Bellingham's city council adopted an ordinance banning excessive fees for renters. What can a tenant do if their landlord ...

Junk fees have become a costly part of everyday life, popping up on hotel bookings, food orders, payment apps and more.

Junk fees have become a costly part of everyday life, popping up on hotel bookings, food orders, payment apps, and more. A ...

A new Federal Trade Commission rule requires businesses to show full prices up front to help consumers avoid surprise fees.

Junk fees are getting creative. Instead of a mandatory resort fee in addition to the room rate, tour operator Phyllis Stoller found a $30-a-day "urban fee" on her Los Angeles hotel bill.

About 85% of Americans have encountered so-called junk fees, which are often tacked onto the cost of concert tickets, air travel, and credit card bills.

President Biden is expected to highlight his push to cap junk fees in his State of the Union address, for a second year in a row. It's a theme he plans to take on the campaign trail.

Junk fees are the lifeblood of the travel industry. Annual revenue from airline ancillary fees soared by 56% last year to $103 billion worldwide compared to 2021. (Many ancillary fees are ...

The problem of junk fees are real, and the FTC and CFPB should take actions to ban them. But not every fee—in particular, banking fees—are "hidden and bogus." ...

The Biden administration and the FTC are hoping to crack down on "junk fees" that companies charge unknowing customers, including service charges or even undisclosed add-ons.

The FTC, however, has been working on this issue since 2022 and announced a final Junk Fees Rule in late 2024. This rule only applies to live-event ticketing and short-term lodging, such as hotels ...

How ‘junk fees’ turned a dream apartment into a financial nightmare Across the country, consumer advocates and policymakers have warned of a rise in extra charges by companies that are not ...