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Resort fees in 2026: what 584 hotels’ own websites say
We read each hotel’s own website, not a booking site’s summary, and recorded the fee in the hotel’s own words with the link and the date. Checked through October 21, 2026.
- hotels looked up
- 2,772
- 65 US cities
- of those that answered charge one
- 86%
- 503 of 584
- median fee a night
- $35
- before tax
- say they charge none
- 81
- in their own words
2,188 of the 2,772 hotels we looked up did not say either way on their own website, or would not load for us. They are left out of every figure on this page: never counted as a fee, and never as “no fee”. That is why the share above is out of the 584 hotels that answered.
See what a stay costs with every fee in the total
See room prices for Dec 21 – Dec 24, with every fee counted, in:
What it adds to a stay
At the median, a three-night stay carries $105 in resort fees before tax, paid on top of the room rate. Most hotels add their local hotel tax to the fee as well. 40 of the 503 stated fees come with a condition (a waiver for longer stays, say, or for booking direct), and 22 hotels name a second nightly charge beside the fee. Both are shown on each hotel’s page.
City by city
Ranked by median stated fee. A city is ranked only when at least 5 of its hotels state a fee, because a median of two hotels describes two hotels, not a city.
| # | City | Median a night | Range | State a fee | Say none |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Las Vegas | $50.00$10–$55 | 27 of 401 none | ||
| 2 | Honolulu | $45.00$30–$59 | 31 of 403 none | ||
| 3 | Key West | $45.00$25–$69 | 23 of 585 none | ||
| 4 | Naples | $45.00$22–$57 | 7 of 39— | ||
| 5 | Palm Springs | $44.00$20–$59 | 17 of 592 none | ||
| 6 | Fort Lauderdale | $40.00$7–$60 | 13 of 562 none | ||
| 7 | Laguna Beach | $40.00$25–$65 | 7 of 241 none | ||
| 8 | Los Angeles | $40.00$12–$60 | 23 of 601 none | ||
| 9 | Miami | $38.00$23–$59 | 9 of 39— | ||
| 10 | San Francisco | $38.00$30–$48 | 19 of 604 none | ||
| 11 | San Diego | $37.50$20–$70 | 16 of 585 none | ||
| 12 | New York | $37.00$20–$50 | 14 of 393 none | ||
| 13 | Boston | $35.00$25–$45 | 18 of 603 none | ||
| 14 | Clearwater Beach | $35.00$10–$35 | 5 of 36— | ||
| 15 | Hilton Head Island | $35.00$20–$45 | 5 of 387 none | ||
| 16 | Phoenix | $35.00$25–$60 | 9 of 60— | ||
| 17 | Scottsdale | $35.00$25–$60 | 12 of 421 none | ||
| 18 | Charleston | $33.50$2–$40 | 6 of 321 none | ||
| 19 | Savannah | $32.00$32–$49 | 5 of 401 none | ||
| 20 | Washington | $31.00$26–$42 | 16 of 58— | ||
| 21 | Atlantic City | $30.00$18–$34 | 7 of 34— | ||
| 22 | Austin | $30.00$18–$45 | 9 of 40— | ||
| 23 | Dallas | $30.00$20–$50 | 9 of 60— | ||
| 24 | Denver | $30.00$18–$35 | 12 of 601 none | ||
| 25 | Nashville | $30.00$12–$35 | 15 of 60— | ||
| 26 | Orlando | $30.00$15–$50 | 15 of 396 none | ||
| 27 | San Antonio | $30.00$21–$52 | 5 of 60— | ||
| 28 | Sedona | $30.00$10–$40 | 8 of 46— | ||
| 29 | Seattle | $29.00$20–$39 | 17 of 602 none | ||
| 30 | New Orleans | $27.00$15–$35 | 13 of 59— | ||
| 31 | South Lake Tahoe | $25.50$3–$65 | 6 of 604 none | ||
| 32 | Chicago | $25.00$20–$32 | 16 of 60— | ||
| 33 | Mammoth Lakes | $25.00$25–$25 | 5 of 22— | ||
| 34 | Myrtle Beach | $20.00$15–$35 | 13 of 522 none | ||
| 35 | Kissimmee | $19.49$10–$48 | 9 of 571 none |
Read, but too few stated fees to rank: Anaheim (2 of 49), Aspen (2 of 30), Atlanta (2 of 60), Big Bear Lake (0 of 36), Biloxi (1 of 38), Branson (2 of 60), Breckenridge (0 of 28), Cape May (0 of 38), Daytona Beach (3 of 57), Destin (2 of 22), Gatlinburg (2 of 40), Jackson Hole (3 of 37), Kihei (2 of 17), Koloa (3 of 14), Lahaina (4 of 35), Laughlin (3 of 10), Miramar Beach (3 of 20), North Myrtle Beach (1 of 22), Ocean City (3 of 40), Panama City Beach (1 of 39), Park City (1 of 37), Reno (4 of 41), Santa Barbara (3 of 52), Santa Fe (3 of 38), Sarasota (3 of 39), South Padre Island (1 of 34), Tybee Island (4 of 16), Vail (3 of 36), Virginia Beach (0 of 40), Williamsburg (1 of 40).
The highest fees we found
Per night, before tax, as each hotel states it.
- Fairmont Grand Del Mar · San Diego$70.00 + tax
- Ocean Key Resort & Spa · Key West$69.00
- Southernmost Beach Resort · Key West$65.00 + tax
- Surf & Sand Laguna Beach · Laguna Beach$65.00
- The Landing Tahoe Resort & Spa · South Lake Tahoe$65.00
- Casa Marina Key West, Curio Collection by Hilton · Key West$60.00 + tax
- H2O Suites · Key West$60.00 + tax
- Hotel Casa del Mar · Los Angeles$60.00 + tax
- Hotel Jerome, Auberge Collection · Aspen · conditions apply$60.00 + tax
- JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa · Phoenix$60.00
Hotels that say they charge no resort fee
81 hotels state it on their own website. Silence is not on this list: a hotel whose site says nothing is not a hotel without a fee.
Anaheim
Biloxi
Breckenridge
Cape May
Charleston
Daytona Beach
Denver
Fort Lauderdale
Gatlinburg
Hilton Head Island
Marriott's Barony Beach Club · Marriott's Grande Ocean · Marriott's Harbour Club · Marriott's Harbour Point and Sunset Pointe at Shelter Cove · Marriott's Heritage Club · Marriott's Monarch at Sea Pines · Marriott's SurfWatch
Key West
Ambrosia Key West · Courtyard by Marriott Key West Waterfront · The Gardens Hotel · The Mermaid & The Alligator · Westwinds Inn
Kissimmee
Laguna Beach
Lahaina
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
New York
Hotel Beacon · LUMA Hotel Times Square · Radio City Apartments
Orlando
Drury Plaza Hotel Orlando - Disney Springs® Area · Marriott's Grande Vista · Rosen Inn at Pointe Orlando · Rosen Inn Closest to Universal · Rosen Inn International · Rosen Shingle Creek®
Panama City Beach
Park City
San Diego
Bay Club Hotel and Marina · Best Western PLUS Island Palms Hotel & Marina · Pacific Terrace Hotel · San Diego Marriott Gaslamp Quarter · The Wayfarer San Diego
San Francisco
Holiday Inn San Francisco Golden Gateway · LUMA Hotel San Francisco · Orchard Garden Hotel · The Marker Union Square San Francisco
Santa Barbara
Brisas del Mar, Inn at the Beach · Inn by the Harbor · Lavender Inn by the Sea · Pacific Crest Hotel Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara Inn
Santa Fe
Savannah
Scottsdale
South Lake Tahoe
Hotel Azure · Marriott Grand Residence Club, Lake Tahoe · Marriott's Timber Lodge · Tahoe Lakeshore Lodge & Spa
Vail
Virginia Beach
Use this data
The full dataset, every hotel with its quote, link and date, is a free download: resort-fees.csv, licensed CC BY 4.0. How each figure was read, and what we will not claim, is on the methodology page. Writing about it? The press kit has these figures as charts, with embed code that carries the credit.
The same rows, ranked: the highest fees, hotel by hotel, and the fees by hotel company.
Cite as: NJSTravel Resort Fee Report 2026, data checked through October 21, 2026, njstravel.com/resort-fee-report
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