Originally Posted by DRich View Post
I look at resort fees as a tax on the stupid. If you don't know that they are there you didn't read the details and you are stupid. If you are against resort fees just book a place that doesn't have them.
If you consider paying for a hotel room a tax on the stupid, then that logic would mean that anyone who ever spends money on anything is taxed for being stupid.

As everyone seems to agree, the resort fee is just a part of the cost of the hotel room that is not disclosed in some places, but is in others. It would be like a store advertising a gallon of milk for $2, then when I go to buy it, they tell me there is a $2 container fee. If any store tried that, it would be such bullshit that I would want legislature to ban it. And if they did not do so explicitly, the courts should be asked to decide if it is ok or not. And I would want the courts to tell them they are being complete assholes and they can't do it.

For those who think it would be frivolous lawsuits, or silly government involvement, it would be a very small intervention and there would be no negative effects to the seller or the buyer, as the cost would remain exactly the same, and there would be no negative externalities to anyone else. That is the exact type of decision I want the government to make.