I personally do not suggest sites like priceline. I don't quite understand their ranking but I am not willing to stay at a La Quinta. Granted when I am driving like 15 hours I will stay at like a 3 star but that's when I am not seeing anything except the backs of my eyelids. Usually I'll spend about $115 per night on a room. So if I tour 14 days I'll end up spending about $1500 on rooms.
Originally Posted by TabooTanner
I use priceline / hotels.com or sometimes I'll just go and reserve the hotel myself on the hotel's website. I have found that the $ amount is not always that much difference unless you are doing something like Name your price and there is no way I would ever use that thing when booking a hotel room. I like Expedia's blind buying feature more than name your price. I recently got a hotel room for $184 a night in Boston, Massachusets (Backbay / Copley square area) and if you know anything about Backbay that is a STEAL!
I don't travel much, but on priceline a 3.5 or 4 star hotel in a nice location in New Orleans is usually available for $60. I don't think I've ever paid more than $100 for a 4 star hotel here.
Originally Posted by heidilynnla
I was just telling London the other day that I am so used to paying $300 or $500 a night for hotels that $60 for even a 3 1/2 star is so unheard of to me (I travel to big cities for work). I don't even think twice when spending $$$. The only thing I think about is I hope this is a convenient location for my guests and how much am I going to make while staying there. If I am booking a $200 or $300 room and I have
3 2 hour dates at $600 each (most if not all my dates are multi-hour). That's $1,800. Is it worth staying in the lap of luxury?
For me and my guests, Yup.While I'm probably not the best guest at these hotels (I bug the hell out of concierge sometimes), I do tip the maids very well. They love me
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In NYC, parking is so difficult. I almost felt bad for my clients having to pay $42 to park! I will have to figure how to make it up to them somehow lol.