However, in the interest of making a few extra dollars, hotels started to charge every guest a “resort fee.” Therefore, whether a guest used the amenity or not, the resort fee was added to every guest’s bill. Meaning, the guest only had to pay the additional gym fee if they used the gym. In the past, many hotels charged their guests an extra fee if they wanted to, for example, use the gym or pool for one day. Granted, most hotels simply include amenities in their total price anyway. Lots of hotels use nightly resort fees to cover the cost of the hotel’s extra amenities.
