It’s been a while since we looked at the pets-in-hotel-rooms controversy. But today I have a cautionary tale about taking your dog on vacation.
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Les Schrenk is not a rock star. He’s a law-abiding, 86-year-old World War II hero who is a model hotel guest.
Resort fees — those mandatory extra charges tacked on to your hotel bill to cover everything from beach towels to exercise rooms — are wrong on many levels. They’re nothing more than a sneaky way of raising your room rate. But until now, they’ve been in plain sight.

Elliott is consumer advocate
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