If you're traveling this summer, beware of hotels charging you resort
fees, destination fees, amenities fees, booking fees, and other nasty
surprises.

Travel writer Scott Mayerowitz, aka The Points Guy, says these are all
"made-up terms" hotels use to squeeze more money out of you. They aren't
shown when you comparison shop on a travel site. Instead, they're snuck in
when you arrive. But they can range from $25 a day to $100 or more per
day, sometimes even doubling the cost of your hotel room.

Mayerowitz says, "Hotel resort fees are out of control and need to end
now."

Resort fees are an example of "junk fees" -- and you can fight back.

[ [link removed] ]We are recruiting an army of people willing to fight for policies that
end junk fees from hotels, airlines, cell and cable companies, banks,
ticket sellers, and more. Click here to fight back.

On the page, you'll have the option to describe in detail how junk fees
have impacted you. We want to elevate these stories in the media and with
lawmakers. The more vivid, the more powerful, the better -- like these:

Mary R. says, "I was charged for 'turn down service.' I don't remember how
much it was, but it was expensive for a piece of chocolate I couldn't eat
and the corner of my sheet being pulled back!"

Gayle C. says, "I recently checked into a hotel. The upfront fee was about
$148 -- but after the 'junk' fees it was about $198. Isn't that called
bate & switch?"

Amy B. says, "My husband is military. We went home to visit, and we booked
a hotel. I couldn't believe that we had to pay almost a quarter of the
price for the room in fees."

Nate M. says, "I was charged a $35 resort fee at a hotel for use of the
pool even though I would never swim in a public pool."

Joe O. says, "I was charged a $50 resort fee at a casino hotel in
Booneville, MO. Nothing resort-like about the place! Was not made aware
until checking in."

President Biden has called for new policies against junk fees. Some
actions require new laws, but two of our top allies have already begun
using existing power to fight junk fees -- Lina Khan, who chairs the FTC,
and Rohit Chopra, who chairs Elizabeth Warren’s Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau.

In his 2023 State Of The Union, Biden said:

I know how unfair it feels when a company overcharges you and gets away
with it…

We’ll ban surprise "resort fees" that hotels tack on to your bill. These
fees can cost you up to $90 a night at hotels that aren’t even resorts.

We’ll make cable internet and cell phone companies stop charging you up to
$200 or more when you decide to switch to another provider.

We’ll cap service fees on tickets to concerts and sporting events and make
companies disclose all fees upfront.

And we’ll prohibit airlines from charging up to $50 round trip for
families just to sit together. Baggage fees are bad enough – they can’t
just treat your child like a piece of luggage.

Americans are tired of being played for suckers. Pass the Junk Fee
Prevention Act so companies stop ripping us off.

[ [link removed] ]Junk fees are a tax on you by greedy corporations, and we are
recruiting people willing to fight back. Click here -- and tell us how you
have been personally impacted by junk fees.

And, [ [link removed] ]chip in to our fight against junk fees here.

Thanks for being a bold progressive.

-- The PCCC Team ([ [link removed] ]@BoldProgressive)

 

 

 


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