27 thoughts on “Are These Egregious Hawaii Resort Fees Finally Gone?”
Tom
Yes when you figure the resort fees bring in about $1.5Million PER DAY…in just Oahu alone rounded up is 28,000 hotel rooms x $55USD = $1.5million PER DAY..
That is $542Million per year.
That is just one island.
We actually paid $65/day at Hilton or that room generated $27,000 for one year on top of the $235 per might as well.
That extra fee is disgusting when you factor in 25% more for Canadian exchange rate.
I don’t agree with resort fees. I am sure there are people who are tricked. But forget Hawaii and look at Las Vegas. Some Vegas hotels advertise rooms for $15 – $20 per night with a hidden resort fee of $75 – $80 per night.
We booked a trip to watch our son play football. When we checked in we were informed it would be 45 a night to park and an additional 33 resort fee per night. That was a lot we did not expect. We stayed in Sheraton princess
I am noticing a lot of extra fees when I go to Honolulu. Although I am a Hawaii resident all my life, I’m charged like an outsider. Also, I always use the same hotel for many years, they don’t waive anything for me. I think it’s not only sad but very greedy. Especially when I’m at the hotel just to shower and sleep. They only service the room once every 4 days. I have to request for towels and soap and toiletries myself. Then wait for an hour or more to get deliveries.
I find it hilarious that the government is getting involved in egregious undisclosed resort fees when they’re the biggest abuser of such practices.
In California alone electronics, tires, engine oil and batteries all have undisclosed government disposal fees. You get quoted a price plus fees which you only get the total at checkout.
The one fee that bugs me most is the mandatory “resort fee.” Typically, you pay this at the hotel/resort. I think the hotels are just trying to cut the travel agencies’ fees out of part of their fee.
But, here is my position on resort fees: they must be for resorts, not just hotels. That means these are required:
…24-hour restaurant on-site
…swimming pool on-site
…24-hour gym that can handle at least 3% of the guests at any time
…an on-site 18-hole golf course, it can be a shared course with an adjacent or nearly adjacent resort.
Missing any of those it’s a hotel, not a resort. No resort, no resort fee.
Aloha
Those are the ammenaties that attracted you to the hotel yoy should have to pay extra for it. everything should be in the rate. …
………… the hotels try to impose upon you that they are just as cheap as motel 6 and they are not. they are duping people and it needs to stop. put it in the rate.
Hawaii could always go back to charging ten cents to use the public toilet like they did in the 60’s. We use to put empty toilet paper rolls in the door to keep it from locking. Talk about holding the door for someone!
I suppose if the resort fee is taken away the hotel will just impose things like towel fee, cup fee, shower supply fee, internet fee, room cleaning fee, and if they are real mean they might impose a nightly electric and water usage fee. They will just itemize all the things incorporated in a resort fee and call it something else. In the end you will probably pay more. Maybe all the hotels will just raise their regular nightly rates by 35-60 bucks per night. In the end the tourist will still pay the same or more for the inconvenience.
what is the room charge for ? everyyhing should benincluded in the room rate…………….. unless you want something way out of the ordinary like to have your car washed while its in valet……… they are just milking the chain of revenue and exploiting vacations.
Yes when you figure the resort fees bring in about $1.5Million PER DAY…in just Oahu alone rounded up is 28,000 hotel rooms x $55USD = $1.5million PER DAY..
That is $542Million per year.
That is just one island.
We actually paid $65/day at Hilton or that room generated $27,000 for one year on top of the $235 per might as well.
That extra fee is disgusting when you factor in 25% more for Canadian exchange rate.
I don’t agree with resort fees. I am sure there are people who are tricked. But forget Hawaii and look at Las Vegas. Some Vegas hotels advertise rooms for $15 – $20 per night with a hidden resort fee of $75 – $80 per night.
We booked a trip to watch our son play football. When we checked in we were informed it would be 45 a night to park and an additional 33 resort fee per night. That was a lot we did not expect. We stayed in Sheraton princess
I am noticing a lot of extra fees when I go to Honolulu. Although I am a Hawaii resident all my life, I’m charged like an outsider. Also, I always use the same hotel for many years, they don’t waive anything for me. I think it’s not only sad but very greedy. Especially when I’m at the hotel just to shower and sleep. They only service the room once every 4 days. I have to request for towels and soap and toiletries myself. Then wait for an hour or more to get deliveries.
I find it hilarious that the government is getting involved in egregious undisclosed resort fees when they’re the biggest abuser of such practices.
In California alone electronics, tires, engine oil and batteries all have undisclosed government disposal fees. You get quoted a price plus fees which you only get the total at checkout.
What a joke….
The one fee that bugs me most is the mandatory “resort fee.” Typically, you pay this at the hotel/resort. I think the hotels are just trying to cut the travel agencies’ fees out of part of their fee.
But, here is my position on resort fees: they must be for resorts, not just hotels. That means these are required:
…24-hour restaurant on-site
…swimming pool on-site
…24-hour gym that can handle at least 3% of the guests at any time
…an on-site 18-hole golf course, it can be a shared course with an adjacent or nearly adjacent resort.
Missing any of those it’s a hotel, not a resort. No resort, no resort fee.
Aloha
Those are the ammenaties that attracted you to the hotel yoy should have to pay extra for it. everything should be in the rate. …
………… the hotels try to impose upon you that they are just as cheap as motel 6 and they are not. they are duping people and it needs to stop. put it in the rate.
Hawaii could always go back to charging ten cents to use the public toilet like they did in the 60’s. We use to put empty toilet paper rolls in the door to keep it from locking. Talk about holding the door for someone!
I suppose if the resort fee is taken away the hotel will just impose things like towel fee, cup fee, shower supply fee, internet fee, room cleaning fee, and if they are real mean they might impose a nightly electric and water usage fee. They will just itemize all the things incorporated in a resort fee and call it something else. In the end you will probably pay more. Maybe all the hotels will just raise their regular nightly rates by 35-60 bucks per night. In the end the tourist will still pay the same or more for the inconvenience.
what is the room charge for ? everyyhing should benincluded in the room rate…………….. unless you want something way out of the ordinary like to have your car washed while its in valet……… they are just milking the chain of revenue and exploiting vacations.