Are all nicer resides at least $700 a night now for a standard room?

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Anonymous wrote:You can get ocean front condos on St Augustine Beach and Crescent Beach FL during that week after New Years Day. We just booked something for 4 or 5 nights beginning New Years Eve for $1200 total on airbnb. Two bedrooms, two bathrooms.

Is it warm?

No. And also the week after new years is not as expensive as the week before/including.

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Anonymous wrote:My family vacations in Europe now because US hotel prices have become way too crazy. Seriously.

European cities are just as bad. Just booked hotels in London and Paris and both were over $500 for a run of the mill, nothing special hotel. Nice hotels were $1000-$1200. And this is a random week in June.

A random week in June happens to be peak tourist season in London and Paris…which happen to be very popular, very overpriced travel destinations.

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we just went to orlando and it was well under 500$ for resort time places with multiple pools. I think there's so much supply there that prices are more reasonable--but if you're looking for beachfront and dates much closer to Christmas prices skyrocket.

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Anonymous wrote:Pretty much the norm now. I now assume $700 is the starting point for a decent place in season. I am mostly looking at ski resorts rather than beach resorts and the nice but not Four Seasons/Ritz level are $700-1000/night.

Ok thanks. I don’t ski but glad to see it’s in line. Was looking at ritz for spring break and it was $1400 for a mid one.

So you want the ritz, two queens, multiple restaurants etc etc for under $500? You clearly don’t travel much.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My family vacations in Europe now because US hotel prices have become way too crazy. Seriously.

European cities are just as bad. Just booked hotels in London and Paris and both were over $500 for a run of the mill, nothing special hotel. Nice hotels were $1000-$1200. And this is a random week in June.

A random week in June happens to be peak tourist season in London and Paris…which happen to be very popular, very overpriced travel destinations.

Ok fine, but so are warm weather destinations the week after Christmas.

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Anonymous wrote:My family vacations in Europe now because US hotel prices have become way too crazy. Seriously.

People look at me funny when I say the same thing, but from major cities, especially on the East Coast, it can absolutely be as cheap or cheaper to go to Europe and far more enjoyable.

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Dec and Jan are peak in Carribean.

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Anonymous wrote:You can get beachfront condos in Mexico for under $500/night. Perhaps you won’t get full service, but you’ll have a kitchen and a lot of communities have plentiful nearby restaurants if you don’t want to cook.

Granted, I booked months ago, but that’s where I’d look. And that’s how you keep it reasonable.

Thanks. I’m not looking to save money and will spend $750 a day on food. Just didn’t know if it was normal for a 2 queen room to be $700 a night at non peak week.
Looking at the JW Marco island
Marriott singer island
Pier house key west

This phrase "non peak." I don't think it means what you think it means...

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My family vacations in Europe now because US hotel prices have become way too crazy. Seriously.

European cities are just as bad. Just booked hotels in London and Paris and both were over $500 for a run of the mill, nothing special hotel. Nice hotels were $1000-$1200. And this is a random week in June.

Well, okay ... but you realize that London and Paris are going to have the highest prices in pretty much all of Europe, right?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pretty much the norm now. I now assume $700 is the starting point for a decent place in season. I am mostly looking at ski resorts rather than beach resorts and the nice but not Four Seasons/Ritz level are $700-1000/night.

Ok thanks. I don’t ski but glad to see it’s in line. Was looking at ritz for spring break and it was $1400 for a mid one.

So you want the ritz, two queens, multiple restaurants etc etc for under $500? You clearly don’t travel much.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can get beachfront condos in Mexico for under $500/night. Perhaps you won’t get full service, but you’ll have a kitchen and a lot of communities have plentiful nearby restaurants if you don’t want to cook.

Granted, I booked months ago, but that’s where I’d look. And that’s how you keep it reasonable.

Thanks. I’m not looking to save money and will spend $750 a day on food. Just didn’t know if it was normal for a 2 queen room to be $700 a night at non peak week.
Looking at the JW Marco island
Marriott singer island
Pier house key west

This phrase "non peak." I don't think it means what you think it means...

+1.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes and it’s ridiculous. It’s happening because people pay it, but it’s not worth it.

That's crazy money. Maybe makes sense if you're net worth is north of 5 mil.

I have the cash, but just not even close to being worth it. You can stay at an awesome hotel or Airbnb for under $100 a night in other countries.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes and it’s ridiculous. It’s happening because people pay it, but it’s not worth it.

That's crazy money. Maybe makes sense if you're net worth is north of 5 mil.

I have the cash, but just not even close to being worth it. You can stay at an awesome hotel or Airbnb for under $100 a night in other countries.

I assure you that many of us with that net worth still find it ridiculous. I’m the PP who is salty about prices in London and Paris. But rather than paying luxury prices we just downgraded our hotels to keep the price in check. It’s still $500/night though.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes and it’s ridiculous. It’s happening because people pay it, but it’s not worth it.

That's crazy money. Maybe makes sense if you're net worth is north of 5 mil.

I have the cash, but just not even close to being worth it. You can stay at an awesome hotel or Airbnb for under $100 a night in other countries.

I assure you that many of us with that net worth still find it ridiculous. I’m the PP who is salty about prices in London and Paris. But rather than paying luxury prices we just downgraded our hotels to keep the price in check. It’s still $500/night though.

In London and Paris you don't need pools and spas and multiple hotel restaurants. You just need a decent hotel. I actually prefer some of the smaller hotels in London.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes and it’s ridiculous. It’s happening because people pay it, but it’s not worth it.

That's crazy money. Maybe makes sense if you're net worth is north of 5 mil.

I have the cash, but just not even close to being worth it. You can stay at an awesome hotel or Airbnb for under $100 a night in other countries.

I assure you that many of us with that net worth still find it ridiculous. I’m the PP who is salty about prices in London and Paris. But rather than paying luxury prices we just downgraded our hotels to keep the price in check. It’s still $500/night though.

In London and Paris you don't need pools and spas and multiple hotel restaurants. You just need a decent hotel. I actually prefer some of the smaller hotels in London.

Can you list some? Planning a trip there for next fall.