News from Consumer Affairs. With more new fees and our tips on how to avoid hidden charges.
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News from Consumer Affairs. With more new fees and our tips on how to avoid hidden charges.
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Please let me know if there are any hotels in Maui on the west sidethat do charge resort fees.
Hi Rita.
Our friends at http://mauikai.com do not. In Lahaina.
Aloha.
Mahalo, I am so glad that you have posted all of this wonderful information! Recently my husband informed me that my dream to see hawaii will come true for our 30th anniversary next summer! I’ve done lots of research and found your newletter to be very informative! I’ve subscribed to it and read and save every issue. It has helped me to know when to book a time share our friends are letting us use. I’m so glad to hear that the airlines prices are going down next year! Where do you get the prices you quote in your newsletters? Given that competition will be driving prices next year, when do you suggest I start looking at airline prices for mid-August 2018 from Portland/Seattle area to Maui? Where should I look for discounts on activities in Maui?
Hi Julie.
You can start looking as soon as fares are released (330 days in advance). That is because the market between Pacific Northwest and Maui is strongly competitive. You may well find more of those $360 RT airfares we’ve been reporting.
Aloha.
Hi, the hotels are so full of their own importance and are stealing from travelers, with these outrageous fees! Just to boycott them -I will never stay at a hotel in the islands ever again! I’ll go to Walmart but a couple tents etc and but a permit to camp
How about the big Maui resort hotels. Many have the resort fee plus a parking fee. Check out Andaz – Resort fee $40 plus tax, PLUS Valet only parking fee $30 plus tax. This adds $73 per-night (including tax) to already sky high room rates. Rake in the cash!
Thanks for the Heads UP!…We stayed a week on Kauai in July…..it must have been the busiest week of the entire year as traffic was Horrendous.WE still love Kauai….and the people…..but I got a first-hand experience with :”Extra” Fees…..Totaled they came to about 35.00 a night…if you wanted to use the Valet and have your rental car in a parking lot that was Not full of pot holes (probably 300 potholes+)…then that was also extra!
Another thing learned…..ask the front desk if this is a RESORT owned property or are the units INDIVIDUALLY owned!…..as I learned the hard way…it makes a difference….the unit we had was individually owned….it was older….and needed updating!…The AC went out the 3rd night in and we didn’t sleep well that night…they got it fixed the next day but the repair guy said “These units are all individually owned…so some are kept up nice and some are not!…Now there Truth in Advertising right there…..Nowhere on the website did it say anything about that!….so kind of a roll the dice deal!
I like everything up on the Table….then with ALL the info I will make a decision….it’s sad to think they many of the resorts are now playing the game of….have the lowest price then hit them over the head on fees and undisclosed additional expenses!….
Kauai is still beautiful….love that Island!….Now its clear….do your HOMEWORK and READ the Fine Print!…Things have changed on my Favorite Island!…..
I also think that you should name and shame the perpetrators.
Once they start getting bad publicity, they will change their ways. Until then, expect more of the same.
I know that I search for hotels that I am thinking of booking, and if it hit a shaming site listing fees that I had not thought of, I would most likely not book.
I propose a top 10 best and worst. Make the hotels compete to keep off the shame list. Those hotels that do not charge these fees will be the biggest beneficiaries of such a policy. They should be noted too as they should be supported.
Aloha! We booked a beautiful 2 bedroom/3 bath home, on the water (not near, on(!) the water) in Kona thru VRBO & were happy as larks. We read all the reviews and chose accordingly. At the end of our stay we left a glowing review. We are 2 women, over 50, world travelers. I cannot remember the last time we booked a hotel when we traveled (6+ years ago?). A private home or condo offers far more space and convenience than a hotel – really. At least this has been our experience. We don’t need daily housekeeping, we’re pretty self sufficient that way! Friday we are on our way to Maui and have booked a 2 bedroom/2 bath condo on the water in Ma’alalea for 11 nights at 1/3 the cost of a comparable hotel. Thank you, we’ll spend the savings enjoying the island. YMMV.
They are doing the same thing in Laguna Beach. We just paid a $15 ‘resort fee’ on top of the $350 per nite charge. Outrageous.
Two other things. A friend of mine who lists her second Kauai condo with Aston says she gets none of the resort fee. And of course as a travel agent I get no commission on the resort fees. But they are harder and harder to avoid.