FORT MYERS, Fla. (WINK)\u2014\u00a0You see a low price upfront, but by the time you check out, it’s way higher.<\/p>\n
Those extra charges are called “junk fees” and some of them are actually avoidable.<\/p>\n
The Federal Trade Commission says these types of fees can show up in everything from travel to tickets to everyday transactions.<\/p>\n
Let’s start with hotels. That low nightly rate you see often doesn’t include “resort fees,” which can add $20, $30 or even $50 a night.<\/p>\n
To avoid surprises, look for the “total price” before you book or click through to the final page to see the real cost.<\/p>\n
For concerts and events, service fees can add a big markup.<\/p>\n
One way around that is to buy directly at the venue box office, where those fees are sometimes lower or not charged at all.<\/p>\n
And at the ATM, you could be paying two fees at once: one from the ATM owner and one from your bank.<\/p>\n
Stick with your bank’s ATM or use a fee-free network to avoid both.<\/p>\n
Bottom line: don’t trust the first price you see. Always look for the full total before you pay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT MYERS, Fla. (WINK)\u2014\u00a0You see a low price upfront, but by the time you check out, it’s way…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260711,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,897,112684,72008,26684],"class_list":["post-260710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-fort-myers","tag-junk-fee","tag-payments","tag-pricing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}