# A Hotel That Eliminates Fees, More Pet Peeves, and the Hope Flight Foundation

- URL: https://travelguysradio.com/2014/08/31/2216
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*On the Sunday, August 31st, 2014 edition of The Travel Guys…*

We've talked a lot of the show about how hotels are copying the airlines and charging their guests all kinds of creative fees to pump up profits. But we've found a hotel that's doing the opposite. They eliminated resort fees of all kinds. The GM of the [Whiteface Lodge at Lake Placid](http://www.thewhitefacelodge.com) joins us to explain how less can be more.

Mark has a list of the [ten ways hotels annoy their guests](http://www.smartertravel.com/photo-galleries/editorial/10-annoying-things-about-hotels-and-how-to-deal-with-them.html?id=805). We bet some of your pet peeves are on the list. There's big run in Old Sacramento through Monday and we have details.

Finally, many times we think of travel as only being for business or pleasure. Sometimes it can save a life. The [Hope Flight Foundation](http://www.hopeflightfoundation.org) is making life easier for Northern California children and their families who need to care for them.. Hope Flight provides air transportation for sick kids. We introduce you to a company that is doing a lot of good in and around our community.

## Highlights

- [Whiteface Lodge at Lake Placid](http://www.thewhitefacelodge.com)
- [10 Ways Hotels Annoy Their Guests](http://www.smartertravel.com/photo-galleries/editorial/10-annoying-things-about-hotels-and-how-to-deal-with-them.html?id=805)
- [Hope Flight Foundation](http://www.hopeflightfoundation.org)
- [Mayor says 'ridiculous' parking signs must go](http://www.aol.com/article/2014/08/25/mayor-says-ridiculous-parking-signs-must-go/20951969/?icid=maing-grid7%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl23%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D519967)
- [Mimicking the airlines, hotels get fee-happy](http://www.cnbc.com/id/101943976)
- [Carlsbad Caverns National Park & the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta](https://www.sportsleisure.com/vacations/1042-carlsbad-caverns-national-park-the-albuquerque-balloon-fiesta)
- [MythBusters debunks dilemma of how airlines board planes](http://www.aol.com/article/2014/08/22/mythbusters-debunks-dilemma-of-how-airlines-board-planes/20950972/?icid=maing-grid7%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl21%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D518962)
- [Cordially Yours Travel - Deal of the Week](http://www.cordiallyyourstravel.com/)
- [The booming business behind Burning Man](http://www.cnbc.com/id/101938322)
- [Maria Pepe, Little League's First Girl | MAKERS Video](http://www.makers.com/maria-pepe?icid=maing-grid7%7Clegacy%7Cdl26%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D516408)
- [Monsieur the Robotic Bartender in a Box](http://techcrunch.com/video/monsieur-the-robotic-bartender-in-a-box-road-to-disrupt-s1e2/518291041/?icid=maing-grid7%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl35%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D514376)

Previous Episode: [Albuquerque Balloon Festival, Gwen Duncan's Cruise Deal, and What Is "Burning Man"?](https://travelguysradio.com/2014/08/24/balloon-festivals-gwen-ducans-cruise-deal-burning-man) — August 24, 2014
Next Episode: [Tour Preview Day, Why You Should Visit Clarksville, TN, and Another Deal of the Week](https://travelguysradio.com/2014/09/07/boys-allowed-hotels-women-floors-smartertravel-com) — September 7, 2014

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