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Update: Palms Has A Resort Fee

Posted by Chuckmonster on 6 Oct 2011
Along with the whole host of other changes at Palms, VT tipster Tom tells us that the hotel is on the verge of enacting a daily resort fee. The new fee, purported to be under $15,...

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Caesars Enlists Showgirls Help In Anti-Resort Fee Publicity Stunt

Posted by Chuckmonster on 21 Jul 2011
Whats better than two boobs marketing against resort fees? One hundred boobs marketing against resort fees! Taking a cue from last year's "No Resort Fees" event at Planet Hollywood hosted by Holly Madison, Caesars Entertainment...

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I Want My. I Want My. I Want My Resort Fees!

Posted by Chuckmonster on 25 Jan 2011
Ladies and gentlemen, we are proud to (finally) present our constantly updated list of Las Vegas resort fees, what they cost and what they include, if anything. I want my. I want my resort fees. Now look...

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MGM Grand Adds Non-Smoking Guarantee Fee

Posted by Chuckmonster on 20 Jan 2011
Before I quit two years ago, I smoked a pack and a half of cigs a day, double that if I was in Vegas on a bender. It took about a year to get...

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Silverton Resort Fee Includes The Free Shuttle

Posted by Chuckmonster on 20 Jan 2011
Should you be interested in taking your family on a fishing trip at the Silverton - a lodge/hotel/casino/Bass Pro Shop a coupla exits south of The Strip on the 15 - we've got a little...

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TI Pencils Out The Resort Fee

Posted by Chuckmonster on 24 Nov 2010
VT reader MinVegas just pointed out to us that the fine feathered folks at Treasure Island have decided to make an argument on their website that the resort fee is a good value. If it is...

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Wynn Introduces The Extra Bed Fee

Posted by JohnH on 19 Nov 2010
While checking the various rates at Wynn and Encore during the days preceding Cosmopolitan's opening in twenty-six days, I both was and was not surprised to see that Wynn has finally introduced the tiered, "If...

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MGM Drops Resort Fee Bomb : Everyone Is Getting Them Including Bellagio!

Posted by Chuckmonster on 3 Nov 2010
Well, leave it up to MGM Resorts International boss Jim Murren to break the news that all MGM properties that haven't yet instituted resort fees will be doing so by the time 2011 clocks in,...

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Vdara To Increase Resort Fees

Posted by Chuckmonster on 2 Nov 2010
Ready to get burned a little bit more at Vdara? We've heard rumblings that the Bellagio and Aria adjacent non-smoking, non-gaming condotel is planning on increasing their resort fee by 20% from $15 to...

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Vdara Offers A Whole New Way To Get Burned

Posted by Chuckmonster on 18 Oct 2010
Capitalizing on their newfound notoriety as the only Las Vegas resort that threatens the health and safety of its guests, Vdara is offering a their guests a whole new way of getting burned - accepting...

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Bargain? Mirage $800/nt

Posted by Chuckmonster on 12 Oct 2010
Time to break out the tinfoil construction hats... Aria has sold out one night in October and the Mirage is charging $800/night on the night of the Vegas Podcast-A-Palooza. No, it ain't a typo... unless the...

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Bend Over, The Aria Resort Fee Is Coming For Christmas

Posted by JohnH on 5 Oct 2010
A month ago, we told you that Aria would soon be charging a daily resort fee. Well, hot on the heels of charging for your extra queen bed, that time has come... is coming...is...

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Coming Soon To Aria: Simon Cowell's X Factor, Iron Chef America and Resort Fees!

Posted by Chuckmonster on 30 Aug 2010
What do Simon Cowell, Iron Chef America and Resort Fees have in common? If you said "they all suck" you would be only partially correct. The real answer is that all three...

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Pencil: Vegas Resort Fees and Retail Pricing

Posted by Chuckmonster on 3 Aug 2010
Resort fees. A subject which divides tourists almost as much as top brass at competing casinos. On one side are those who argue that if good stuff comes with the fees, then...

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Wynn Resort Fee : The New Fine Print

Posted by Chuckmonster on 21 Jun 2010
As they promised the Wynn Las Vegas technocrats have re-arranged their reservation system to properly accommodate their newly implemented resort fee. Previously, the additional fee was hidden in a terms and conditions link that nobody ever...

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VegasGang #48 - Wynn Resort Fee, MGM and More

Posted by Chuckmonster on 18 Jun 2010
The Admiral has just posted Episode #48 of the Vegas Gang wherein we discuss news from Wynncore including the resort fee and staffing reductions, MGM Mirage's name change, tracking CityCenter's performance, the LVRJ / Righthaven...

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Rio Uses VT To Fight Dirty

Posted by MikeE on 18 Jun 2010
Ugh. When will this stop? Shortly after we broke the news that Wynn would be implementing a resort fee, Caesars Palace was quick to throw a bitchslap at their bronzed neighbors up the street. Now Rio...

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The Wynn Resort Renovation Fee Theory

Posted by Chuckmonster on 14 Jun 2010
Since we broke the story that Wynn Las Vegas would be adding resort fee, many of us have been searching for sound reasoning to justify such an abrupt about face. In addition to our...

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Wynn Resort Fee: Wynn Responds To You

Posted by Chuckmonster on 11 Jun 2010
I just got a message from Wynn Resorts spokesperson Jennifer Dunne in reference to the raging discussion inspired by the addition of a $20 resort fee to all Resort room bookings. After reading...

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Wynn Resort Fee : A Theory

Posted by JohnH on 11 Jun 2010
I've spent the 24 hours ruminating over why Wynn Las Vegas has introduced its new resort fee and I think I've come up with a workable answer. Mike E commented on the original post that while...

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Wynn Resort Fee : The Fine Print

Posted by Chuckmonster on 11 Jun 2010
Wynn Las Vegas' reservation system is back online and now features the fine print of the resort fee, squirreled away under the "Terms and Conditions" link / checkbox AFTER you put in your credit card...

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Caesars Palace Bitchslaps Wynn's Resort Fee

Posted by Chuckmonster on 10 Jun 2010
Golly, that didn't take long... barely an two hours after we broke the news of Wynn Las Vegas introducing a resort fee, the Caesars Palace internet Borg brains opened up a squeeze tube of bitchslap...

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Update: Wynn Las Vegas Adds Resort Fee

Posted by Chuckmonster on 10 Jun 2010
From the anonymous tip line comes word that Wynn Las Vegas and Encore have added a $20 resort fee to their standard rooms. Our attempt to confirm this reveals that the Wynncore reservation system...

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The Palazzo's Prestige

Posted by Chuckmonster on 18 May 2010
While we weren't looking, The Palazzo has added a completely new tier to their room offerings, code named Prestige. No, these aren't new rooms, but instead an offer to particular guests to upgrade...

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MGM Mirage Round Up: New Name, New Players Club, New Rooms at MGM

Posted by Chuckmonster on 20 Apr 2010
This morning, MGM Mirage filed paperwork with its shareholders requesting to change the company's name to MGM Resorts International, or via acronym MRI. The name change is intended to change perceptions from MGM Mirage being primarily...

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