Ridiculous: InterContinental Los Angeles Adds $25 "Facility Fee" - IHG

Ridiculous: InterContinental Los Angeles Adds $25 "Facility Fee"

Ben Schlappig — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:18:02 +0000

If you stay in hotels with any frequency, youve probably dealt with pesky resort fees. These have become the norm at many destinations.

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Paul — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 15:21:58 +0000

Was googling something and stumbled on this old post. Man. Fast forward just 6 years... and everyone everywhere charges these fees. I expect them at all upper scale and above hotel. But I ocasionaly see them at Courtyards and the like now too. Now IC LA's fee has ballooned to $39 + tax. It gives you a daily $25 FB credit, but its only good at dinner at the steak house or the lobby bar (which is only open afternoon/evening). They won't even let you apply it to breakfast, where the CHEAPEST "entree" is $29 oatmeal (technician they have $10 muffins too ). So freakin INSANE. Still, sometimes it's a very reasonably priced hotel. And they do a good job (glassware, good coffee machine, and high quality tea in the rooms- something that almost no one does these days). I stay here ocasionaly because it's the same price as other options, but nicer (stupid ammenity fees aside)

HaloKatze — Tue, 12 Nov 2019 06:15:55 +0000

To answer previous posters questions about can this fee be removed--yes it can. I have had it removed at the Omni San Francisco twice and at the Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn once. My argument at the Fairmont was that the listed amenities with this new fee were already included before so why should I have to now pay a fee? I think that they count on folks being dumb and thinking that there is some added value. The Omni I told that I was going to cancel my reservation and that this fee was ridiculous. I also reminded them that this was not charged previously and that I wasn't even in the room but to sleep so there was no value in this 'amenity' they were charging for. You can do it, but do it in writing or in person with a manager with a valid argument and don't get crazy.

YoLaViajera — Thu, 02 May 2019 00:05:32 +0000

Kimpton hotels, which belong to IHG, all seem to charge what they call a "daily guest amenity fee," which usually ranges from $20-30 (plus tax). It's totally ridiculous since you just get what used to be FREE: wifi, free or discounted access to a gym (in-house or nearby), printing or copying pages. I used to love Kimptons. Now that they've gone this nickel-and-dime route, not so much...

CP — Tue, 30 Apr 2019 17:40:07 +0000

“its the mentality that ‘wealth’ must be spread out to every corner of society. if you can afford a $300 hotel night while there are $120s around, then you can & should shell out extra $30 w/o any feeling. its the mentality of taxing the rich. I think this place is going to blow itself up by doing that.” This is hilarious. This is a way for the (rich) hotel owners to raise rates and avoid paying taxes on the rate increase by calling it a “resort fee” instead of just raising the room rate. It’s also hilarious that someone thinks a resort fee charged by (rich) hotel owners is a “tax” on the rich to benefit the non-rich. LOL!!!!!!

Ted — Mon, 29 Apr 2019 23:36:06 +0000

@ktc - Mentality of taxing the rich by the "rich"?

PETER Devlin — Sat, 27 Apr 2019 16:29:49 +0000

Similar to this is the ICNY TS charging a $30 daily "resort" fee is how the Ambassador services described it. While they list some additional benefits for this extra 30, the only one that seemed at all beneficial was a daily $20 f+b credit that could be used anywhere in the hotel. However, this 20 needs to be spent each day by midnight, thus it's a use it or lose it deal. Coupled with the new standard Ambassador $20 per stay you could knock back some mini bar drinks or even have some restaurant bar snacks. The other benefits described were virtually worthless. So much so I cant even recall what they were.

AndrewOnTheRoad — Sat, 27 Apr 2019 12:43:39 +0000

I think hitting them on the post stay surveys is the way to go in addition to bad reviews on Google, TripAdvisor, etc. where this practice is specifically mentioned. To help prevent them from spreading I think it would also be worth mentioning our disdain for and avoidance of these fees in post stay surveys from any hotel, even hotels not charging these fees. It'll let them know people care enough to mention it when it's not even charged at that property so may give them pause from expanding the practice.

Ron R. — Sat, 27 Apr 2019 11:25:38 +0000

Hate these scams. I was a tour operator in Detroit in the 70's and 80's. Used to advertise flight/hotel charter packages in the Sunday papers for $299. Then the New York operators came in, advertised the same thing for $279. In small print, however, was "plus 15% tax and service charge". Totally made up, taxes were included, service charge a farce. At some point, they passed a law against this. The NY operators were forced to play by the same rules, and since we were local, they eventually fell off. No reason why they can't do that about these bogus fees, except for the lobby money that keeps it going.

Chris K — Sat, 27 Apr 2019 09:12:54 +0000

Easy solution. Give them a 1-star review on booking, tripadvisor, or google maps or wherever you found the hotel, with the following written explanation: "WARNING: This hotel charges mandatory fees on top of the price you see disclosed here."