Tourist claims she was charged $200 for using wall socket at Las Vegas hotel

Daily Mail ^ | 10/09/2025 | Alyssa Guzman

[vespa300]

It was better when the mob ran it. Things were free back then. They just wanted you at the tables.

[Palio di Siena]

Cities were better when the mob ran them

[George from New England]

Does she know if its got a hidden camera in it?

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Why does a tray have to be plugged in? Why isn't the outlet a standard duplex outlet?

[BobL]

Obviously a fake story, but Las Vegas deserves the bad PR anyway, given all the other crap that they do.

[jroehl]

People are gambling less.

[mikey_hates_everything]

BYOG. Bring your own generator. This is old news. LV hotels are charging extra for electricity use. Don’t be surprised if coin-operated TVs come back, too. The place isn’t worth any of this nonsense. The mob knew how to treat customers.

[PAR35]

Why does a tray have to be plugged in?

Probably because of the sensors used to track charges for anything that's removed (or in some cases, moved). It's not like they can trust the staff to keep count.

[j.havenfarm]

Maybe not fake, but not newsworthy. Fluke, atypical event. They gouge, but not on electricity. But newsworthiness doesn’t seem to be the standard for whether information is put out as news these days

[madison10]

She wasn’t charged for the electricity, she was charged for the drinks or whatever was on the tray.

[Drew68]

Obviously a fake story, but Las Vegas deserves the bad PR anyway, given all the other crap that they do.

Yeah, I suspect Sharina is leaving out some pertinent details.

I do wonder however, are there so few wall sockets in the hotel room that you'd have to unplug something to charge your phone?

I haven't been to Vegas in ages but I stay at hotels all the time on travel and both sockets and USB ports are plentiful.

[smokingfrog]

[Jonty30]

That’s why you get one of those dual sockets, so the tray can remain plugged in.

[bigbob]

Go solar!

[RummyChick]

I was just there. Part of Paris checks in at Horseshoe.

I had no snack tray like that. I had an empty fridge .

It’s probably a weight sensitive tray similar to a fridge.

“Resort Executive Suite” is a great suite if you can get a deal on it but don’t stay facing the sphere. Super noisy due to Flamingo road. There must be some employees from somewhere that drive super charged loud motorcycles

[paulcissa]

Not fake at all. I was in a swanky Vegas resort for three days in Sept. for a business conference. I arrived late and tired after 10 hours of travel. I decided my company would buy me an overpriced refreshment from the mini-bar/fridge. I made the mistake of taking four containers out to read what they were. Of course, when I checked out my bill included $56 for refreshments on day one.

They fixed the bill and I ultimately paid for what I consumed. The fellow at the counter was openly critical of the policy and complained about how much extra work gets created by it.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

The tray has a sensor in it that will note when something is removed.

Some guests will unplug the tray take stuff like a bottle of vodka from the tray and then replace it with a bottle that has been filled with water for example.

[mikey_hates_everything]

Water meters on every room next.

[GSWarrior]

What is the wi-fi fee, I wonder

[RummyChick]

Except that everything on that tray would likely cost more than $56 each day. So I think they have come up with a magic number as a penalty.