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Re: [APO-L] Room rates
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kim Francis)
Wed Nov 13 15:07:10 2002
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 15:07:07 -0500
Reply-To: Kim Francis <kfrancis@SOUTHERNCO.COM>
From: Kim Francis <kfrancis@SOUTHERNCO.COM>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
On Wed, 13 Nov 2002 11:47:13 -0500, Deborah Cherry <dc30@ANDREW.CMU.EDU>
wrote:
It is a very common practice. I remember after the Dallas Convention in
1994, the DFW Airport-Bear Creek Hyatt that we were staying at charged
$300/night to guests staying for New Year's Eve.
Kim
Kim Francis
Advisory Chair-Delta Kappa, Emory U
Advisor-Beta Zeta, UGA
R4 LD Chair
>It's probably because it's a peak time, they can sell much of their rooms
>for $300+, they aren't going to give a military discount unless it's
really
>for miliitary purposes.
>
>Even without the Sugar Bowl, New Year's Eve is a major event at most
major,
>urban full-service hotels, and they charge a premimum for it (usually in a
>package along with their gala ball, drinks, etc). Discounts are given in
>part to encourage people to stay at a given hotel when the room might
>otherwise go empty, but on New Year's Eve, not only isn't it empty, but
>it's one of the rare times they can really charge "rack rate" extensively
>and get it (check out the back of the room door in a hotel to see what
that
>room's "rack rate" is- full price, no discounts of any kind, and you'll
>find you rarely pay it unless youn are in a very high demand area/time
>and/or made last minute reservations...)
>
>Yours in LFS,
>Debbie Cherry
>Sectional Representative Alpha Gamma Upsilon (Section 62)
>Chairman of Advisory Cmte, Kappa Chapter, Carnegie Mellon University
>dc30@andrew.cmu.edu
