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.

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.

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, chip in to our fight against junk fees here.

Thanks for being a bold progressive.

-- The PCCC Team (@BoldProgressive)

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