What kind of hidden fees are commonly found on hotel bills?

What kind of hidden fees are commonly found on hotel bills?

Catharine Hamm (Travel Editor, LA Times) gives expert video advice on: How can I make sure I don't end up paying hidden fees? and more...

You can be very surprised by a hotel bill because it can be chock full of hidden fees, fees that you didn't know about when you booked your hotel room. For example, many hotels charge an occupancy tax. That's on top of sales tax that you may already be charged. You may also be charged a fee for using the telephone in your room; local calls may be exorbitantly high, domestic long distance can be sky high and, of course, international can be through the roof. You may be charged a fee for using the Internet or you may be charged a fee for restocking the mini-bar. That's a new one, a $3.5 charge sometimes that's tacked onto a bill if you've taken something out of the mini-bar which is on top of what you've taken out of the mini-bar. So you need to be really careful and take a look, and ask about those fees even before you book the hotel.