Anybody surprised by "resort fee" in vegas

It's been that way for years.

I've seen it in other cities as well


I don't know why they separate it out. Seems like a way to make people think you are nickel and diming them

Obtain marker line, which is just a function of average daily balance in checking account. Draw out marker line and make the first several bets large when the pit boss is there to note average bet per roll, or hand, or whatever. Tip dealers at least something. Pay back marker line every day. Repeat. No resort fee. No room charges. Sometimes free food. Do not eat at uppity strip places. Eat at Hugo's Cellar or The Steakhouse at Circus Circus. Better food, better service, lower price. Purchase show tickets from Tix4Tonight, pay $3 more and get 25% of off meals at some better places.

They wrecked that town, but if you know how to work it, and prefer substance over style, you can still have Old Vegas.

I haven;t and won't pay for rooms in LV, and I have no idea why anyone who gambles at least moderately does.

Won't work for weekend like the Pacquiao Mayweather fight, but even then your rooms will be deeply discounted.

Yeah, I know how to work it pretty well and am higher rated than I probably should be.

I will say the pit bosses at PH and the Wynn (where I usually play) pay attention well and know that trick of varying bet size when they are watching. I've noticed them a lot more on top of it and adjusting my avg bet fast. Also at cesars. Paris seems more lax along with ballys.

I name those as I try and keep all my action within the cesars properties as they give me the best comps. I'll usually stay at PH from Thurs-Monday and get at least 3 nights comped.

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I don't know why they separate it out.

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Probably for the government travelers...roll it into the room rate and it goes over the allowable rate, break it out and it gets counted as taxes/fees. I know Vegas used to be quite popular for government functions. I assume it still is.

I'm usually low maintenance on where I eat and don't make it a big event. When I'm there, I'll gamble, go to pool parties, clubs, and bar hop at some of the casino bars I like.

So, if I stay at PH, I'll eat at Earl's, Yolos, PF Changs, and the spice market buffet most of the time. If I'm at the Wynn I eat at that restaurant beside the sports bar a lot. Sometimes just order room service or a papa Johns pizza there too. I like the food options best at PH though. Lot of them that are all right there and I usually eat at all hours of the day or night depending on if I'm up all night, or whatever.

Yeah, they dont care and pretty much all of them do it.

Kinda like all the bars and clubs in Miami add an automatic 18% gratuity to every order and never say anything so people end up double tipping by mistake.

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Valet parking at many of the hotels in downtown NOLA is upwards of $50/night

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to be fair, having a parking lot downtown in any city is pretty expensive (and also contracted through outside companies). the alternative there is raising everyones rates, regardless of car. id rather that be an optional fee than built in.

resort fees are just gaming the system. whole different beast.

Pool party season is starting

I work in the hospitality business and there has been a recent migration for Vegas resorts to be run by hotel people as opposed to Casino people. Orlando has been doing this for years and tagging this "fee" as a component of REVpar which is how many hotel managers are compensated. If I were going to guess, if this is a recent change, I'd say that this fee has more to do with the management comp structure and change in talent at the top. If it has been going on for a while, then it's probably the ability to list prices lower on OTAs.