Seriously, this could not have been done without relentless advocacy of so many. I, Lauren Wolfe (email me at hi@killresortfees.com) thoroughly enjoyed asking every person in D.C. if they had a second to discuss our nation’s most pressing issue - resort fees. I loved all the endless meetings across the District and beyond, and, of course, all the beautiful lawsuits and one miraculous FTC rule, which even the current FTC Chair has said he would continue enforcing. The fight against hotel resort fees turned out to be a genuinely bipartisan effort, an example of the America that we can, and should, be. People came together, found common ground, filed lawsuit after lawsuit, talked to regulators, annoyed policymakers and generally refused to let a hidden $35 “amenity” fee go quietly into the night. The valiant fight against hidden hotel resort fees is a small but mighty reminder of what can happen when people unite around a common cause, stay persistent and become just annoying and determined enough to get things done.