaper or will it all be priced in?
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Bottom Line
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I book rooms often in Las Vegas, and the resort fees is ALWAYS disclosed. The hotels dont want the customers claiming they didn’t know. That’s a huge hassle for hotels to face. However, hotels really should, in my opinion, eliminate them, cause of the consternation customers face. Why start off giving the customers an upset stomach? Just quoting the price inclusive of all fees except tax would essentially create the same revenue if ALL the hotels did that. Companies should cut the crap. I don’t know about you, but end of day, I look at TOTAL price, and then quality and reviews in my desired price range. Isn’t that really what most people do? There’s just nothing good about resort fees. Of course, this doesn’t mean the government has a right to legislate this. More far reaching of the government.
A consumer wants to know what the price is “out the door.” If a consumer is told that up front, a consumer will feel the system is fair. Perhaps high priced but fair.
The total price is going to be the same or higher. Now, they’re not paying a commission on the resort fees. So they will need to not only add the price of the resort fees to the room rate, plus add the cost of the commission. I mean seriously, do you think all of a sudden once they remove the resort fees the room rate will drop? These people aren’t stupid. They’re going to get the same thing, one way or another. It’s common sense.
I think getting up front disclosure is more of the issue than eliminating the fees.
Frank K hit the nail right on the head, today the major hotels do NOT pay commission to the various travel sites for the resort fee amount. If or when resort fees are eliminated then that amount will be added to the cost of the room PLUS the additional commission paid to travel sites so the bottom line will be a HIGHER price to the consumer. If a customer is not aware that the various Vegas hotels charge a resort fee then that’s their own fault for not reading. All strip hotels that I stay at are very up front about the fees.