<P> In the United States, the legality of charging resort fees has been a decades - long issue of contention . Currently there is no U.S. law that allows for hotels to charge mandatory fees in addition to their base room rate . However, there is also no law banning this practice . </P> <P> Numerous bodies have authority on this issue in the United States, including the U.S. Congress, state legislatures, the Federal Trade Commission, and the National Association of Attorneys General . None of these bodies, however, has thus far taken any legal action regarding resort fees . </P> <P> In most of Europe, including Great Britain and all member states of the European Union, it is illegal to charge, or advertise the requirement to pay, mandatory fees which are not included as part of the total room rate, such as resort fees . </P> <P> In Australia, under the Australian Consumer Law, it is illegal to charge, or even advertise it is a requirement to pay, mandatory fees (including resort fees), if they were not reflected in a total cost as a single figure at the time of booking . Under Australian law, any fees that are mandatory and are able to be calculated, including resort fees, must be included as a part of the total price in a single figure at the time of booking, deliberately doing otherwise are grounds for prosecution for misleading and unconscionable conduct . </P>

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