Priceline Hotel: How to avoid bidding hotels which charge resort fees?

[Zoolantz]

Hi,

 

I'm looking to stay in Downtown Disney area.  If I 'name my own price' on 4* hotels in that area, will I end up getting a resort hotel that charges resort fees on top of hotel rate?  How do I avoid such hotels.  The Hilton Lake Buena Vista, for example, charges $27/night.  

 

Thanks.

[thereuare]

If avoiding a resort fee is your primary goal then you would be better served to use PRICELINE EXPRESS or HOTWIRE as both will usually show you any resort fee amount before your purchase (although it's not guaranteed that any additional fee would be shown nor is either service under an obligation to do so) but this would be a good start. From there you can further try to take an educated guess as to the hotel offered to have additional confidence that the hotel does not charge a resort fee.

If the resort fee is a 'make or break', you can use our additional site ResortFee.com that will allow you to search only hotels that don't charge additional resort fees. ;)

What are the dates of your stay? Which zones are acceptable and what is your target budget per nite for this trip?

Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases... or thru our sister site MAPS and HOTELS.com for your regular rate purchases.

[AaronJB]

Additionally, the other issue becomes figuring in the resort fee into the total vs a listing that doesn't have one. If there's a 4* on Hot.wire or PRICELINE EXPRESS without a resort fee for $100, you might see a 4* listing with a $20 resort fee and a $75 price tag - save the $5 per night. In Orlando it's going to be difficult to avoid a resort fee - many hotels charge them.

 

Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases... or thru our sister site MAPS and HOTELS.com for your regular rate purchases.

[Zoolantz]

Thank you for your response.  I just hate surprises.  Some hotels charge $27/night resort fee, plus parking.  That's quite excessive, in my opinion.  

[yellowdog]

What are the dates of your stay? Which zones are acceptable and what is your target budget per nite for this trip?

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Let us know the information above so we can help you further with your stay.

 

Please use the PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links on the board to begin your travel purchases... or thru our sister site MAPS and HOTELS.com for your regular rate purchases.

 

Yellowdog.