Las Vegas, NV
A Las Vegas hotel costs about 55% more than the rate you are shown.
Resort fees. The widest gap between advertised and actual in the US.
Typical advertised rate
$41.29
What it actually costs
$64.00
The gap
+55%
Per night, for a median property. Measured from real captured rates, not a live quote — prices move, and the point here is the SHAPE of the gap rather than tonight's number. This city has real captured inventory behind it.
How the gap happens
A hotel advertises a nightly rate. Taxes are added at checkout, and in some cities a mandatory “resort” or “destination” fee is added on top — charged whether or not you use anything it covers.
Because that fee is usually collected by the property at check-in rather than by the booking site, it can sit outside the total you are quoted. We show it either way, and we are explicit about which part we charge and which part the hotel collects at the desk — because only one of those is ours to take.
Properties in Las Vegas differ widely: two hotels with the same advertised rate can land far apart once fees are counted, which is exactly why an itemised comparison matters here.