{"id":13946,"date":"2016-04-01T00:01:01","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T07:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=13946"},"modified":"2016-04-01T00:21:13","modified_gmt":"2016-04-01T07:21:13","slug":"las-vegas-hotels-to-institute-toiletry-experience-augmentation-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/las-vegas-hotels-to-institute-toiletry-experience-augmentation-tax\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas Hotels to Institute Toiletry Experience Augmentation Tax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Las Vegas resorts have\u00a0decided to double down on fees likely to rile up Las Vegas\u00a0visitors. Hotels will soon charge an additional fee for bathroom amenities, specifically, toilet paper.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While we understand there could be a small amount of backlash related to the implementation of this fee,&#8221; said one resort spokesperson, &#8220;our guests will soon realize how much they enjoy an enhanced bathroom experience at our Las Vegas resorts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Industry reps are\u00a0quick to point out the Toiletry Experience Augmentation Tax will allow the hotels\u00a0to invest in improved toilet tissue comfort for guests, especially in the area of &#8220;additional plies, reflecting the status of Las Vegas hotel bathrooms as truly world-class.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13948\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13948\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13948 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/courtesy_fold1.jpg\" alt=\"Hotel courtesy fold\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/courtesy_fold1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/courtesy_fold1-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13948\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It&#8217;s unclear whether there will be a separate charge for the &#8220;courtesy fold.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The new fee will be tiered, depending upon how much toilet paper one needs, and lower-cost, individual sheet options will be made available, presumably thanks to customer feedback acquired from focus group research.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s expected locals, members of the military and those with irritable bowel syndrome will be given a free, 90-day grace period after the program starts. According to hotel\u00a0representatives, after that, they&#8217;re &#8220;S.O.L.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;TP tariff,&#8221; as it&#8217;s being called, is in line with an overall trend of companies charging for previously free services and amenities.<\/p>\n<p>An example would be the fees associated with air travel. It&#8217;s common now for airlines to charge for snacks, carry-on baggage, WiFi and the privilege of not having to sit next to a really fat guy.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13949\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13949\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13949 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/free_hand_soap.jpg\" alt=\"Free hand soap\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/free_hand_soap.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/free_hand_soap-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13949\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Other Las Vegas hotel charges being considered are a hand soap fee, shower cap fee, mouthwash fee and what&#8217;s described as &#8220;a fee for merely casting your gaze toward the minibar.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In Las Vegas, annoying surcharges abound. There are the much-lamented resort fees, concession fees, early and late check-in fees, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/hasbro-announces-las-vegas-monopoly-edition-will-no-longer-have-free-parking\/\" target=\"_blank\">parking fees<\/a> and hefty\u00a0fees for forgetting to leave your prostitute in an upright and locked position.<\/p>\n<p>The jury&#8217;s still out about the Toiletry Experience Augmentation Tax. Some Vegas visitors will no doubt pay the fee without complaint. Others are unlikely to take a toilet paper tax sitting down.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;d love to hear what you think.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Las Vegas resorts have\u00a0decided to double down on fees likely to rile up Las Vegas\u00a0visitors. Hotels will soon charge an additional fee for bathroom amenities, specifically, toilet paper. &#8220;While we understand there could be a small amount of backlash related to the implementation of this fee,&#8221; said one resort spokesperson, &#8220;our guests will soon realize [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vegas","category-lasvegashotels"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Vegas Hotels to Institute Toiletry Experience Augmentation Tax<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Las Vegas hotels have announced they&#039;ll soon charge an additional fee for bathroom 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