Hidden charges: Hotels follow airlines in adding extra fees

I found a $5 hotel room at Palace Station in Las Vegas to rest overnight on a trip to Utah. My $5 pre-paid room became over $25 on departure with the added on 'resort fee'. All I wanted was 5 hours of sleep and a shower, so I guess it was More..

Price outbundling is an insidious practise that should be regulated out of existence. They get to advertise the flight to atlanta for $99 but how much did it end up costing? Four, Five times more? And don't kid yourself, airlines don't More..

I am building on the information in this story to take an in depth look at hotel fees in another article. I had a great conversation with Bjorn Hanson at NYU about why hotels do this and how to get around some of the fees.