# How to Avoid Hotel Reservation Cancellations Fees

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*On the Sunday, July 28th edition of The Travel Guys:*

- In the Travel News, the
- In the Travel News, the

[Attorney General for Nebraska has joined his counterpart in the District of Columbia by filing suit to stop resort fees](https://www.doctorofcredit.com/nebraska-attorney-general-suing-hilton-over-resort-fees/). Nebraska filed against Hilton, DC had gone after Marriott. Watch this space for updates. A new Grand Hyatt is opening at SFO and is now taking reservations. Amtrak has announced the first non-stop Acela train, connecting New York and Washington, DC. All current trains make limited stops. Southwest Airlines is shuffling their schedule and even without the Max 8 planes, Hawaii service from Sacramento will be announced within the next month.

- In our Smarter Traveler segment, Tom reveals a way to move a hotel reservation to avoid cancellation charges and Mark told listeners how to retrieve something from a plane after you've gotten off.
- [Chris Elliott](http://Elliott.org) joined us to talk Resort Fees, the importance of reading the "medium" if not the "fine" print, Basic Economy Airfares and how to get good service from a bad airline.

## Highlights

- [Elliott.org](http://Elliott.org)
- [Nebraska Attorney General Suing Hilton Over Resort Fees](https://www.doctorofcredit.com/nebraska-attorney-general-suing-hilton-over-resort-fees/)
- [This adorable photo of one bear appearing to shush another bear goes viral](https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/animals/this-adorable-photo-of-one-bear-appearing-to-shush-another-bear-goes-viral/vi-AAEn8nb?ocid=iehp)
- [The ‘Cats’ trailer dropped. We have 34 questions.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/07/18/cats-trailer-dropped-we-have-questions/?utm_term=.3d2695f9b513&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1)
- [Video of airline passenger using feet to operate in-flight screen horrifies Twitter: 'I would open a side door and jump out' ](https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/07/18/cats-trailer-dropped-we-have-questions/?utm_term=.3d2695f9b513&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1)
- [How to Disinfect Your Airplane Seat](https://www.smartertravel.com/disinfect-airplane-seat/)
- [Oscar Mayer Rolls Out the Wienermobile as an Airbnb Rental](https://www.travelpulse.com/news/hotels-and-resorts/oscar-mayer-rolls-out-the-wienermobile-as-an-airbnb-rental.html)

Tags: [basic economy](https://travelguysradio.com/tag/basic-economy), [fine print](https://travelguysradio.com/tag/fine-print), [flights](https://travelguysradio.com/tag/flights), [hotel cancellations](https://travelguysradio.com/tag/hotel-cancellations)

Previous Episode: [Hotel Reservation Mishaps with Gwen Duncan](https://travelguysradio.com/2019/07/21/hotel-reservation-mishaps-with-gwen-duncan) — July 21, 2019
Next Episode: [Travel Benefits Cut by Citi Credit Card and Answering Listener Questions](https://travelguysradio.com/2019/08/04/travel-benefits-cut-citi-credit-card-and-answering-listener-questions) — August 4, 2019

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