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  Carol Margolis April 1, 2010 at 10:54pm

  I do not like the daily resort fees. They really add a lot of $$ to the bill and for many items that I do not use. And I really do not like the room service delivery charge added on top of the room service fee, both of which need to be supplemented with a tip to the delivery person. Instead, I'll have the hotel restaurant call me when my food is ready and I'll go pick it up. Saves lots of $ and I get the food sooner.
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  Darryl Musick April 1, 2010 at 8:39pm

  Resort fees, fees for local calls, energy fees. Not a fee, per se, but non-refundable, non-cancellable prepaid reservations.
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  Julie April 1, 2010 at 7:11pm

  Max, definitely an interesting article. I agree about the water. For me, I think the charging for wi-fi or Internet in general is a big offender.
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  Max Pesling April 1, 2010 at 6:37pm

  Interesting story on outrageous hotel surcharges today. What do YOU think are the worst offenders in the hotel pile-on charge category?
  
  Mine: charging for bottled water in places where the tap water is not potable.
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  Colin J. Holden February 4, 2010 at 3:07am

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  David Paul Appell December 14, 2009 at 1:53am

  Did anyone catch this little bit of news, re Miami's fancy new Epic hotel? Talk about paved with good intentions -- all because they were trying to provide top-quality water. An object lesson for hotels, perhaps -- if you want to install water purifiers, best they be right on each individual tap.
  
  Miami Herald, 13 Dec. 2009
  Tourist killed by hotel water
  After a hotel's powerful filter removed all the chlorine from city water, bacteria grew -- killing one and making two others ill.
  
  A foreign visitor has died and at least two other people have become sick after staying at a downtown Miami luxury hotel, and health officials are blaming an unusual type of pneumonia called Legionnaire's Disease.
  
  Guests at the Epic Hotel have been relocated to nearby hotels to prevent further contact with the water, according to the Miami-Dade County Health Department.
  
  Doctors say there is no cause for widespread alarm because only three cases of the bacteria have surfaced in the last two months.
  
  Guests at a downtown Miami luxury hotel have been relocated after health officials determined three international visitors contracted Legionnaires' disease there. One died.
  
  The Miami-Dade County Health Department's senior physician said Sunday that three cases of Legionnaires have been diagnosed at the Epic Hotel since October. Dr. Vincent Conte said water samples taken this week showed chlorine levels below the threshold needed to curb bacterial growth.
  
  Officials issued a health advisory to the hotel's guests Friday. Conte said more than 400 guests would be relocated to nearby hotels by Saturday.
  
  http://www.miamiherald.com/news/5min/story/1379545.html