Hilton hotels whose page answered
76
Print “mandatory charge per night”
29
Median a night, before tax
$30.00
Read on the hotels’ own pages through October 10, 2026. A hotel counts as Hilton’s when its name carries a Hilton brand or its fee was read on hilton.com, so of the 76 that answered, 14 are vacation clubs under a Hilton name. Another 332 Hilton hotels in our data could not be confirmed either way; a page we could not read says nothing, so they are in no figure here.
What Hilton’s sentence says
The 29 sentences are the same word for word but for the amount, across 13 cities. Read it in three parts.
- “Price includes” — the price shown beside it on the hotel’s page already has the charge in it.
- “USD mandatory charge per night” — a dollar amount, charged every night of the stay. Multiply it by your nights, or let the calculator do it.
- “but excludes taxes and government charges” — the price, charge included, is before tax. We record all 29 as tax added on top.
Mandatory charge or resort charge: one word apart
38 more Hilton hotels print the same sentence with “resort charge” where the others say “mandatory charge”: from $15.00 to $60.00 a night (median $35.00), before tax. The word is the only difference; both sentences say the price includes the charge and leaves out tax. Of those, 14 are vacation clubs under a Hilton name.
8 more state a nightly fee in their own words instead:
- Hilton Boston Park Plaza · Boston
“Daily $35 Mandatory Destination Charge includes: Premium guest internet access, daily $15 food and beverage credit (excludes room service), daily $15 dry-cleaning credit, Lynx Fitness Club access, and Press Reader access.”
- Hilton Anatole · Dallas
“Hilton Anatole requires a Daily Mandatory Charge of $32 which includes access to these special resort amenity perks:”
- Conrad Fort Lauderdale Beach · Fort Lauderdale
“Daily Resort Charge of $48 (plus tax) includes: Guest internet access; 2 bottles of spring water in room & on pool deck; 2 beach chairs & 1 umbrella; sunrise yoga classes;”
- Embassy Suites by Hilton Waikiki Beach Walk · Honolulu
“A daily resort charge of $45 USD grants full access to our fitness center”
- The Ambassador Hotel of Waikiki, Tapestry Collection by Hilton · Honolulu
“applies to all reservations, is a nightly charge of $45 USD* plus taxes”
- Conrad Las Vegas at Resorts World · Las Vegas
“The Daily Resort Fee charge added to all reservation is $55 plus tax.”
- Las Vegas Hilton at Resorts World · Las Vegas
“The Daily Resort Fee charge added to all reservation is $55 plus tax.”
- The Drayton Hotel Savannah, Curio Collection by Hilton · Savannah
“We charge a non-refundable Destination Amenity Fee of USD 32 plus tax per room per day to provide an exceptional experience at The Drayton Hotel and in the Historic District neighborhood.”
And one says it charges no resort fee. A sentence about a resort fee does not say whether a hotel has a mandatory charge.
- Hampton Inn Tropicana · Las Vegas
“We are minutes from the famous Las Vegas Strip, T Mobile Arena and the new Allegiant Stadium. No resort fees.”
Why it is listed as a mandatory charge, not a resort fee
Because that is what the sentence calls it. This site records a fee under the name the hotel uses, and “resort fee” is not in the sentence. The names these hotels’ pages give the charge are “Mandatory charge” (16 hotels), “Daily Mandatory Destination Charge” (7 hotels), “Destination charge” (3 hotels), “Daily Mandatory Charge” (2 hotels), “Mandatory Destination Charge” (1 hotel). None of them is “resort fee”, and none is renamed one here.
13 of the 29 list what the charge pays for on the page we read; the other 16 list nothing there. A page that lists nothing has not said the charge buys nothing, and an item it does list is not a reason to pay it: the charge is the same whether or not you use any of it.
In what it costs you, the name changes nothing. A charge you cannot decline, per night, before tax, is part of the price of the room whatever it is called — the point destination fee, facility fee, resort fee makes about the other names.
Every Hilton hotel we have read that prints it
The amount each states, the name its page uses, and the page we read it on. The hotel name opens everything we recorded about that hotel.
Canopy by Hilton Boston Downtown
Boston · called “Daily Mandatory Destination Charge” · Hotel’s page, read .
$35.00
a night, before tax
Embassy Suites by Hilton Chicago Downtown Magnificent Mile
Chicago · called “Mandatory charge” · Hotel’s page, read .
$25.00
a night, before tax
LondonHouse Chicago, Curio Collection by Hilton
Chicago · called “Mandatory charge” · Hotel’s page, read .
$25.00
a night, before tax
Sable at Navy Pier Chicago, Curio Collection by Hilton
Chicago · called “Mandatory charge” · Hotel’s page, read .
$29.00
a night, before tax
Embassy Suites by Hilton Fort Lauderdale 17th Street
Fort Lauderdale · called “Mandatory charge” · Hotel’s page, read .
$30.00
a night, before tax
Los Angeles · called “Daily Mandatory Destination Charge” · Hotel’s page, read .
$43.32
a night, before tax
Embassy Suites by Hilton Los Angeles International Airport North
Los Angeles · called “Daily Mandatory Charge” · Hotel’s page, read .
$12.00
a night, before tax
Nashville · called “Daily Mandatory Destination Charge” · Hotel’s page, read .
$30.00
a night, before tax
Embassy Suites by Hilton Nashville Downtown
Nashville · called “Daily Mandatory Destination Charge” · Hotel’s page, read .
$25.00
a night, before tax
Nashville · called “Daily Mandatory Destination Charge” · Hotel’s page, read .
$20.00
a night, before tax
Hotel Fraye Nashville, Curio Collection by Hilton
Nashville · called “Daily Mandatory Destination Charge” · Hotel’s page, read .
$25.00
a night, before tax
New Orleans · called “Destination charge” · Hotel’s page, read .
$30.00
a night, before tax
Hilton New Orleans/St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans · called “Destination charge” · Hotel’s page, read .
$25.00
a night, before tax
Motto by Hilton New York City Chelsea
New York · called “Daily Mandatory Destination Charge” · Hotel’s page, read .
$30.00
a night, before tax
Arizona Biltmore, LXR Hotels & Resorts
Phoenix · called “Daily Mandatory Charge” · Hotel’s page, read .
$59.00
a night, before tax
Canopy By Hilton San Antonio Riverwalk
San Antonio · called “Mandatory charge” · Hotel’s page, read .
$20.68
a night, before tax
Hilton San Antonio Hill Country
San Antonio · called “Mandatory charge” · Hotel’s page, read .
$32.00
a night, before tax
Signia by Hilton La Cantera Resort & Spa
San Antonio · called “Mandatory charge” · Hotel’s page, read .
$51.50
a night, before tax
Carte Hotel San Diego Downtown, Curio Collection by Hilton
San Diego · called “Mandatory charge” · Hotel’s page, read .
$35.00
a night, before tax
Embassy Suites by Hilton San Diego Bay Downtown
San Diego · called “Mandatory charge” · Hotel’s page, read .
$25.00
a night, before tax
Embassy Suites by Hilton San Diego La Jolla
San Diego · called “Mandatory charge” · Hotel’s page, read .
$20.00
a night, before tax
San Diego · called “Mandatory Destination Charge” · Hotel’s page, read .
$42.00
a night, before tax
Hilton San Diego Gaslamp Quarter
San Diego · called “Mandatory charge” · Hotel’s page, read .
$40.00
a night, before tax
Hotel La Jolla, Curio Collection by Hilton
San Diego · called “Mandatory charge” · Hotel’s page, read .
$40.00
a night, before tax
Seattle · called “Mandatory charge” · Hotel’s page, read .
$25.00
a night, before tax
The Charter Hotel Seattle, Curio Collection by Hilton
Seattle · called “Mandatory charge” · Hotel’s page, read .
$28.93
a night, before tax
Mountain Modern Sedona, Tapestry Collection by Hilton
Sedona · called “Destination charge” · Hotel’s page, read .
$30.00
a night, before tax
Washington · called “Mandatory charge” · Hotel’s page, read .
$30.00
a night, before tax
The Morrow Washington Dc, Curio Collection By Hilton
Washington · called “Mandatory charge” · Hotel’s page, read .
$30.00
a night, before tax
Questions people ask
- What is the mandatory charge on a Hilton booking?
- A nightly fee the hotel requires, stated on its own page as “Price includes $30.00 USD mandatory charge per night, but excludes taxes and government charges” — that is Conrad Nashville’s sentence, and the hotels that print it differ only in the amount.
- Is Hilton’s mandatory charge a resort fee?
- Not by its name: the sentence calls it a mandatory charge, and some of the same hotels’ pages call it “Daily Mandatory Destination Charge” or “Destination charge”. It is a dollar amount per night, stated on the hotel’s own page, that the hotel says is mandatory, and the name does not change what you pay.
- How much is the Hilton mandatory charge?
- At the 29 Hilton hotels whose own page prints the sentence, from $12.00 to $59.00 a night (median $30.00), before tax, read through October 10, 2026. The amount differs from hotel to hotel; the list on this page has each one.
- Is tax charged on the Hilton mandatory charge?
- The sentence says the price “excludes taxes and government charges”, so tax is added to the price with the charge in it. All 29 of the sentences we read end that way.
- Does Hilton show the charge before you book?
- On the hotel’s own page, for most of the Hilton hotels we could read: 67 of the 76 Hilton hotels whose page said either way print a sentence saying the price shown includes a nightly charge and excludes taxes and government charges (29 call it a mandatory charge, 38 a resort charge). 8 more state a nightly fee in their own words, and 1 says it charges no resort fee. The tax is not in that price. This is what the hotels’ pages print: we have not read Hilton’s checkout screens, and 332 Hilton hotels could not be confirmed either way.
- Does every Hilton hotel charge one?
- Not every one whose page we read prints it. Of the 76 Hilton hotels whose own page said either way, 29 print a mandatory charge, 38 print the same sentence as a resort charge, 8 state a fee in other words and 1 says it charges no resort fee. Of those 76, 14 are vacation clubs under a Hilton name. A sentence about a resort fee does not say whether a hotel has a mandatory charge. Another 332 could not be confirmed either way, which tells you nothing about their charge.
- Is the Hilton charge waived on a points stay?
- Hilton Honors’ terms (Effective July 15, 2026, read September 26, 2026) say: “At Participating Hotels with resort fees, Members on Reward stays booked using all Points or using a promotional free night reward certificate (e.g., issued by credit card partners, etc.) will not pay resort fees.” They name resort fees, not a mandatory charge. Of the Hilton hotels whose own page prints the sentence, 38 call it a resort charge and 29 a mandatory charge, and the terms do not say whether they mean the second.
Whether tax is charged on a resort fee in general is in is tax charged on a resort fee, and the charges some hotels add beside the fee are in what other fees hotels charge. Hilton beside Marriott, MGM Resorts and the other companies we have read is in resort fees by hotel company.