--- description: Hotels will charge lodgers a record breaking $2.25 billion in fees and surcharges in 2014 title: Hotels to Charge Record Fees and Surcharges in 2014, Study Finds image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt80274b2592adf223/6986a0be810bbb56a1c9325f/453900922.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Hotels Charging Record Fees in 2014, Study Says  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 25, 2014 3:05 PM CUT  A bellhop walks at the entrance of the "The Peninsula Paris" hotel on August 21, 2014 in Paris. A bellhop walks at the entrance of the "The Peninsula Paris" hotel on August 21, 2014 in Paris.Fred Dufour—AFP/Getty Images  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 25, 2014 3:05 PM CUT Hotels will charge customers a record-breaking $2.25 billion in fees and surcharges in 2014, according to a new study that reveals the big business of little expenses. The study, released Monday by New York University professor Bjorn Hanson, attributed this year’s record forecast to slightly higher occupancy rates, higher amounts charged for services and an ever-expanding list of chargeable services, from early departure fees to automatic gratuities to mini-bar restocking fees. The study estimates that hotels can make a profit of roughly 80%-90% on fees and surcharges, and that the amount collected has steadily climbed since charging fees became a widely embraced industry practice in the late 1990s. In 2000, hotels were collecting $1.2 billion in fees and surcharges. By 2013, the amount had nearly doubled to $2.1 billion. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3173820/hotel-fees/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3173820/hotel-fees/"},"headline":"Hotels Charging Record Fees in 2014, Study Says","datePublished":"2014-08-25T15:05:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:50:09.715Z","description":"Profits on fees can easily exceed 90%","url":"https://time.com/3173820/hotel-fees/","keywords":["Travel","Hotels","fees"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt80274b2592adf223/6986a0be810bbb56a1c9325f/453900922.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Kedmey","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt80274b2592adf223/6986a0be810bbb56a1c9325f/453900922.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"FRANCE-HOTEL-LUXURY-PALACE-PENINSULA","caption":"FRANCE-HOTEL-LUXURY-PALACE-PENINSULA","creditText":"Fred Dufour—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3173820/hotel-fees/","name":"Hotels Charging Record Fees in 2014, Study Says"}}]}] ```