MGM RESORT FEES are illegal

MGM is in the business of using a hidden charge to their pricing.  They may advertise a room rate of $100.  But when you check in, they will also apply a "RESORT FEE" of $25, something you have no option of turning down.  Everybody pays resort fees, thus they are part of the price of the room.

Since when are hidden fees legal or ethical?  Just because they spent their ass on City Center, why should they swindle the consomer?  If you want $125 for a room, then advertise it at $125!

Stay away from these MGM properties that charge resort fees:  MGM, Mandalay Bay, Luxor, Excalibur, New York New York, Monte Carlo, Bellagio, Mirage and Circus Circus.

This summer by Labor Day, Cesars properties were packed, but the MGM properties were uncrowded.  It seems as though "Resort Fee" fatigue had set in.

SEND THEM A MESSAGE, STAY ELSEWHERE OR WALK AWAY WHEN YOU CHECK IN!

I went to the MGM website.  I looked at a room for $145.  They added $17.40 for tax, then stated a daily "Resort Fee" of $25 will also be tacked on and that Resort Fee will also be taxed too.

Why can't they just advertise the room at $170?  Wouldn't that be the truth?  No, by advertising the room at $145, they claim they stay more price competitive, yet everybody pays the resort fee, so it's a hidden charge!

SHAME ON MGM, SWINDLING CUSTOMERS BECAUSE THEY LOST THEIR ASS ON CITY CENTER.  FOLKS, THEY ARE MAKING YOU PAY FOR THEIR BAD BUSINESS DECISIONS.

Well folks, consumers don't like to be treated in this manner.  Cesars entertainment (and I don't work for them) doesn't practice resort fees.  They even claim on billboards that their hotels are in a "NO RESORT FEE ZONE!"

When I lived in Los Angeles and visited Las Vegas usually once a month, the costs weren't so bad.  But Vegas has shot up the price of everything!  Food used to be a loss-leader, now it's a big profit maker for the hotels.  You can't find a hamburger on the strip for less than $11.  Even bottle water is $3 a pop in most casinos,  Now think about this, it's 110 degrees outside and people are wilting, but some refuse to pay the $3.   So they get dehydrated, go take a nap or go to sleep early, leaving less time to spend money.  If the casinos were smart, they'd give the water away free.  BTW, the only drinking fountains I could find were at the Monte Carlo by Starbucks near the City Center Tram and the Venetian near the bathrooms by the sportsbook.

Because Vegas has overbuilt, overspent, they are passing the buck to the consumer.  Since I live there now, I'm looking for ways to avoid the high prices.  If you think I'm cheap, too bad, others appreicate my advice.

PS.  there are illegal vendors selling bottled water on the bridges crossing vegas blvd usually for a buck.

I too buy the $1 water.  Aha, we have something in common!  But I've seen Bellagio employees come out to the bridge and tell the vendors, "you better leave guys, I just called the cops"

That makes no sense at all, you called the cops and then you're going to warn the vendors, so the cops will show up to nothing?  That is just scare tactics by the casinos to protect their $3 water.

Once again, mrquija, you generosity is much better than mine and you always point that out, over and over again just how generous you are.

I wish i could be more like you.

casears ent. makes up the no resort fees with the worst odds in craps in the whole town........really.......

Read this article, notice the comments:

https://www.vegaschatter.com/story/2012/3/8/14625/41719/vegas-travel/Who+Do+They+Think+They+Are%3F+MGM+Resorts+Bumps+Up+All+Its+Resort+Fees

Any hotel has the right to charge whatever they want.  But do they have the right to use deceptive advertising?  The resort fees ARE NOT AN OPTION CUSTOMERS CAN CHOOSE TO PAY OR NOT CHOOSE TO PAY.  They are mandatory, therefore part of the price.

MGM has choosen to go the low road, banking on customers' apathy and stupidity.  And it has worked so far.  Their income is up.