--- title: These Are the Most Hated Fees in America description: GoBankingRates.com has compiled a rogue's gallery of the "most expensive, egregious, unexpected and just downright unreasonable charges" confronting American consumers today. Travel fees and banking fees dominate the list. authors: - name: Brad Tuttle role: Senior Editor url: https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/ bio: Brad Tuttle is a former senior editor at Money with over 10 years’ experience covering a vast number of personal finance topics, including careers, cars, travel, budgeting, investing, insurance, credit cards, consumer psychology, real estate, banking, and shopping and deals. education: Columbia University School of Journalism, MS at_money_since: 2014 articles: 366 covers: - Personal Finance - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Pets - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://twitter.com/bradrtuttle - https://linkedin.com/in/brad-tuttle-834b225 former_staff: true published: '2015-05-20T15:02:26.000Z' modified: '2024-04-16T05:52:26.000Z' section: Personal Finance tags: - Airlines - Banking - fees - Travel word_count: 317 canonical: https://money.com/worst-most-hated-fees/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![150520_EM_HatedFees](https://img.money.com/2015/05/150520_em_hatedfees.jpg) The website [GoBankingRates.com](http://www.gobankingrates.com/personal-finance/31-worst-fees-america/) has compiled a rogue's gallery of the "most expensive, egregious, unexpected and just downright unreasonable charges" confronting American consumers today. No fewer than 11 of the worst fees named on the list are related to banking. That's not surprising considering each year we drop [$7 billion on basic bank charges](https://money.com/collection-post/10-most-common-financial-leaks-plug-them-now/) for things like failing to meet minimum balance requirements and monthly account maintenance. That figure is tiny compared to the roughly [$32 billion](https://time.com/3053822/how-big-banks-are-finally-getting-it-right/) consumers pay annually for overdrafts—which, of course, is another hated fee featured on the list. Behind banking, travel is the category with the second-most hated fees—a total of 10 in all. Common fees for things like changing airline tickets, checking or carrying baggage on flights, renting a car, and flying with your pet are named on the list. Arguably worse are the fees travelers incur through no choice of their own, without any extra service provided, such as the vague "resort fees" added to bills at some hotels and resorts, and the mandatory gratuities charged by many resorts and cruise lines. On the other hand, some of the fees in the roundup seem easier to accept because there's clearly some service and value provided. What's more, while the price of these fees may not be entirely reasonable, it's easy enough for people to be well aware of them before signing on board. We're talking about things like homeowner's association fees and charges for belonging to sororities and fraternities in college. What fee is the worst of the worst? GoBankingRates doesn't rank them. Besides, it's a matter of personal opinion. Obviously, the fees you hate the most are the ones you pay, without much in the way of choice, while getting little to nothing in return. For what it's worth, the [checked baggage fee](https://money.com/checked-baggage-fees-win-most-hated-competition/) was named by our readers as the Most Hated Fee in a vote-off conducted a few years back. ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/worst-most-hated-fees/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Personal Finance", "item": "https://money.com/personal-finance/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Expenses", "item": "https://money.com/expenses/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "These Are the Most Hated Fees in America" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/worst-most-hated-fees/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/worst-most-hated-fees/", "name": "These Are the Most Hated Fees in America", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2015-05-20T15:02:26.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/worst-most-hated-fees/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/worst-most-hated-fees/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2024-04-16T05:52:26.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "These Are the Most Hated Fees in America", "articleSection": "Personal Finance", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2015/05/150520_em_hatedfees.jpg", "width": 2100, "height": 1400, "caption": "150520_EM_HatedFees" } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brad Tuttle", "url": "https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/#author", "description": "Brad Tuttle is a former senior editor at Money with over 10 years’ experience covering a vast number of personal finance topics, including careers, cars, travel, budgeting, investing, insurance, credit cards, consumer psychology, real estate, banking, and shopping and deals.\r\n\r\n", "image": "https://img.money.com/2014/01/Brad-Tuttle.png?w=226&h=247&crop=1", "alumniOf": "Columbia University School of Journalism, MS", "sameAs": [ "https://twitter.com/bradrtuttle", "https://linkedin.com/in/brad-tuttle-834b225" ] } ], "publisher": "https://money.com/#organization", "datePublished": "2015-05-20T15:02:26.000Z", "description": "GoBankingRates.com has compiled a rogue's gallery of the \"most expensive, egregious, unexpected and just downright unreasonable charges\" confronting American consumers today. 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