What do you spend per night on hotels?

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Anonymous wrote:We’re retired with pensions but probably 6-7M net worth in the Midwest.
I wouldn’t spend more than $150.
In fact, we STR our lake home in the summer and a couple times a year stay at a $56 super 8 so we can collect the $450 a night stay from our renters. (If we have something going on at the lake, typically we’d just stay in our permanent home 75 miles away)
Making decisions like this DAILY is how we amassed a solid net worth.
We work hard and sacrifice and spend money on experiences.
Our kids think we’re nuts.

… but a hotel IS an experience? I am all about not wasting money on luxuries, but there is a qualitative difference between a Super 8 and a nicer Marriott - smells, cleanliness, safety, amenities (like a pool or nice grounds), bed quality, and most importantly, location (usually).

Rich people insisting on paying $100/night for a hotel seem to have some sort of pathology about money to me.

This. Money hoarding is a thing.

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Anonymous wrote:We’re retired with pensions but probably 6-7M net worth in the Midwest.
I wouldn’t spend more than $150.
In fact, we STR our lake home in the summer and a couple times a year stay at a $56 super 8 so we can collect the $450 a night stay from our renters. (If we have something going on at the lake, typically we’d just stay in our permanent home 75 miles away)
Making decisions like this DAILY is how we amassed a solid net worth.
We work hard and sacrifice and spend money on experiences.
Our kids think we’re nuts.

… but a hotel IS an experience? I am all about not wasting money on luxuries, but there is a qualitative difference between a Super 8 and a nicer Marriott - smells, cleanliness, safety, amenities (like a pool or nice grounds), bed quality, and most importantly, location (usually).

Rich people insisting on paying $100/night for a hotel seem to have some sort of pathology about money to me.

It's called cheap. My dad was like this. Super 8 on work travel and save his per diem. Maddening.

DOJ litigating division road warrior here. This drives me insane. I hate traveling with colleagues who -- after a &^%$ing 10-hour day working on a case that is reported on in the NYT -- insist on McDonald's for dinner in order to save per diem money.

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Anonymous wrote:Where are you guys all finding the $200 hotels in the United States!? That does not exist!

Of course they do, if you don’t mind budget hotels. I just booked a hotel in Williamsburg for about $70/night. Even in NYC, I find centrally-located hotels for less than $250/night with advance planning and off-season dates.

Which hotel? I live in Williamsburg and am always looking for budget options for friends who want to visit.

In this case, Red Roof Inn. We haven’t stayed in that one before— reviews were decent, but it could suck. We’ll see. Rodeway Inn is super cheap but not great. Sleep Inn is a little more (usually $100-$150) and quite nice.

I just am not willing to risk bed bugs to stay at a hotel where the government houses homeless people. Nope, no thank you. I would rather not even go.

+1. No amount of cost savings is worth bedbugs.

Is the Williamsburg Red Roof Inn known to have bed bugs? Where did you find this info?

Any hotel that poor people can only afford when they get off the street occasionally could have bedbugs. Really, any hotel could.

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Anonymous wrote:Where are you guys all finding the $200 hotels in the United States!? That does not exist!

Of course they do, if you don’t mind budget hotels. I just booked a hotel in Williamsburg for about $70/night. Even in NYC, I find centrally-located hotels for less than $250/night with advance planning and off-season dates.

Which hotel? I live in Williamsburg and am always looking for budget options for friends who want to visit.

In this case, Red Roof Inn. We haven’t stayed in that one before— reviews were decent, but it could suck. We’ll see. Rodeway Inn is super cheap but not great. Sleep Inn is a little more (usually $100-$150) and quite nice.

NP- Red Roof Inn is BAD. Stayed at one because we had no choice and it was damp, dirty walls, black grout, mystery stains, shady, weird smell. I was not able to sleep thinking about bugs and the grossness of it all. I'd reconsider.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We’re retired with pensions but probably 6-7M net worth in the Midwest.
I wouldn’t spend more than $150.
In fact, we STR our lake home in the summer and a couple times a year stay at a $56 super 8 so we can collect the $450 a night stay from our renters. (If we have something going on at the lake, typically we’d just stay in our permanent home 75 miles away)
Making decisions like this DAILY is how we amassed a solid net worth.
We work hard and sacrifice and spend money on experiences.
Our kids think we’re nuts.

… but a hotel IS an experience? I am all about not wasting money on luxuries, but there is a qualitative difference between a Super 8 and a nicer Marriott - smells, cleanliness, safety, amenities (like a pool or nice grounds), bed quality, and most importantly, location (usually).

Rich people insisting on paying $100/night for a hotel seem to have some sort of pathology about money to me.

This. Money hoarding is a thing.

The money is going to the hoarders

[Anonymous]

HHI $1.5M and it runs the gamut.

Just spent $300-$500/night for a quick getaway to Florida. Spent $4,000/night in NYC over the holidays for a landmark hotel. Spring break hotels overseas are $1k-$2k/night. When we travel for sports I'm aiming for $400/night or less. I did decide a few years ago that I'm officially too old and too rich for Holiday Inns anymore. I want hotels with marble in the bathroom.

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Anonymous wrote:HHI $1.5M and it runs the gamut.

Just spent $300-$500/night for a quick getaway to Florida. Spent $4,000/night in NYC over the holidays for a landmark hotel. Spring break hotels overseas are $1k-$2k/night. When we travel for sports I'm aiming for $400/night or less. I did decide a few years ago that I'm officially too old and too rich for Holiday Inns anymore. I want hotels with marble in the bathroom.

So you have marble in the bathrooms at home?

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Anonymous wrote:Where are you guys all finding the $200 hotels in the United States!? That does not exist!

Of course they do, if you don’t mind budget hotels. I just booked a hotel in Williamsburg for about $70/night. Even in NYC, I find centrally-located hotels for less than $250/night with advance planning and off-season dates.

Which hotel? I live in Williamsburg and am always looking for budget options for friends who want to visit.

In this case, Red Roof Inn. We haven’t stayed in that one before— reviews were decent, but it could suck. We’ll see. Rodeway Inn is super cheap but not great. Sleep Inn is a little more (usually $100-$150) and quite nice.

NP- Red Roof Inn is BAD. Stayed at one because we had no choice and it was damp, dirty walls, black grout, mystery stains, shady, weird smell. I was not able to sleep thinking about bugs and the grossness of it all. I'd reconsider.

Thanks for the info. There are others at a similar price point that I’ll check out.

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Anonymous wrote:Where are you guys all finding the $200 hotels in the United States!? That does not exist!

Of course they do, if you don’t mind budget hotels. I just booked a hotel in Williamsburg for about $70/night. Even in NYC, I find centrally-located hotels for less than $250/night with advance planning and off-season dates.

Which hotel? I live in Williamsburg and am always looking for budget options for friends who want to visit.

In this case, Red Roof Inn. We haven’t stayed in that one before— reviews were decent, but it could suck. We’ll see. Rodeway Inn is super cheap but not great. Sleep Inn is a little more (usually $100-$150) and quite nice.

NP- Red Roof Inn is BAD. Stayed at one because we had no choice and it was damp, dirty walls, black grout, mystery stains, shady, weird smell. I was not able to sleep thinking about bugs and the grossness of it all. I'd reconsider.

Thanks for the info. There are others at a similar price point that I’ll check out.

We like the Hampton Inn Central on the Bypass. Have stayed there several times. There are multiple Hampton Inns so just double check.

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We like the Hampton Inns - they are clean and comfy. Even Holiday Inns have been good on our road trips. Our HHI is 250k.

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$300k HHI.
It really depends.
Downtown New York City, weekend, $400.
Universal Orlando, $500
Visiting a small less touristy national park? $160
Visiting my family in rural middle of nowhere? $90

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Depends. I think we usually get the top tier of accommodations wherever we go, can range from like $700 to 9k+ per night.

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Anonymous wrote:We’re retired with pensions but probably 6-7M net worth in the Midwest.
I wouldn’t spend more than $150.
In fact, we STR our lake home in the summer and a couple times a year stay at a $56 super 8 so we can collect the $450 a night stay from our renters. (If we have something going on at the lake, typically we’d just stay in our permanent home 75 miles away)
Making decisions like this DAILY is how we amassed a solid net worth.
We work hard and sacrifice and spend money on experiences.
Our kids think we’re nuts.

… but a hotel IS an experience? I am all about not wasting money on luxuries, but there is a qualitative difference between a Super 8 and a nicer Marriott - smells, cleanliness, safety, amenities (like a pool or nice grounds), bed quality, and most importantly, location (usually).

Rich people insisting on paying $100/night for a hotel seem to have some sort of pathology about money to me.

It's called cheap. My dad was like this. Super 8 on work travel and save his per diem. Maddening.

DOJ litigating division road warrior here. This drives me insane. I hate traveling with colleagues who -- after a &^%$ing 10-hour day working on a case that is reported on in the NYT -- insist on McDonald's for dinner in order to save per diem money.

I think it's more that after a long day, they don't want to spend 1-1.5 hours for a sit down dinner in a restaurant. They would rather get a quick takeout and eat it in their hotel room - alone, no requirement to talk to co-workers and some time to decompress before another long day tomorrow.

Saving money from the per diem is just a bonus.

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Anonymous wrote:We like the Hampton Inns - they are clean and comfy. Even Holiday Inns have been good on our road trips. Our HHI is 250k.

Randomly stayed in a Hampton Inn in Agoura Hills, CA and I regretted not just booking there for our whole stay: it was so clean, spacious, nice view and pool, fantastic buffet. You're reminding me I need to seek those out!

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Anonymous wrote:Holy cow! I’m shocked at some of these responses. We make $400k, and if a hotel for a regular trip is over $200/night I have an existential crisis on if it’s worth even going.

(And that <$200 had better include breakfast!)

I hustle and work my ass off every day. I’m not staying at a Hampton Inn on vacation, and I don’t care if breakfast costs me an additional $100. I work too damn hard to nickel and dime my leisure time. I refuse to do it.

With that said, I’m sure there are things you spend money on that would can use me to have an existential crisis. Value is so subjective.

+1

I feel the same way, PP.

Congratulations? Everyone has different preferences. Most of the time when I'm on vacation with family, we don't spend much time in the hotel room except to sleep because we're off doing things during the day, so I prefer to spend $150/night unless it's a high cost area like NYC or SF where that's difficult to do.

Exactly. I don’t know what $500 gets you in a hotel room that would make my life better. Designer furniture? Sparkling water? More pastries? If I travel it’s usually because I want to see the destination, not lounge around the hotel.

From this thread, I now realize that I am in the minority of paying $500+. It’s mostly about the location. I don’t want to be inconvenienced on vacation and spend a lot of time in a taxi or train or getting to the beach. I spend a couple of hours a day in the car at home. I want to walk out of my hotel and have restaurants and shops. In NYC, I don’t want to be in Times Square. I want to be by Madison Ave or Central Park.