Resort and parking fees are two good reasons why the hotels' complaints about the recent plan to increase hotel taxes are disingenuous. If they were afraid of losing customers because of higher fees, they should eliminate the resort and parking fees.

Everyone hates them. They are just a way to make their high room rates seem more reasonable—until one sees the full costs, often on the next page or two when booking online. These fees are everywhere: Hawaii, Anaheim, Las Vegas. They make the Excalibur initially appear to be the same price as the TraveLodge which doesn't impose such a fee.

I think these fees should be illegal nationwide.