Resort Fees Charged On Comped Rooms? The Answer By Resort

A comped room in Las Vegas is completely free, right? Not always.

Many resorts still charge resort fees on complimentary rooms, but there are some exceptions.

Note, that can be ambiguity when it comes to waiving resort fees on comped hotel rooms. Even if you are staying at a property where they are required to be paid, always check your specific offer as resorts will commonly offer “waived resort fee” deals on a one-off basis.

Additionally, when all else fails, I recommend talking to your casino host before check-out to gauge if your play warrants the fee being removed from your bill.

I called every resort to determine how they handle resort fees on a comped room and detailed their responses below.

Resorts on the Strip

Caesars Entertainment Properties: The Caesars portfolio of resorts includes Horseshoe, Caesars Palace, Cromwell, Flamingo, Harrah’s, LINQ, Paris, and Planet Hollywood.

Resort fees are charged on comped rooms; however, fees are waived for Caesars Rewards members with Diamond status or higher.

MGM Resorts Properties: The other dominant force on the Strip, MGM Resorts properties include Aria, Bellagio, Excalibur, Luxor, Mandalay Bay, MGM Grand, The Cosmopolitan, New York New York, and Park MGM.

Resort fees are charged on comped rooms, but are waived for players with Gold status or higher.

Resorts World: One of the newest resorts on the Las Vegas Strip, Resorts World doesn’t charge resort fees on complimentary stays.

Venetian/Palazzo: Resort Fees are charged on comped hotel rooms unless otherwise stated in the offer.

TI & Circus Circus: Resort fees are not waived on comped rooms as a general rule, and offers received by players are based on their play.

There are occasions where the resort fee is optional, but that will be explicitly stated in the player’s offer.

Sahara: Resort fees aren’t automatically waived on complimentary rooms, but some offers will include a waiver.

STRAT: Resort fees are waived for comped rooms.

Casino Royale: Comped or not, the Best Western at Casino Royale never charges guests a resort fee.

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Resorts Downtown Las Vegas

The D / Golden Gate / Circa: All three affiliated properties waive resort fees on complimentary rooms.

Fremont / Main Street Station / California: Resort fees are waived for comped rooms at all Boyd Gaming hotels, both downtown and across Las Vegas.

El Cortez: Resort fees aren’t automatically waived at El Cortez, and is offer dependent.

Downtown Grand: Resort fees are not waived on comped room nights.

Plaza: Resort fees are charged on comp room nights at Plaza.

Golden Nugget: Resort fees are waived on complimentary nights.

4 Queens / Binions: The two sister properties never charge a resort fee to begin with.

Off-Strip Properties

Boyd Gaming Properties: Similarly to their 3 peer properties downtown, the remaining Boyd Properties scattered across Las Vegas do not charge a resort fee on complimentary room nights.

That policy includes Aliante, Orleans, Gold Coast, Suncoast, Sam’s Town, and Cannery.

Station Casinos: Properties under the Station Casinos umbrella waive resort fees on complimentary rooms.

That includes Palace Station, Red Rock, Green Valley Ranch, Santa Fe Station, Sunset Station, and Boulder Station.

OYO: Resort fees are charged on comp rooms at OYO.

Westgate: Guests are not charged a resort fee for comped nights at Westgate.

South Point: Guests are not charged a resort fee for comp nights at South Point.

M Resort: Resort fees are charged for comp room nights at M Resort.

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