Waikiki Resort Fees: What Every Hotel Charges in 2026

Every figure below comes from the hotel’s own website or its brand’s official policy page, checked September 25 and 26, 2026. Where a hotel says tax is extra, so do we. Where a hotel charges a fee but doesn’t post the amount, or its site blocked our check, the table says so instead of repeating a number from a fee-tracking site.

A few names people search for most: the Hyatt Regency Waikiki resort fee is $55 a night and the Sheraton Waikiki resort fee is $52 plus tax (both subject to change, so confirm at booking), and the Prince Waikiki resort fee is a $45 “resort charge” plus tax. The Hilton Hawaiian Village resort fee isn’t posted on the resort’s own site, and we couldn’t verify the Waikiki Beach Marriott resort fee; ask for both when you book. For how these hotels compare beyond the fee, see our best Waikiki hotels at every budget.

Three of the four hotels in the no-fee group, Halekulani, the Hale Koa and the Ritz-Carlton Residences, sit at the west end of Waikiki near Fort DeRussy.

Read the fine print at enough Waikiki hotels and the same short list keeps turning up:

• Wi-Fi. On nearly every list, often capped at two to four devices per room.
• Beach and pool gear. Towels almost everywhere; chairs and boogie boards at White Sands; rental credits at ʻAlohilani and Park Shore.
• Phone calls. Local and long-distance minutes, left over from before everyone carried a cell phone.
• Water and coffee. Reusable bottles and refill stations, in-room coffee and tea.
• Classes and discounts. Lei making, hula and ukulele lessons, yoga, and shopping or dining discounts.
• A few real extras. Free Bishop Museum admission at the Outrigger-run Beachcomber and Waikiki Paradise; the Honolulu Museum of Art and Bishop Museum at Prince Waikiki; a $5 daily food and drink credit at Hyatt Place; valet for one car at Aston Waikiki Beach Tower.

The honest read: most of the fee pays for Wi-Fi and towels you would expect at that room rate. The classes, museum passes and rental credits are worth something only if you use them, so look at the list before you book and plan a morning around what’s included.

Parking is almost never in the fee. At most of these hotels, overnight parking adds about $40 to $93.19 a night on top of it. Our guide to parking in Waikiki has public garages and hotel rates side by side.

The resort fee is taxed exactly like the room. Hawaii’s Department of Taxation says so in its guide to the Transient Accommodations Tax: “Gross rental proceeds also include any mandatory resort fees charged for use of the transient accommodation’s property, services, or amenities.”

On Oahu that means 18.712%, which Halekulani’s FAQ breaks down as “General Excise Tax at 4.712%, Hawaii Transient Accommodations Tax at 11% and Oahu Transient Accommodations Tax at 3%.” The state’s share rose to 11% on January 1, 2026, per the Department of Taxation.

One exception: the Hale Koa Hotel, on the military’s Fort DeRussy land, says “there are no taxes or daily resort fee incurred with room rate.” It is open only to military and DoD-affiliated guests.

Since May 12, 2025, a federal rule has changed how hotels can quote a room. The FTC’s Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Fees covers hotels and short-term rentals, and it requires the price you are shown to include every mandatory fee. The FTC’s own FAQ uses this example: “A resort charges a nightly rate of $199, plus a mandatory resort fee of $39 per day. The required resort fee must be included in the total price.”

Taxes and truly optional add-ons are the exceptions: they can be added later, as long as they are disclosed before you pay. So the rate you see for a Waikiki hotel should already include its resort fee, and the 18.712% tax may still arrive at checkout. Compare hotels on that total, not the room rate you remember from an old booking.

Loyalty points are the lever most people miss. Here is how each big program treats the resort fee on an award night:

Still deciding where to base yourself? Our guide to where to stay on Oahu covers every side of the island, our best hotels on Oahu list goes beyond Waikiki, and the Ko Olina vs Waikiki comparison weighs the west-side resorts, fees included.