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Las Vegas Strip Revenues Impacted by Bumped Up Resort and Parking Fees in 2018
From the UK and we went once a year for about 15 years, but a few years ago I decided to boycott the place once they got silly with their resort fees. I still find it hard to believe that people are still going with all the hidden extras, and really could not believe they added parking into the 'rip off' equation too. The share holders of all these big companies get it so wrong - they believe they have to increase profits year on year so they are always looking at ways of generating extra income, and they don't care how it impacts on visitor satisfaction. These big firms have to eventually be made to realise that a healthy large yearly profit is better than squeezing ever last cent out of visitors so that their profit rises by a few percent... It seems to me that if they can't announce a rise in profits every year then the share holders panic - hence resort fees, then parking, and now lots of people getting paid off too - buffet prices through the roof, fewer free drinks... It's just a long list of miscalculations from the people running these firms - all these companies could still be making a huge profit without stealing the smiles from our faces when we check out and get hit with the fees... It really is no way to treat guests and leaves a very sour taste - I personally have, when ever Las Vegas has been mentioned to me on my travels with work all over the UK, told everyone I have spoken to that they should not visit Las Vegas, and have given the reasons - the primary one was resort fees, but more recently parking has been added to my arsenal of weapons to stop people from visiting... I really do my most to stop people from visiting Las Vegas and I would hope many other people would do similar... I kind of know, it's a battle I can't win, and people will still visit, but it makes me feel good every time I manage to persuade a group of people not to go... I do miss visiting, and used to really love it, but once the likes of The Orleans (my favourite little place) started with resort fees like the big boys on the strip I decided that it was time to call time on Las Vegas... I would love it to go back to what it once was, but unless I find Marty Mcfly's Delorean, I think my decision to divorce myself from Las Vegas, rather than keep paying for an increasingly costly marriage was a very wise decision - I just wish more people would make a stand, and stop visiting, or if they do visit then at least boycott the worst hotel offenders on the strip... Someone at some point has to make these hotels realise that visitor satisfaction should be an integral part of running a hotel, and not the last thing on their mind.
