When Colorado state Rep. Naquetta Ricks traveled to Las Vegas recently, she shopped around for the best rate on a hotel.
But when she arrived, she says, the price of her room jumped $240. She says the hotel tacked-on a "resort fee" that wasn't listed anywhere in the price of the room.
"Had I known that I would have compared apples to apples and gotten a nicer place to stay," says Ricks, who is now sponsoring a bill to shed light on hidden fees in Colorado.
She's introduced a bill that would ban advertising or selling a product or service without disclosing all fees upfront. Violations would be a deceptive trade practice.
The consumer advocacy group CoPIRG says there's been a rise in resort fees, convenience fees, processing fees, service fees and other fees.