Over the years, we’ve seen the increasing trend of hotels charging either resort fees or destination fees. These are essentially junk fees intended to sneakily boost revenue.
Different hotel groups have different ways they handle these fees on award bookings. For example, World of Hyatt waives these fees when redeeming points for all members, which is a nice touch. Marriott, on the other hand, doesn’t waive these fees when redeeming points.
However, here’s a new one — a Marriott property in Hawaii has found a way to charge a resort fee when redeeming points, but not when paying cash.
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So when you look at making a points booking, you’ll now notice the $60 daily fee disclosed.
Okay, that sort of sucks, but this isn’t uncommon in Hawaii, so how mad can you really be? Well, here’s the interesting twist on this — the resort fee is only being charged when redeeming points, and not when paying cash. So this is quite literally a tax on award redemptions.
A great solo travel tip spotted this week on One Mile at a Time.
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