MGM raises resort fees at all properties

Clem2754 · **Posted:** Sat Mar 10, 2012 5:21 pm

Rdm114 wrote:

Overreaction? Let's see, we are talking about an additional $5 added to a fee/practice that already exists. That generates a whole slew of posts by morons claiming dishonest business practices, outrage, and proclamations to never visit again? Overreaction?

I agree- I bet certain hotels just overcharge their rates because hey they don't have resort fee and idiots won't stay at properties with a resort fee. The funny thing is I have been looking at hotel prices for June and I have noticed at least 2 Caesars' property hotels that high a much higher rate than comparable properties from other organization which charge a resort fee.

twriter · **Posted:** Sat Mar 10, 2012 10:36 pm

Clem2754 wrote:

Rdm114 wrote:

Overreaction? Let's see, we are talking about an additional $5 added to a fee/practice that already exists. That generates a whole slew of posts by morons claiming dishonest business practices, outrage, and proclamations to never visit again? Overreaction?

I agree- I bet certain hotels just overcharge their rates because hey they don't have resort fee and idiots won't stay at properties with a resort fee. The funny thing is I have been looking at hotel prices for June and I have noticed at least 2 Caesars' property hotels that high a much higher rate than comparable properties from other organization which charge a resort fee.

At least you don't have to to scurrying through pages of small print that marketers design specifically to not be easily found to discover your true price.

"Resort fees" are actually various standard costs of doing business that certain properties attempt to divorce from advertised/published prices to attract and ensnare the unwary and the ignorant, who become unhappy captive audiences when such fees are added at check-in (or check-out). Ask any front desk person at properties that impose those fees and you'll hear myriad tales of customer wrath.

The only "morons" are those who let businesses engage is practices such as this without speaking up and without voting with their feet and dollars. Isn't it moronic to have to do extra work and study just to find out how much you hotel room will actually cost? Isn't it fundamentally deceptive to make the true cost difficult to find?

Are you men or are you sheep?

Local Rock · **Posted:** Sat Mar 10, 2012 11:12 pm

The practice of adding a "resort fee" serves exactly one purpose: to deceive customers who are comparing rates. There is no other function for it.

derdeli · **Joined:** Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:00 am **Posts:** 117

Local Rock wrote:

The practice of adding a "resort fee" serves exactly one purpose: to deceive customers who are comparing rates. There is no other function for it.

Exactly. So it IS kind of dishonest.

The comparison of room rates shows one thing in my opinion: MGM has a hard time getting higher room rates. They have to lower the rates to be competitive. And now the use the trick to raise the "resort" fee.

It's a trick, it is deceiving, name it cheating if you like. I know how to compare the rates, but I bet many visitors looking for rooms at hotels.com or expedia etc. do not.

Clem2754 · **Posted:** Sun Mar 11, 2012 8:02 am

Yeah calculating the fee & tax times the number of nights is real difficult..... IT HAS TO DO WITH THE FINAL PRICE.

Looking at 8 days in June (Saturday- Sunday)- the Wynn is $65/night cheaper than Caesars. If the Wynn is charging a $20 resort fee... I think you are coming out ahead considering it is the better property to be frank.

Yet another clear example of how certain hotels not charging resort fees just flat out over charge because of suckers who won't stay at properties because of the resort fee.

derdeli · **Joined:** Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:00 am **Posts:** 117

Clem2754 wrote:

Yeah calculating the fee & tax times the number of nights is real difficult..... IT HAS TO DO WITH THE FINAL PRICE.

I think you do not get the point. Many tourists that come to Vegas are not aware of things like resort fees. They book a room at expedia or whatever, compare prices and book. You calculate, I calculate and probably most of the people in this board do. But many tourists don't do. And this is what I consider dishonest.

Zin · **Posted:** Sun Mar 11, 2012 12:18 pm

Resort fee or not, anyone paying more than $100 total price per night in Las Vegas is a sucker.

vinnyboombots · **Joined:** Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:12 pm **Posts:** 1427

Zin wrote:

Resort fee or not, anyone paying more than $100 total price per night in Las Vegas is a sucker.

+1

Clem2754 · **Posted:** Sun Mar 11, 2012 2:15 pm

derdeli wrote:

Clem2754 wrote:

Yeah calculating the fee & tax times the number of nights is real difficult..... IT HAS TO DO WITH THE FINAL PRICE.

I think you do not get the point. Many tourists that come to Vegas are not aware of things like resort fees. They book a room at expedia or whatever, compare prices and book. You calculate, I calculate and probably most of the people in this board do. But many tourists don't do. And this is what I consider dishonest.

Actually I would disagree- it is fairly common knowledge at this point. Most smart people look at the total price.

gabriel · **Joined:** Thu Apr 28, 2011 5:08 pm **Posts:** 58

Zin wrote:

Resort fee or not, anyone paying more than $100 total price per night in Las Vegas is a sucker.

It depends on what your looking for. If you want something really nice for the wife or gf on a prime weekend, that's a hard one to find sometimes. But 90% of the time I agree with you. Actually, I think the 100 a night is way to high for the most part. Personally, I rarely pay more than about 50 a night total cost regardless of the time of year. But I'm not one that really cares much about a room as long as it's clean and has a bed, so comped rooms off strip, downtown, or at IP don't bother this low roller one bit.

To chime in on the resort fee thing, those resort fees @ MGM properties are gross. If I have to choose between totally comped (truly $0 @ checkout) like I get @ The Orleans offstrip, or El Cortez or Plaza (both pretty nice now btw) and "comped" @ a Caesar's or MGM property, then I always take the truly free room. I go to Vegas pretty often and go to so many different places and always drive myself that location doesn't matter too much. And while I get decent offers, my wife sometimes gets the better ones since she plays more slots and table games than I do. But I even get some decent truly free rooms.

FWIW, we've been staying at the Orleans most of the time over the last couple of years, totally comped, never any blackout dates, plus pretty decent dining credits. This is primarly from poker room play where I put in about 4-6 hours a day @ O 8/b or LHE, in addition to playing in other strip rooms. So for those that never venture that way, it's a nice poker room with some decent LIMIT games if you pick your table well and and stay away from the "rock garden" tables. Can't speak about the NL tables, but the tourneys are decent too.

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