Just when we thought we’d tackled this topic from every conceivable angle, we received this query and realized that we haven’t addressed this specific query, although we’ve touched on the answer, so here’s what is possibly the last piece of the resort-fee picture (until some hotel dreams up another stealth charge, or the whole practice is deemed illegal, or some other twist we haven't yet thought of...).
The short answer to your question is that, in Las Vegas, some non-gaming properties charge a resort fee, while others don’t. The answer as to why this is the case lies beyond the scope of this answer, and we don’t wish to get embroiled in any political or philosophical debates about corporate policy or ethics. We’ll just stick to some facts:
So, there’s what most readers will probably deem the "bad news"; for those of you allergic to hotel resort fees, we can confirm that the non-gaming and non-smoking Platinum on E. Flamingo does NOT charge a resort fee and neither does the non-smoking eco-friendly Element in Summerlin. Likewise the Renaissance on Paradise, but aside from these three, we can’t think of any other high-end non-gaming hotels that haven’t jumped on the resort-fee bandwagon now. For the lowdown on what the charges actually comprise at all the resorts -- gaming and non-gaming -- that do charge them, check our our Hotel Resort Fee listings.
