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A resort fee is a mandatory daily charge hotels add on top of your room rate.
At a Las Vegas Strip hotel in 2026, that charge runs $45 to $55 per night before tax. With Clark County's 13.38% lodging tax on both room and fee, that's $51.02 to $62.36 added to your bill every night. For example, a $99 room with a $55 fee (top tier) becomes $174.61 all-in. The worked example below uses a $50 fee (mid tier).
Downtown, it's $29.99 to $50 before tax. With 13% tax, $33.89 to $56.50 per night.
Three hotels charge $0: Four Queens, Casino Royale, Binion's. Everyone else charges. That's the answer. The rest of this page is the math.
Staying at a specific hotel? See the 42 Las Vegas hotels we checked each with its fee.
The Venetian's official FAQ describes it as covering "Access for two to the fitness facility at the Canyon Ranch® spa + fitness, in-suite Internet access (Wi-Fi or Ethernet), boarding pass printing at the Concierge desk, unlimited local and toll-free calls, and access to thousands of top magazines and newspapers through free PressReader app." That's the Venetian's wording. Other hotels list different items. You pay it whether you use any of it or not. You can't opt out by skipping the pool.
It's not a tax. It's not a tip. It's hotel revenue.
Booked through Expedia or a third-party site? The fee still applies. It's charged at the hotel, not by the booking site.
Here's what the fee actually is, across all 42 hotels we checked (30 Strip, 12 Downtown, each figure read on the hotel's official page or booking flow between October 7 and November 2, 2026): 39 charge a fee and 3 charge $0. The top tier is $55.00 a night before tax ($62.36 with tax), charged by 11 hotels. Just below it, five hotels charge $54.95 ($62.30 with tax), including Paris and Caesars Palace. The cheapest published fee is El Cortez at $29.99 ($33.89 with tax). The table below shows 12 of the 42, sampled across the range, each with its verification date; the fee for every one of the 42 is in the full 42-hotel table.
| Hotel | Fee before tax (per night) | Fee with tax (per night) | Date verified |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellagio | $55.00 | $62.36 | Oct 18, 2026 |
| The Venetian | $55.00 | $62.36 | Oct 17, 2026 |
| Wynn | $55.00 | $62.36 | Oct 18, 2026 |
| Caesars Palace | $54.95 | $62.30 | Nov 1, 2026 |
| MGM Grand | $50.00 | $56.69 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Luxor | $45.00 | $51.02 | Oct 11, 2026 |
| Excalibur | $45.00 | $51.02 | Oct 7, 2026 |
| Circus Circus | $45.00 | $51.02 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| El Cortez | $29.99 | $33.89 | Oct 18, 2026 |
| Four Queens | $0.00 | $0.00 | Oct 16, 2026 |
| Casino Royale | $0.00 | $0.00 | Oct 16, 2026 |
| Binion's | $0.00 | $0.00 | Oct 18, 2026 |
Every figure here was read on the hotel's official fee page or official FAQ between October 7 and November 2, 2026. Where the fee page didn't state the amount, the FAQ was checked. Waldorf Astoria was the hardest to pin down: its policy page lists what the daily resort charge covers but never states the amount, which appears only in the booking price breakdown, $55.00 a night (hilton.com, verified November 2, 2026).
Seeing this fee on a booking page? Compare the room itself for Bellagio, Caesars Palace or The Venetian.
This page shows 12 representative hotels, sampled from the top, middle, and bottom of the range. The full table covers the 42 Strip and Downtown hotels we verified. The 42 are mainstream Strip (30) and Downtown (12) hotels, not including smaller hotels and motels. Off-Strip and off-Downtown hotels are not in the table (e.g. Westgate on Paradise Road).
Three ways:
1. Stay at a $0 hotel. Four Queens, Casino Royale, Binion's. No fee, no games. The three are listed on our hotels with no resort fee page.
2. Book a "No Resort Fee" promotion. Resorts World, Circus Circus, and Treasure Island run these, but they're date-specific offers, not policies. Book outside the promo terms and the fee returns.
3. Elite status. MGM Rewards Gold and above, Caesars Diamond and above. The fee is waived, but only if you still hold the status at check-in. The Caesars version is printed on the Paris resort fee page: its Hotel Policies screen says Diamond and Seven Stars guests are not charged the fee.
Asking at the front desk rarely works. The fee is built into the system.
Room rate: $99/night
Resort fee (MGM Grand tier): $50/night
Room tax (13.38% on $99): $13.25
Resort fee tax (13.38% on $50): $6.69
Total per night: $168.94
The $99 room costs $168.94. The fee plus its tax is $56.69. More than half the room rate.
The advertised rate stays low in search results. $99 looks better than $169, even when the total is the same. That's the industry's standard explanation for the practice.
The hotel sets the fee amount. The 13.38% (Strip) and 13% (Downtown) tax rates are set by Clark County. That's the tax on the fee, not the fee itself.
The fee has risen over time. The Venetian's official FAQ page listed $45 per night plus tax in early December 2023 (archived 2023-12-07). In October 2026 it's $55, a $10 increase over 34 months.
Yes. 'Resort charge' is another name for a resort fee: same nightly timing, same place outside the room rate, same amount set by the hotel. Search results treat the two words as one question, and the top results for 'resort charge' answer it as a resort fee. The full list of what Las Vegas hotels charge is on our Las Vegas resort fees page.
Q: Did every hotel you checked charge a resort fee?
A: Of the 42 we checked (30 Strip, 12 Downtown), 3 charge $0: Four Queens, Casino Royale, and Binion's. The other 39 all charge. There are many more hotels in Las Vegas beyond these 42.
Q: Which Las Vegas hotel has the cheapest resort fee?
A: Among the hotels with a published fee, El Cortez is cheapest at $29.99 before tax ($33.89 with tax), verified Oct 18, 2026.
Q: What's the most expensive resort fee in Las Vegas?
A: The highest we found is $55 before tax ($62.36 with tax). Eleven hotels charge this tier across the full 42-hotel table, including Bellagio, The Venetian, and Wynn, all verified October 2026.
Q: Do Downtown hotels charge less than Strip hotels?
A: Yes. Downtown fees run $29.99 to $50 before tax ($33.89 to $56.50 with tax). Strip fees run $45 to $55 before tax ($51.02 to $62.36 with tax).
Q: Is the resort fee the same every night of my stay?
A: Every hotel we checked charges it per night. Rates vary by date and room type; a $55 fee on a 3-night stay adds $165 before tax at that rate.
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