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Study of Resort Fees at Hawaii Hotels


According to a study conducted by Travel Hawaii in May 2018, the 111 Hawaii hotels currently charging so-called "Resort Fees" are expected to collect around $385 million in such fees in 2018 from their guests. This is up by $114 million per year from our original study conducted in 2015, when the total was $271 million and there were 102 hotels collecting resort fees. With more Hawaii hotels almost tripping over themselves to implement such fees, and hotels that already have resort fees gradually raising them, this annual number is expected to grow significantly larger every year.
 
Number of Hawaii Hotels with Resort Fees Over Time

 
Another trend is the devaluation of "resort fee value" by the removal of perhaps the most valuable extra provided in some resort fees: free parking. As a result, many hotels having resort fees ALSO charge hefty fees for parking, as detailed in the table further below. For instance, if you choose to stay at the Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort , and you have a rental car, you'll pay a $37 resort fee per night, and a $40 parking fee per night, for a total of $77 additional per night, plus tax.
 
In the table further below, we list each hotel with a mandatory resort fee, the number of rooms at the hotel, the estimated 2018 occupancy for that hotel (extrapolated from the projected 2018 Hawaii hotel occupancy of 83% and data from the 2016 State of Hawaii Data Book ), the resort fee, parking fee (if present), and the computed total of resort fees each hotel collects in a year. The largest windfall--nearly $37M--goes naturally to the largest Hawaii hotel with a resort fee, the Hilton Hawaiian Village , which has a $40/night resort fee, $43/night parking fee, 2860 rooms, and a projected 2018 occupancy rate of nearly 90%.
 
The burgeoning implementation of resort fees at Hawaii hotels is a recent phenomena. Back in 2007 there were 16 Hawaii hotels, mostly high-end resorts, that charged resort fees. Since then, more and more hotels have implemented such fees, while other hotels have resisted, using the fact that they didn't charge such fees as a positive marketing point. Some Hawaii hotels have maintained their resistance and still don't charge such fees, but many others, at all price points, have recently jumped on the bandwagon.
 
So what do guests get in exchange for paying a resort fee of up to $48/night? We maintain a full list for each hotel here . But in general, you get a lot of things that you would expect to get without paying a special daily fee, like in-room coffee, luggage storage, wake-up call service, in-room safe, pool towels, and use of the fitness center.
 
A resort fee may also provide, or attempt to provide, things you don't really want or need. For example, a resort fee might provide internet connectivity and free phone calls as part of their resort fee. Sounds good at first. But in a society in which nearly everyone carries an always-available internet-connected device, the values of "free domestic and local calls" and even "wireless Internet" are dubious.
 
There's a variety of alternate names for "resort fee" that Hawaii hotels have created, including "amenity fee", "facility fee", "utility fee", "boutique fee", "convenience fee", and "hospitality fee". How can any additional fees really be "hospitable"?
 
So why do Hawaii hotels charge resort fees? It's likely due to the current strength of the Hawaii tourism industry: so many people want to come to Hawaii that even higher rates and resort fees won't dissuade them.
 
There's some other reasons, too. First, the hotels can pretend to have a lower rate then they actually do, thus putting them at a competitive advantage to other hotels that don't have resort fees yet provide the same services for free. Also, the hotels can avoid paying commission to travel agencies and online booking companies on amounts that would normally be part of their room rate, since they are charging the resort fee to guests direct at the hotel.
 
We, at Travel Hawaii, would like resort fees to go away. Such fees may help hotels with their bottom line but we feel it does not represent Hawaii's Spirit of Aloha.
 
On our hotel rate pages, we highlight hotels that do not have resort fees by following each of their rates with an item that says: "Includes: No Resort Fee" . In addition, if a hotel DOES have a resort fee, the resort fee and what it provides are explained in detail in red at the bottom of the rate table. We encourage you to patronize Hawaii hotels that do NOT have resort fees. Here is a list of Hawaii hotels with NO resort fee .
NOTE: We have made the table below dynamic and is re-generated each day, so that the totals can change as hotels change their fees, and as additional hotels add resort fees.
Num Hotel Num
Rooms
2018 Projected
Occupancy
Daily
Resort Fee
Resort Fees
Collected
Annually
1 Alohilani Resort Waikiki Beach
Waikiki, Oahu
839 rooms 89.6 % $40.00/day
Parking: $35/day plus tax
$10,975,462
2 Ambassador Hotel Waikiki
Waikiki, Oahu
300 rooms 89.6 % $20.00/day
Parking: $25/day plus tax
$1,962,240
3 Andaz Maui at Wailea
Wailea, Maui
300 rooms 83.6 % $45.00/day
Valet Parking Only: $35/day plus tax
$4,119,390
4 Andaz Maui at Wailea Villas
Wailea, Maui
297 rooms 83.6 % $45.00/day
Valet Parking Only: $35/day plus tax
$4,078,196
5 Aqua Aloha Surf Waikiki
Waikiki, Oahu
202 rooms 89.6 % $25.00/day
Parking: $28/day plus tax
$1,651,552
6 Aqua Bamboo Waikiki
Waikiki, Oahu
92 rooms 89.6 % $25.00/day
Parking: $30/day plus tax
$752,192
7 Aqua Hotel Molokai
Kaunakakai, Molokai
54 rooms 83 % $10.00/day $163,593
8 Aqua Kauai Beach Resort
Wailua, Kauai
336 rooms 76.4 % $25.00/day $2,342,424
9 Aqua Oasis
Waikiki, Oahu
96 rooms 89.6 % $25.00/day
Valet Parking Only: $39/day plus tax
$784,896
10 Aqua Ohia Waikiki
Waikiki, Oahu
251 rooms 89.6 % $25.00/day
Parking: $30/day plus tax
$2,052,176
11 Aqua Pacific Monarch
Waikiki, Oahu
216 rooms 89.6 % $25.00/day
Parking: $30/day plus tax
$1,766,016
12 Aqua Palms Waikiki
Waikiki, Oahu
262 rooms 89.6 % $25.00/day
Parking: $28/day plus tax
$2,142,112
13 Aqua Skyline at Island Colony
Waikiki, Oahu
740 rooms 89.6 % $25.00/day
Parking: $30/day plus tax
$6,050,240
14 Aston at Papakea Resort
Kaanapali, Maui
364 rooms 80.4 % $17.00/day $1,815,930
15 Aston at the Maui Banyan
Kihei, Maui
256 rooms 79.7 % $20.00/day $1,489,434
16 Aston at the Waikiki Banyan
Waikiki, Oahu
876 rooms 89.6 % $25.00/day
Parking: $30/day plus tax
$7,162,176
17 Aston Islander on the Beach
Kapaa, Kauai
198 rooms 76.4 % $20.00/day $1,104,286
18 Aston Kaanapali Shores
Kaanapali, Maui
463 rooms 80.4 % $20.00/day
Parking: $9/day plus tax
$2,717,440
19 Aston Kona by the Sea
Kona, Big Island
86 rooms 72.6 % $12.00/day $273,470
20 Aston Mahana at Kaanapali
Kaanapali, Maui
215 rooms 80.4 % $20.00/day $1,261,878
21 Aston Maui Kaanapali Villas
Kaanapali, Maui
260 rooms 80.4 % $20.00/day $1,525,992
22 Aston Shores at Waikoloa
Waikoloa, Big Island
120 rooms 72.6 % $10.00/day $317,988
23 Aston Waikiki Beach Hotel
Waikiki, Oahu
645 rooms 89.6 % $39.00/day
Valet Parking Only: $45/day plus tax
$8,226,691
24 Aston Waikiki Beach Tower
Waikiki, Oahu
140 rooms 89.6 % $25.00/day $1,144,640
25 Aston Waikiki Circle Hotel
Waikiki, Oahu
104 rooms 89.6 % $25.00/day
Parking: $28/day plus tax
$850,304
26 Aston Waikiki Sunset
Waikiki, Oahu
435 rooms 89.6 % $25.00/day
Parking: $25/day plus tax
$3,556,560
27 Aston Waikoloa Colony Villas
Waikoloa, Big Island
168 rooms 72.6 % $10.00/day $445,183
28 Banyan Harbor Resort
Lihue, Kauai
148 rooms 76.4 % $14.00/day $577,798
29 Castle Hali'i Kai At Waikoloa
Waikoloa, Big Island
192 rooms 72.6 % $20.00/day $1,017,562
30 Castle Hilo Hawaiian Hotel
Hilo, Big Island
286 rooms 72.6 % $20.00/day $1,515,743
31 Castle Kamaole Sands
Kihei, Maui
196 rooms 79.7 % $35.00/day $1,995,608
32 Castle Kona Reef
Kona, Big Island
129 rooms 72.6 % $10.00/day $341,837
33 Castle Paki Maui
Kaanapali, Maui
112 rooms 80.4 % $20.00/day $657,350
34 Courtyard by Marriott Kauai at Coconut Beach
Kapaa, Kauai
311 rooms 76.4 % $25.00/day $2,168,136
35 Courtyard King Kamehameha's Kona Beach Hotel
Kona, Big Island
452 rooms 72.6 % $22.00/day
Parking: $25/day plus tax
$2,635,061
36 Doubletree by Hilton Alana Waikiki
Waikiki, Oahu
317 rooms 89.6 % $18.00/day
Valet Parking Only: $36/day plus tax
$1,866,090
37 Ewa Hotel Waikiki, a LITE hotel
Waikiki, Oahu
92 rooms 89.6 % $15.00/day
Parking: $25/day plus tax
$451,315
38 Fairmont Kea Lani Maui
Wailea, Maui
413 rooms 83.6 % $40.00/day $5,040,913
39 Fairmont Orchid Hawaii
Kohala Coast, Big Island
540 rooms 74.5 % $35.00/day $5,139,382
40 Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa
Poipu, Kauai
604 rooms 76.4 % $35.00/day $5,895,100
41 Grand Naniloa Hotel Hilo, a DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel
Hilo, Big Island
320 rooms 72.6 % $30.00/day $2,543,904
42 Grand Wailea Resort
Wailea, Maui
780 rooms 83.6 % $30.00/day
Valet Parking Only: $35/day plus tax
$7,140,276
43 Hanalei Bay Resort
Princeville, Kauai
280 rooms 76.4 % $15.00/day $1,171,212
44 Hilton Garden Inn Kauai at Wailua Bay
Wailua, Kauai
216 rooms 76.4 % $22.00/day $1,325,143
45 Hilton Garden Inn Waikiki Beach
Waikiki, Oahu
623 rooms 89.6 % $29.00/day
Valet Parking Only: $42/day plus tax
$5,908,632
46 Hilton Hawaiian Village
Waikiki, Oahu
2860 rooms 89.6 % $40.00/day
Parking: $49/day plus tax
$37,413,376
47 Hilton Hawaiian Village Alii Tower
Waikiki, Oahu
2860 rooms 89.6 % $40.00/day
Parking: $49/day plus tax
$37,413,376
48 Hilton Waikoloa Village
Waikoloa, Big Island
1240 rooms 72.6 % $40.00/day
Parking: $30/day plus tax
$13,143,504
49 Hilton Waikoloa Village Makai Tower
Waikoloa, Big Island
1240 rooms 72.6 % $40.00/day
Parking: $30/day plus tax
$13,143,504
50 Ho'olei at Grand Wailea
Wailea, Maui
80 rooms 83.6 % $40.00/day $976,448
51 Holiday Inn Express Honolulu-Waikiki
Waikiki, Oahu
596 rooms 89.6 % $25.00/day
Parking: $33/day plus tax
$4,872,896
52 Honua Kai Resort & Spa
Kaanapali, Maui
628 rooms 80.4 % $35.00/day $6,450,251
53 Hotel La Croix
Waikiki, Oahu
rooms 89.6 % $19.95/day
Valet Parking Only: $29/day plus tax
$0
54 Hotel Renew by Aston
Waikiki, Oahu
72 rooms 89.6 % $25.00/day
Valet Parking Only: $30/day plus tax
$588,672
55 Hotel Wailea Maui
Wailea, Maui
72 rooms 83.6 % $30.00/day $659,102
56 Hyatt Centric Waikiki Beach
Waikiki, Oahu
230 rooms 89.6 % $29.00/day
Parking: $39/day plus tax
$2,181,357
57 Hyatt Regency Maui Resort & Spa
Kaanapali, Maui
806 rooms 80.4 % $32.00/day
Parking: $22/day plus tax
$7,568,920
58 Hyatt Regency Waikiki Resort & Spa
Waikiki, Oahu
1230 rooms 89.6 % $37.00/day
Parking: $40/day plus tax
$14,883,590
59 Ilikai Hotel & Luxury Suites
Waikiki, Oahu
968 rooms 89.6 % $25.00/day
Valet Parking Only: $28/day plus tax
$7,914,368
60 Ilikai Lite
Waikiki, Oahu
968 rooms 89.6 % $25.00/day
Valet Parking Only: $28/day plus tax
$7,914,368
61 Ilima Hotel
Waikiki, Oahu
98 rooms 89.6 % $20.00/day $640,998
62 Imperial of Waikiki
Waikiki, Oahu
243 rooms 89.6 % $10.00/day
Valet Parking Only: $35/day plus tax
$794,707
63 ISO - Island Sky Ocean Hotel
Kapaa, Kauai
79 rooms 76.4 % $19.00/day $418,569
64 Kaanapali Beach Club
Honokowai, Maui
413 rooms 79.7 % $25.00/day $3,003,594
65 Kaanapali Maui at the Eldorado by Outrigger
Kaanapali, Maui
204 rooms 80.4 % $17.00/day $1,017,719
66 Kapalua Villas Maui
Kapalua, Maui
162 rooms 80.4 % $35.00/day $1,663,918
67 Kauai Marriott Resort on Kalapaki Beach
Lihue, Kauai
356 rooms 76.4 % $35.00/day $3,474,596
68 Kauai Shores Hotel
Wailua, Kauai
206 rooms 76.4 % $20.00/day $1,148,903
69 Kihei Beach Condominium
Kihei, Maui
80 rooms 79.7 % $25.00/day $581,810
70 Koa Kea Hotel & Resort at Poipu Beach
Poipu, Kauai
121 rooms 76.4 % $37.00/day $1,248,456
71 Koloa Landing Resort
Poipu, Kauai
98 rooms 76.4 % $32.00/day $874,505
72 Laylow, Autograph Collection Hotel
Waikiki, Oahu
251 rooms 89.6 % $29.00/day
Valet Parking Only: $39/day plus tax
$2,380,524
73 Lotus Honolulu at Diamond Head
Waikiki Gold Coast, Oahu
50 rooms 88 % $25.00/day $401,500
74 Luana Waikiki Hotel & Suites
Waikiki, Oahu
223 rooms 89.6 % $25.00/day
Valet Parking Only: $35/day plus tax
$1,823,248
75 Maui Beach Hotel, a LITE hotel
Kahului, Maui
147 rooms 79.7 % $15.00/day
Parking: $5/day plus tax
$641,446
76 Maui Coast Hotel
Kihei, Maui
265 rooms 79.7 % $25.00/day $1,927,246
77 Maui Kai
Honokowai, Maui
80 rooms 79.7 % $12.00/day $279,269
78 Mauna Lani Bay Hotel
Kohala Coast, Big Island
341 rooms 74.5 % $30.00/day $2,781,793
79 Moana Surfrider, A Westin Resort & Spa
Waikiki, Oahu
793 rooms 89.6 % $37.70/day
Parking: $35/day plus tax
$9,777,221
80 Modern Honolulu
Waikiki, Oahu
322 rooms 89.6 % $30.00/day
Valet Parking Only: $35/day plus tax
$3,159,206
81 Montage Kapalua Bay
Kapalua, Maui
50 rooms 80.4 % $48.00/day
Parking: $30/day plus tax
$704,304
82 Nani Kai Hale
Kihei, Maui
46 rooms 79.7 % $25.00/day $334,541
83 New Otani Kaimana Beach Hotel
Waikiki Gold Coast, Oahu
125 rooms 88 % $16.00/day
Valet Parking Only: $32/day plus tax
$642,400
84 Ocean Tower at Hilton Waikoloa Village
Waikoloa, Big Island
Varies rooms 72.6 % $40.00/day
Parking: $30/day plus tax
$0
85 OHANA Waikiki East
Waikiki, Oahu
441 rooms 89.6 % $22.00/day
Parking: $30/day plus tax
$3,172,942
86 OHANA Waikiki Malia
Waikiki, Oahu
327 rooms 89.6 % $22.00/day
Parking: $30/day plus tax
$2,352,726
87 Outrigger Reef Waikiki Beach Resort
Waikiki, Oahu
635 rooms 89.6 % $35.00/day
Valet Parking Only: $40/day plus tax
$7,268,464
88 Outrigger Waikiki Beach Resort
Waikiki, Oahu
524 rooms 89.6 % $35.00/day
Valet Parking Only: $40/day plus tax
$5,997,914
89 Pagoda Hotel, a LITE hotel
Ala Moana, Oahu
360 rooms 88 % $15.00/day
Parking: $13/day plus tax
$1,734,480
90 Park Shore Waikiki, an Aqua boutique hotel
Waikiki, Oahu
226 rooms 89.6 % $25.00/day
Valet Parking Only: $28/day plus tax
$1,847,776
91 Pearl Hotel Waikiki
Waikiki, Oahu
131 rooms 89.6 % $25.00/day
Parking: $35/day plus tax
$1,071,056
92 Plantation Hale Suites
Wailua, Kauai
116 rooms 76.4 % $16.00/day $517,564
93 Point at Poipu
Poipu, Kauai
219 rooms 76.4 % $25.00/day $1,526,758
94 Prince Waikiki
Waikiki, Oahu
521 rooms 89.6 % $31.41/day $5,351,882
95 Princeville Resort
Princeville, Kauai
251 rooms 76.4 % $39.00/day
Valet Parking Only: $35/day plus tax
$2,729,761
96 Queen Kapiolani Hotel
Waikiki, Oahu
315 rooms 89.6 % $35.00/day
Valet Parking Only: $30/day plus tax
$3,605,616
97 Ritz Carlton Kapalua
Kapalua, Maui
463 rooms 80.4 % $35.00/day
Valet Parking Only: $30/day plus tax
$4,755,519
98 Royal Hawaiian Hotel
Waikiki, Oahu
528 rooms 89.6 % $38.00/day
Parking: $40/day plus tax
$6,561,731
99 Sheraton Kauai Resort
Poipu, Kauai
394 rooms 76.4 % $31.25/day $3,433,464
100 Sheraton Kona Resort & Spa at Keauhou Bay
Kona, Big Island
509 rooms 72.6 % $31.25/day
Parking: $20/day plus tax
$4,214,997
101 Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa
Kaanapali, Maui
508 rooms 80.4 % $26.04/day
Parking: $24/day plus tax
$3,881,983
102 Sheraton Princess Kaiulani Hotel
Waikiki, Oahu
1142 rooms 89.6 % $34.55/day
Parking: $35/day plus tax
$12,903,723
103 Sheraton Waikiki Resort
Waikiki, Oahu
1636 rooms 89.6 % $37.70/day
Parking: $35/day plus tax
$20,170,911
104 Stay Hotel Waikiki
Waikiki, Oahu
73 rooms 89.6 % $10.00/day
Parking: $20/day plus tax
$238,739
105 Surfjack Hotel & Swim Club
Waikiki, Oahu
101 rooms 89.6 % $25.00/day
Valet Parking Only: $35/day plus tax
$825,776
106 Turtle Bay Resort & Ocean Villas
North Shore, Oahu
410 rooms 88 % $46.00/day
Parking: $15/day plus tax
$6,057,832
107 Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort & Spa
Waikiki, Oahu
1310 rooms 89.6 % $37.00/day
Parking: $45/day plus tax
$15,851,629
108 Waikiki Beachcomber by Outrigger
Waikiki, Oahu
496 rooms 89.6 % $30.00/day
Valet Parking Only: $40/day plus tax
$4,866,355
109 Waikiki Resort Hotel
Waikiki, Oahu
275 rooms 89.6 % $15.00/day
Parking: $25/day plus tax
$1,349,040
110 Waikoloa Beach Marriott Resort & Spa
Waikoloa, Big Island
555 rooms 72.6 % $30.00/day
Parking: $18/day plus tax
$4,412,084
111 Wailea Beach Marriott Resort & Spa
Wailea, Maui
491 rooms 83.6 % $35.00/day
Parking: $35/day plus tax
$5,243,831
112 Waimea Plantation Cottages - A Coast Hotel
Waimea, Kauai
61 rooms 76.4 % $25.00/day $425,262
113 Waipouli Beach Resort & Spa Kauai by Outrigger
Kapaa, Kauai
196 rooms 76.4 % $25.00/day $1,366,414
114 Westin Hapuna Beach Resort
Kohala Coast, Big Island
249 rooms 74.5 % $31.25/day $2,115,916
115 Westin Maui Resort & Spa
Kaanapali, Maui
759 rooms 80.4 % $31.25/day
Parking: $30/day plus tax
$6,960,504
116 Whaler on Kaanapali Beach
Kaanapali, Maui
360 rooms 80.4 % $20.00/day $2,112,912
117 Whalers Cove
Poipu, Kauai
38 rooms 76.4 % $15.00/day $158,950
118 White Sands Hotel, a LITE hotel
Waikiki, Oahu
93 rooms 89.6 % $15.00/day
Parking: $25/day plus tax
$456,221
  TOTAL for 118 hotels (47642 rooms total) having resort fees: $458,508,460
Note: Total number of hotels may vary due to periodic updates and changes by Hawaii hotels
 
Many Hawaii hotels do not charge resort fees.
Click here for a list of Hawaii hotels that charge NO resort fee.
 
For a list of hotels WITH resort fees, and what these fees provide, please see our Hawaii Resort Fee page .
 
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