Q • I checked into the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort recently and was unexpectedly charged a resort fee. I had booked the stay with my Starwood Preferred Guest points. After checking in, I pulled up the reservation email on my phone and …
Q. I checked into the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort recently, and was unexpectedly charged a resort fee. I had booked the stay with my Starwood Preferred Guest points. The desk staff could not have been less helpful when I questioned …
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/01/08/2573484/where-did-this-resort-fee-come.html
On Wednesday, organizers successfully convinced Palm Springs city leaders to chip in as much as $ 260,000 in resort fees to help produce the event. But on Thursday, when pressed for more specifics about exactly what Carnival Palm Springs would …
http://www.mydesert.com/article/20120106/NEWS01/201060312/Carnival-Palm-Springs-planners-mum-details
Given Hotel Check-In readers’ feelings about resort fees, I thought you’d appreciate travel writer Christopher Elliott’s latest column. In it, Elliott replies to a letter from a Starwood Preferred Guest member who recently redeemed SPG points for a stay at …
Hotels and resorts have watched airlines collect additional revenue for services that used to be free. According to The Seattle Times, airlines collected $ 12.5 billion in fees during 2011, and as the Sunshine State News reports hotels are going to try to …
http://news.yahoo.com/hotel-resort-fees-becoming-popular-revenue-enhancer-174500320.html