Marriott was sued and agreed to start showing mandatory “resort fees” (a made up term for “the hidden part of the price”). In reality they settled the suit and

Marriott was sued and agreed to start showing mandatory “resort fees” (a made up term for “the hidden part of the price”). In reality they settled the suit and then told the Pennsylvania AG to eat shit, they still hide the fees but now there is at least a checkbox to show the fees included. One of the funnier things about scammy pricing schemes and American misunderstanding of laws. Ask anyone in the country if they are aware of “false advertising” and they’ll probably tell you it’s a pretty serious crime when in reality companies are pretty much only encumbered by civil law and even then they can avoid responsibility by playing a shell game, a la Johnson & Johnson’s sham bankruptcy, while criminal statutes are pretty much just for poor people.