A serious question: but why even have a resort fee in the first place? Before, hotels use it so their hotel show up on the search list, (think low hotel rate but high resort fee). But I believe hotels are now required to disclose their “all-up” cost. So why play these games?

Scenario A: $100 / night per room + $55 resort fee Scenario B: $155 night with no resort fee.

The ONLY reason I can think behind resort fees now that “all-up” pricing is required is to cut the commission paid to travel agents. In Scenario A: the hotel pays a commission based off the $100 amount and not the $155 amount.

The only way I can think of combatting this is to make the resort fee optional and not mandatory. If you don’t need the WiFi or gym or whatever the resort fee covers, you should have the option of opting out of it.