{"id":8784,"date":"2015-03-25T15:37:49","date_gmt":"2015-03-25T15:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/2015\/03\/25\/class-action-lawsuit-says-las-vegas-strip-casinos-hid-resort-fees\/"},"modified":"2015-03-25T15:37:49","modified_gmt":"2015-03-25T15:37:49","slug":"class-action-lawsuit-says-las-vegas-strip-casinos-hid-resort-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/2015\/03\/25\/class-action-lawsuit-says-las-vegas-strip-casinos-hid-resort-fees\/","title":{"rendered":"Class-action lawsuit says Las Vegas Strip casinos hid resort fees"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nA class-action lawsuit filed in a California federal court alleges the Venetian and Palazzo resorts hid daily resort fees from travelers booking rooms at the Las Vegas Strip properties.<\/p>\n

\tThe lawsuit filed earlier this month said Benjamin Brin of Studio City in Southern California booked a three-night stay at the Venetian last June but the nightly $209 room rate didn\u2019t include the daily resort fee. There was no mention of it until Brin received an emailed reservation confirmation that noted the fee would be added to each night\u2019s stay, the lawsuit said.<\/p>\n

\tA spokesman for Las Vegas Sands, which owns the casinos, declined to comment on the lawsuit.<\/p>\n

\tBrin\u2019s attorney Brian Kabateck described the fee and efforts by hotels to not do more to publicize it, \u201cfundamentally unfair.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWhy don\u2019t they post it all over the place,\u201d he said Tuesday by phone.<\/p>\n

\tThe vast majority of Las Vegas hotel-casinos charge resort fees the properties say cover the use of Internet, a gym, pool or other amenities whether the customer uses them or not.<\/p>\n

\tThe Venetian and the Palazzo charge a $29 daily fee.<\/p>\n

\tThe Federal Trade Commission warned hotel operators in a 2012 letter that they should avoid misrepresenting the prices quoted to customers by clearly including the unavoidable daily resort fees.<\/p>\n

\tSince a December redesign to the websites for the Venetian and the Palazzo, the fee is noted before a person books a room, but the amount isn\u2019t included in the grand total.<\/p>\n

\tLas Vegas Sands prevailed in a prior 2012 class action case against it, also involving resort fees, which is now on appeal with California\u2019s 9th Circuit Court.<\/p>\n

\tThe latest case noted that since the last suit was dismissed in 2013 until the company redesigned its booking site last December after receiving a warning letter from Kabateck\u2019s law firm, Las Vegas Sands made no mention of the daily resort fee until after a room was booked.<\/p>\n

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Posted by:<\/strong> Dr Crapology on March 26, 2015, 12:32 pm<\/p>\n

Sounds like a bait and switch—offer what looks like a very low room rate and when the customer shows up–there are charges ( think resort fees) that are a surprise when your check in or even worse when you check out. The casinos should be regulated just like the airlines—the price quoted includes all the added charges including taxes, resort fees etc. Hard for the customer to know what his or her cost might be.<\/p>\n

\tDoc<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted by:<\/strong> Cmcierra on March 29, 2015, 2:10 pm<\/p>\n

I agree, last time I booked at the Venetian, the resort fees were not mentioned until I checked out. It was a big shock to find out they were added to my daily stay price for the room. This should be changed to give the customer a heads up to know what the actual room per night fee is going to be.<\/p>\n

\tCmcierra<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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