Say goodbye to junk fees.

Well, some of them anyway, for now at least.

You're listening to Motley Fool Money.

I'm Ricky Mulvey, joined today by Bill Barker.

Bill, appreciate you being here.

Thanks for having me.

So this is something I'm kind of excited about is a,

is a buyer of things, is a buyer of tickets and occasionally hotel rooms. The Federal Trade

Commission announced a final, what it is calling a final junk fee rule. This hits live events,

hotels, vacation rentals. Basically, if you're a hotel,

you cannot just add a resort fee on to the end of the booking. You can still charge it. You just

have to tell your customers up front. And there's some weirdness in here, Bill. There's no real

uniform enforcement. The rule will also become effective four months from now,

notably when there is a new presidential administration in the White House.

Does this rule change much?

Is this something I should be excited about?

Well, I excited is an interesting choice.

I think that your future experiences might be less annoying rather than

actually all that much better. I don't think it's got any real competitive change in the

landscape for companies. They charge what they charge, and they're still going to charge

the amounts they charge. But they'll list the price sooner in your transaction experience with

the much like, I suppose, a gas station does. When you see the price for gas, it's the price you pay,

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