What do you spend per night on hotels?

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Anonymous wrote:HHI $600+. We’re typically Courtyard Marriott/Holiday Inn Express type people, so maybe $200-400/room/night, depending on the city? Now that our 3 kids are teens, we’ll sometimes get two rooms or a suite if everyone is traveling together. The big exception on the price front is the Disney cruises we went on where we splurged for 2 rooms, or cities like Rome or NYC where we don’t want to sleep in roachy rooms.

I feel like everyone has things they are unusually cheap about and other things they are willing to spend stupid amounts of money on (see Disney cruises above and feel free to flame away! 😄) The key is to consider all your discretionary spending in one big basket and make sure you’re saving for your goals first.

There’s a mom in my neighborhood who lives in a big house, drives a new Benz SUV and has all the luxury things. And her kid with 1500+ SAT who busted his butt studying through HS has been told he needs to get merit scholarships or go to his state school. 🤷‍♀️ That doesn’t make sense to me, but people value different things. I’m sure some people value nice hotels more than retiring early or expensive colleges/cars. You do you, OP!

Over-leveraged. So common.

Probably not as much as you think. I live in an affluent area and there's plenty of parents who say it's the flagship state school or find a merit elsewhere. Because they don't see the value in paying extra for a fancier college when the flagship is pretty good. I do see their point. Same principle can apply to hotels. Spend 4 nights in a hotel whether a 200 night or 500 night place, after the four days you're in the same place. [/b]Likewise, after four years at a flagship or a fancy private college, you're in the same place[b].

+1.

This. If anything you are in a better place because you can use the savings for grad school or a house. Plus you didn’t spend 4 years with kids whose douchey parents think there is something wrong with a Courtyard Marriott.

[Anonymous]

HHI 1 mil + a year

We usually go for hotel $100-200/ night
Unless very luxurious destination such as French Polynesia, but rarely over $500/ night.
We are not Riz Carlton or four season kind of people. We don’t enjoy staying in a hotel room, we love outdoor especially water activities and scuba diving. So no point spending top dollars for hotel room for us.

I think it’s really depend on your priority.

We travel internationally about four times a s a year. Each trip is at least a week long. If we fly to Asia, we fly business class. We eat very well and all in with any activities. So that’s where our money goes.

We use minivan over ten years old. Collage fund for one kid is over 300k . Retirement is … well we could retire now at mid 40, just reach our number. But decided to continue working because our kid is almost in high school. We ares stuck here for a while. Plan to fully retire in ten years once kid finishes collage and fully launched.

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Anonymous wrote:HHI 1 mil + a year

We usually go for hotel $100-200/ night
Unless very luxurious destination such as French Polynesia, but rarely over $500/ night.
We are not Riz Carlton or four season kind of people. We don’t enjoy staying in a hotel room, we love outdoor especially water activities and scuba diving. So no point spending top dollars for hotel room for us.

I think it’s really depend on your priority.

We travel internationally about four times a s a year. Each trip is at least a week long. If we fly to Asia, we fly business class. We eat very well and all in with any activities. So that’s where our money goes.

We use minivan over ten years old. Collage fund for one kid is over 300k . Retirement is … well we could retire now at mid 40, just reach our number. But decided to continue working because our kid is almost in high school. We ares stuck here for a while. Plan to fully retire in ten years once kid finishes collage and fully launched.

You just sound cheap, sorry.

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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.

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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.

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

Hotel Tonight app. 👍🏻👍🏻

I just looked at this for fun. I think this would be find for travel, but not for vacation. I'm going to a resort in Florida for spring break. I checked, and it's not on there. Most of the hotels are airport hotels or not resorts. When I'm on vacation, I want a resort on the beach. Not a block from the beach where I have to go to walmart and buy chairs and an umbrella. I will happily pay $40/day for chairs and umbrella on the beach. We work hard and don't want a mid vacation. This is also why I won't use airbnb or vrbo. I want a pool with servers walking around asking if I'd like a drink or food. If I'm just with DH, I will happily pay $2000 a night to have the pool guy clean my sunglasses, offer me popsicles, give me poolside shoulder massages and apply my suntan lotion.

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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.

[Anonymous]

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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.

Hopefully they meant Colonial Williamsburg and not Brooklyn … otherwise I want this PP to come back and let us know how their $70/night Brooklyn hotel was!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Even at nice hotels I still check the seams. I've heard too many stories, and this is what my pest control guy told me to do.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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?

[Anonymous]

I try to keep it under $200 a night if I can. Last summer I booked a Super 8 that was $92/night and I think I went too cheap there, I could have stood to find some place a little nicer.

HHI is $250K.

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Anonymous wrote:I make that much and have never paid that much for a hotel room! My range is $250-300 and I aim for around $200 if I can find it.

Me too. If I were going on a special trip, I'd pay more, but generally I'm just not spending enough time in a hotel to really enjoy an elevated hotel experience.

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

Fed worker? Though as a former Fed, we could usually get into a Hampton Inn and avoid Super 8s and Red Roof Inns.

Some of my former Fed coworkers were the cheapest people ever- hoarded their per diem, IF THEY WENT OUT TO EAT- wouldn’t tip more than a buck, raided maid cart at hotel for coffee to take home…etc. These people had plenty of money too. GG13s and 14s with military retirements and military disability.