It’s also what you’ll pay for a comped night if you don’t have the necessary status to get resort fees waived (more on that below).
More simply, it’s the difference between the advertised rate (plus tax) and what you actually end up paying per night. The “Total Fees” column shows the combination of the resort fee, other state fees, and all taxes on those fees. In the interest of clearing this up, below is a list of resort fees at Atlantic City casino hotels. The resort fee is also taxed at 13.625%, and to make matters more confusing, some casino hotels include that tax in their listed resort fee and some do not. All of that is before you get hit with the resort fee, which is the hotel’s way of giving you a bundle of amenities at one low price keeping the advertised price low while increasing their Average Daily Rate. This little package of state fees adds up to $7.54 because of some confusing taxation. In Atlantic City, the hotel tax rate is a whopping 13.625%, and New Jersey tacks on a $3 occupancy fee, a $2 “State Casino Hotel Surcharge” and a $2 “Tourism Promotion Fee” every night you stay. When you book at Borgata through the MGM Resorts website, you get a clear breakdown of what you’re paying on top of the room rate.
