Priceline Resort Fees..

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I booked a trip to tampa for a few weeks from now.

We go every year, and stay on St Pete Beach, right on the Gulf of Mexico.

I usually bid on 3 star, or 4 star rooms only.

If you know how priceline works, you bid the star level, then what you will pay.

We lowball the piss out of them, I bid $50 per night for a 3.5 star room.

I was accepted on the first try.

After reading some reviews of the hotel, I learned that they charge a $25 dollar resort fee.

This fee includes paddleboats, internet access, and parking.

Do you guys think that amex will chargeback the money if I start a dispute after I pay the charges?

Do you guys think I’m being an idiot about the situation? I paid for an all inclusive room for 50 per night, and prepaid. Now they are basically going to dump a 50% tax on top of it.

Its not the money, we are staying for 5 nights, it would be 125 extra in fees, its just the principal. If I would have gotten a warning that said, hey you will agree to pay a $25 per night extra fee, then I would have bid elsewhere.

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would it hurt to try? seems like a dick move since you are saving so much, but I understand the principle

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Yeah that seems pretty gay, but find out what this fee covers completely before going apeshit.

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paddle boats, internet, and parking are worth a one time $25 fee, but not every night, that seems a little excessive.

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Actually, that seems pretty fair. $20/day is a usual parking fee I’ve seen…

BTW there’s also a toll to get onto the island. Street parking was like $1/hour like 4 years ago when I went there.

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pay to park at a hotel you are staying at? really?

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most big cities charge you to park at hotels. toronto is a guarantee for 20-30 a night.

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Yeah… most places where parking is limited.

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fee seems justified then…

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I’m sure you just missed the fine print, and may have a hard time even though AmEx is pretty consumer friendly.

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Maybe…
But he requested a $50 max hotel price…
not a $75 max.
Kinda goofy imo ;\

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I should have been more clear.

It is a 25 dollar per night fee. We are staying 5 nights, so its a $125 bullshit fee to park my car, and play on paddleboats (I probably won’t do that).

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Personally I would probably try to get the money back unless the hotel turned out to be worth it.

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I’m in the hotel business and that isn’t a bad resort fee. If places have limited parking (which some do) or they have a garage that is not a bad price. Some places I’ve been to (esp cities or very high traffic places) charge up to $20 a DAY for parking. If that fee includes activities and internet charges then you won’t get a per day charge as well. If you are going to be there for a few days the $25 resort fee is nothing…

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It is a tough call.

You agreed to pay $50 a night, not $75 per night.

Though they have to make money too. So I guess I’d say if the place ends up being really nice, forget about the $125. If it sucks, tell them you aren’t paying it.

Ugh after the rally my vaca with the fiancee is costing $250 per night. LoL

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the fee is $25 PER DAY. That is very high.

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Per Day? Well… I guess it depends. If parking, internet and activities are included I can see that as a justifiable cost. Hotels do that so it’s a combination all those charges into one amount as opposed to 5-6 charges additional per day…

shrug your call I guess… It’s a valid charge and a lot of hotels do a resort fee. I don’t really think you can dispute the charge.

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If it’s mandatory, why not just roll it into the room rate then instead of trying to be sneaky about it? It’s like the $100 in taxes and fees every time you want to book an airline ticket

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I’m headed to NYC friday and parking at the hotel is $25 per night :gotme:

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So, what resort is it?