[rktman]

Even self parking costs now. In the past, valet was "free". If you wanted quick pick up, you tipped well when you dropped the car. I've even got "up front" parking for as little as $5.oo. Now valet parking is not free at most casinos unless you are a certain level or above in their players club system. Not a fan of this. So, we stick closer to home.

[sickoflibs]

The nice thing about fees (to them) is that the sucker probably finds out about them when its too late.

If people stop going to those hotels they will eventually change

[CodeToad]

Resort vacations are no longer fun. The expense has taken the fun out of it. Vegas, Disney, theme parks, any tourist spot now has more hand in my pockets than my shorts can bear.

[Tax-chick]

Resort fees typically cover in-room Wi-Fi and local phone calls as well as access to fitness centers and swimming pools. Of course, the fee is charged whether or not you use the amenities.

I assume there's a tax reason that this sort of overhead is booked as a separate fee rather than rolled into the room charges. Why not a "fee" for electricity and water, too?

[Snickering Hound]

The whales will keep coming but it will keep the riffraff out.

[Responsibility2nd]

I would wager that the average cost to stay 3-4 days in Vegas is still far far cheaper than the same stay in a Disney theme park.

[PGR88]

The strip is not at all walkable
I love the weather
Any decent restaurant is crazy expensive, as are all non-gambling activities
I was surprised how often I smelled weed.
I want to see the Vegas Knights win the Stanley Cup

[TexasGator]

Been a few years but when you have to hold your nose from the stench and fend off the hawkers it is no fun.

[MeganC]

Resort fees to me are a form of fraud and false advertising.

If my room costs $100 but I am REQUIRED to pay a $25 ‘resort fee’ to reserve the room then my actual reservation costs me $125.

By shuffling costs into the resort fee category the hotels are then advertising a lower and UNTRUE room rate.

The practice is fraudulent and should be put to an end ASAP.

But for now my family refuses to stay anywhere that has a resort fee.

[M. Thatcher]

Fewer people are visiting Las Vegas. One insider thinks hotel resort and parking fees are to blame

Yeah, because it couldn't POSSIBLY be due to the biggest mass shooting in U.S. history, still basically unsolved.

Just because the media has tried to memory-hole the massacre, doesn't mean people have forgotten.

[Envisioning]

One insider thinks hotel resort and parking fees are to blame....

Or it could be no one is interested in getting gunned down in a mass shooting only to have the authorities cover up, hide the facts and put out some BS story line.

Nah, its probably the parking fees....

[willk]

The resort fees keep going up and up. Some casinos charge $43. Then they charge an early check in fee. Then exzorbanant ATM fees after they take your money.

[Sicon]

I was in Vegas in 2004, and again last year. In 2004, it was sleazy, but nowhere near as bad as it is now. Filthy lowlifes everywhere, and young prostitutes on every corner, many of whom certainly didn't look old enough to be driving, much less selling themselves on the streets of that disgusting town.

I really don't get the allure of Vegas, but then I am not really a gambler or a customer of prostitutes, so maybe that's it.

[moovova]

Been to Vegas once and parking was free. Have no desire to return...so I don’t have to worry about parking/resort fees.

HOWEVER...I’m currently binge-watching the Dennis Quaid/Michael Chicklas series “Vegas” on Prime...and it’s great. It’s set in 1960 and love the old cars (even if some of the prop cars are newer years).

[sevlex]

So, the decline wouldn’t have anything to do with that mass slaughter and coverup, right?

[jiggyboy]

“Resort fees” are false advertising and fraud, plain and simple.

[mac_truck]

If you’re not getting comped to stay at a casino hotel, you’re not doing it right.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

It is convenient to be able to stay at the casino where you do the most gambling, but there are a few decent hotels right off the strip that don't have resort fees, and the walk to the strip is not along the strip so very little harassment and smoke.

There's a trick where you slip a $20 in with your credit card when you check in to get an upgrade. It was on the internet so it might be so overused now that it's no longer a thing, but it's worth a try.

The California train to nowhere should have gone between LA and Vegas. If that had happened there would be a lot of people who wouldn't have to park a car.

[Reno89519]

We were just in Vegas last week, my first visit in a year. What a change... incredible resort fees and now parking fees everywhere. $9+ after an hour!!! Big turn off.

Definitely not in a rush to return.

[Paulie]

Now that Steve Wynn’s all but gone and the board has mental midgets like Dee Dee Myers there, you can expect things to start going downhill in Vegas from here on.

Plus Nevada in general is going full California politically, and that’s always bad for business.

Finally, seems that there are casinos popping up everywhere, so people have an alternative.

[Migraine]

Wife and I like to get away from everything at least once a year. We need some down time, some “us” time, and time to study and pray together. A 5-day stay there is about right. And we are comped. We stay at the Station casinos, especially Sunset Station, next to Galeria, Walmart, good food. Parking is free. The hotel is large, and has the best race/sportsbook I know of.

We have driven to the strip a few times to see, say, the Jersey Boys at Paris, Kelly Clarkson at Mandalay, and the Lion King. Otherwise, we could do our entire stay right there in that customer-friendly neighborhood hotel casino.

We live in AZ next door, so the trip is just a nice drive for us.

But you guys are right — the strip and downtown are just a bad trip made worse.