Golden Nugget "Fremont Street Experience Fee"

The difference being . . . . ?
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Originally posted by: Chilcoot
The difference being . . . . ?


They didn't raise the room rates. They added a fee. You said "All this over Golden Nugget's decision to hike the room rates $5. Read what you wrote. In their fine print, which not very many people read(and it's their own fault) is where they say you pay the fee when you check in. This where they screw people over.
Who cares what they call it?

It's just a $5 room rate hike. Get a room, pay $5 extra a night. That's it! So what if they call it a "Fremont Street Experience Fee"? Who cares?

If the increased rate is too much, go somewhere with a better price. Look at the bottom of your legs, those are feet. Use 'em! Go!

At this point, all one can do is just laugh at how unhinged people get over the name attached to a small hotel room price increase.

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Originally posted by: Chilcoot
Who cares what they call it?

It's just a $5 room rate hike. Get a room, pay $5 extra a night. That's it! If the increased rate is too much, go somewhere with a better price. Look at the bottom of your legs, those are feet. Use 'em! Go!

So what if they call it a "Fremont Street Experience Fee"? Who cares?

At this point, all one can do is just laugh at how unhinged people get over the name attached to a small hotel room price increase.


Look at it this way. The Feds made the airlines add all their fees into the cost of the tickets and fully disclose them when you first start to book your tickets. Why can't the hotels do the same thing.

RAY'S HOTEL AND CASINO ROOM RATES

MONDAY-THURSDAY NIGHTS: $57 PER NIGHT ($14.00 RESORT FEE + $3.00 HOTEL TAX INCLUDED)

This way you know before you start the booking process what your total cost for your stay will be. It's not that hard to do..... Well for some people it might be.

Ray

The upset is obviously not over how much it is or what they call it, but the deceptive business practice of attempting to hide the cost from the non-savvy traveler. I get even by coupon abuse and slow play for drinks. It all works out....in my favor.
We've about worn out the resort fee (now FSE fee apparently) discussion. Summary: No one likes resort fees (FSE fees). No one. But most consumers are savvy enough to discern the additional cost and decide whether they want to stay at the property. But others consider it a line in the sand, a litmus test, if you will.

I will factor in the base cost of the room, factor in the additional fees, consider the property, quality of room, amenities, pay tables, fun factor, reputation for customer service, etc. and then decide whether to book a room. But that's just me.
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Originally posted by: rayxtwo
Look at it this way. The Feds made the airlines add all their fees into the cost of the tickets and fully disclose them when you first start to book your tickets. Why can't the hotels do the same thing.
If you go back to page 1 of this thread you'll see I said the same thing. Here, I'll save the the trouble . . . .
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Originally posted by: Chilcoot
Resort fees are giving Nevada's leading industry a black eye. I think the Nevada Legislature ought to ban them, and require hotels to roll all required charges (other than room taxes) into the room rate. DOT just did that successfully with airline tickets, Nevada could do the same with hotel rooms.
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Originally posted by: alanleroyII
The upset is obviously not over how much it is or what they call it, but the deceptive business practice of attempting to hide the cost from the non-savvy traveler.
Everone in this thread knows about resort fees and has the skills to account for them. What's hilarious is how hysterical they still get.

And they're not getting hysterical over the misfortunes of unaware travelers. They're hysterical for themselves, banging their head, stamping their feet, refusing to stay at any of what's now a vast majority of Vegas properties that price their rooms this way.

And so now it's just funny.
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Originally posted by: friedmush
We've about worn out the resort fee (now FSE fee apparently) discussion. Summary: No one likes resort fees (FSE fees). No one. But most consumers are savvy enough to discern the additional cost and decide whether they want to stay at the property. But others consider it a line in the sand, a litmus test, if you will.

I will factor in the base cost of the room, factor in the additional fees, consider the property, quality of room, amenities, pay tables, fun factor, reputation for customer service, etc. and then decide whether to book a room. But that's just me.


That's the problem today. People are just lemmings and just jump off the cliff. If something's wrong, the discussion should NEVER end, no matter what it is. The problem is that there are three big players in Vegas and they can do what ever they want. The government never should have let these monopoly's happen. There's no competition for your money anymore on the strip and that's why they get away with it.

Ray
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Originally posted by: Chilcoot

Everone in this thread knows about resort fees and has the skills to account for them. What's hilarious is how hysterical they still get.

And they're not getting hysterical over the misfortunes of unaware travelers. They're hysterical for themselves, banging their head, stamping their feet, refusing to stay at any of what's now a vast majority of Vegas properties that price their rooms this way.




How do you know? Maybe they're taking a stand on principles rather than self interest.
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