# Catch hidden hotel fees and dealbreakers buried in reviews

> It finds the $40 parking charge and the surprise daily fee that 300 reviews mention once each.

Tell ChatGPT your travel dealbreakers once, then have it scan recent reviews of any hotel and report only the fees and problems that hit your list, like paid parking or noisy rooms.

- Page: https://thesolocreators.com/prompts/hotel-reviews-checked-against-your-dealbreakers/
- Category: Upgrade your everyday
- Made for: Everyone
- Works in: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini
- Time: About 5 minutes per hotel
- Effort: Just copy and paste
- Note: Reading live reviews needs a travel plugin connected, such as Tripadvisor. Otherwise paste the reviews in yourself.
- Published: 2026-10-21

## How do I find hidden fees in hotel reviews before booking?

Give an AI your dealbreakers and the hotel's recent reviews, and ask it to report only the problems and fees that match. ChatGPT can remember your dealbreakers with memory turned on, so you only list them once. Claude or Gemini work too if you paste the list and the reviews each time. For one hotel, pasting reviews is enough; for comparing several, a connected travel plugin in ChatGPT saves the copying.

## The prompt

Fill in the parts in [square brackets], or leave them and the AI will ask you for them.

```text
Remember my hotel dealbreakers for future trips: [YOUR DEALBREAKERS, e.g. paid parking, resort fees, street noise].

Now check [HOTEL NAME, e.g. Harbor Inn, downtown] for my stay on [YOUR DATES, e.g. June 12 to 15]. Go through recent reviews from the last 12 months and tell me only what touches my dealbreakers, plus any surprise charges guests mention (parking, daily fees, deposits, minibar charges, city tax paid at the hotel).

For each issue give me:
1. What guests said, in one line.
2. How many reviews mention it and how recent they are.
3. The cost, if a review names one.

End with a one-line verdict: book, ask the hotel first, or skip. Don't pad it with the good stuff unless it cancels out a problem.
```

## Step by step

1. Turn on memory in ChatGPT settings, or paste your dealbreakers each time.
2. Paste the prompt with your dealbreakers and the hotel name.
3. Paste recent reviews, or connect a travel plugin like Tripadvisor.
4. Compare the red flags before you book.

## What you'll get

A short list of review red flags that match your dealbreakers, with costs and how often they come up, and a book or skip verdict.

## Good to know

**How do I find hidden fees in hotel reviews before booking?** Give an AI your dealbreakers and the hotel's recent reviews, and ask it to report only the problems and fees that match. ChatGPT can remember your dealbreakers with memory turned on, so you only list them once. Claude or Gemini work too if you paste the list and the reviews each time. For one hotel, pasting reviews is enough; for comparing several, a connected travel plugin in ChatGPT saves the copying.

**Which AI tools does this work in?** It works in ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini. On this page, ChatGPT and Claude open with your prompt already typed in. Reading live reviews needs a travel plugin connected, such as Tripadvisor. Otherwise paste the reviews in yourself.

**How long does it take?** About 5 minutes per hotel. It's rated "Just copy and paste". There are 4 steps, listed above.

**What do I need before I start?** Just your details for 3 blanks: your dealbreakers, hotel name and your dates. You can skip any, and your AI will ask for them.

**What will I get back?** A short list of review red flags that match your dealbreakers, with costs and how often they come up, and a book or skip verdict.

Idea spotted on Reddit, shared by u/Efistoffeles: https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPTPro/comments/1x96ok0/4_things_i_have_chatgpt_do_to_save_when_traveling/. The prompt is The Solo Creators' own version.

## Go further

Ready-made skills in the Solo Creators AI Studio (https://thesolocreators.com/studio/) that fit this: TLDR (Your AI stops writing walls of text: every reply leads with the next action, numbered and skimmable); Second Brain (Give your AI a memory it reads across every project, so it finally knows your business).

From AI Use Cases and Prompts by The Solo Creators: https://thesolocreators.com/prompts/. Free to use; please link back to the page when you share it.