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Some hotels charge resort fees for basic amenities like WiFi and gym access. Know how to spot these charges and challenge them when they are not clearly justified.

You are checking into your hotel after a long flight, ready to collapse into bed, when the front desk clerk drops the surprise: “That will be an extra $45 per night for our resort fee.” Your $150 room just became a $195 room, and suddenly that “great deal” you found online feels far less affordable. Resort fees, destination fees and facility fees, whatever hotels call them…