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RE: [RC] Convention Rooms - Karen StandeferLast time the convention was at the Nuggett, I was still working for Expedia.com I booked a SPA room (with Jacuzzi) for $67/night which was about $30 less than the regular room at the AERC rate. The hotels use to sell blocks of rooms REALLY cheap to some of the online companies. The rooms are then "owned/bought" by the online agencies and are not available for the hotel to book through their general booking system any longer. That still happens to a large extent, but the hotels don’t give the really deep discounts any longer because people are travelling more and they can make more money now because the hotels book up better than 3-8 years ago. Subsequently, the hotels have more blocks of rooms that are not bought up by the online travel companies. So, the hotels cheapen them the closer it gets to your booking date (usually the discounts start 2 weeks out, but in a place like Reno or Vegas, if there are big blocks of rooms not sold, maybe they start discounting earlier). So, when the conventions book at the hotel, they will likely be paying the "regular" rate (not the rack rate which is much higher, but just the normal booking rate before any discounts) when they book the convention. Whether or not the rooms are discounted further depends on the amount of rooms sold closer to the time of the convention. Karen -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp- owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of heidi larson Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 11:03 PM To: Ridecamp Subject: [RC] Convention Rooms Wouldn't the hotel give an organization a special rate (like not higher than the general public) for booking a block of rooms and wouldn't we as the convention goers be more inclined to go to that hotel and give the code to get the discount so that the block would be filled? If the block is filled, more folks will eat at the hotel rest./put a buck in their slot machines, buy a beer, tip a waitress, tip a valet, and that is more money for the hotel without making the patrons feel like they are being taken advantage of. It seems like backwards thinking to me. I don't recall the Nugget charging more than the general public could get a room for last year and my husband is pretty good about checking room/car/flight rates periodically. (I could be wrong on that though.) No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.20.9/1294 - Release Date: 2/22/2008 6:39 PM =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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