When you're looking to go away from the hectic atmosphere of work and health clubs in Scarborough, you might be considering booking into an all inclusive resort, where your hotel, meals, drinks, activities, and even your flight are all included on one convenient bill. There are many websites and travel agencies out there offering these packages, some for less than $50 per night. Are these offers too good to be true? You bet. Like cheap airline ads, they're often loaded with hidden fees.

Hidden fees are defined as any fees that are not listed in the advertised price. For example, if you saw an for an Oceanfront Cottage in PEI at $55 per night and then called up to make a reservation and found that you would have to pay an extra $30 per night to get a room with a water view, access to their wireless internet, a continental breakfast, and use of their exercise room, these would be hidden fees. In some cases, you cannot even get out of paying the extra fees by not using the services they are for.

If no one during your booking process ever mentioned the hidden fees, you paid up front and were forced to pay the extra when you arrived, this would count as a scam and you could set an organization like the Better Business Bureau or even the fraud department of the local police on any Sunshine Coast accommodations that did this. However, businesses rarely progress to outright scams. Instead, they cover themselves by burying the hidden fees in small print or clauses that you must look for to find.

In the midst of the excitement about booking a vacation that will get you away from Roncesvalles, Toronto, it can be difficult to sit down and read the fine print, but that's exactly what you need to do if you don't want to be caught short. Fees with hidden addendums are usually followed by an asterisk that you must look for at the bottom to see an explanation. Never book online or over the phone without asking the representative directly about hidden fees.

When you check out of your hotel, look at your itemized bill carefully to confirm it contains only the fees you were informed about. If they have tried to add anything, such as a Toronto beach surtax or a "resort fee" or a towel changing fee, you can refuse to pay. Most managers will be obliged to remove it from your bill if you make a fuss. If it is automatically added to a bill paid by credit card, you can challenge the charge through the credit card company.