Anonymous
Post 02/11/2026 13:01     Subject: Outrageously hotel prices
Anonymous wrote:My issue is that many $200/night or so hotels are actually terrible, as in disgusting, peeling walls, dirty grout. And if you pay a little more it doesn't guarantee you'll have enough towels or your room will be cleaned in the am (to me by afternoon the room should have been cleaned) It feels like paying more for less and worse.

Now some will say some chains are more reliable, and sure, but I've had that experience with Marriott, and in some towns with fewer options hotels have no reason to do maintenance and up standards because people have no choice but to stay there.


Reviews. You have to read lots and lots of reviews. I am really good at identifying $200 hotels that are clean and well maintained with nice staff.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2026 11:36     Subject: Outrageously hotel prices
My issue is that many $200/night or so hotels are actually terrible, as in disgusting, peeling walls, dirty grout. And if you pay a little more it doesn't guarantee you'll have enough towels or your room will be cleaned in the am (to me by afternoon the room should have been cleaned) It feels like paying more for less and worse.

Now some will say some chains are more reliable, and sure, but I've had that experience with Marriott, and in some towns with fewer options hotels have no reason to do maintenance and up standards because people have no choice but to stay there.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2026 10:16     Subject: Outrageously hotel prices
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:World Cup is coming to multiple cities. Could be a factor depending how far out you are booking.


How much really? You have a stadium's worth of people for select days, just like for a football game or rock concert.


Not at all like a football game or rock concert. These events draw domestic and mostly regional travelers.

The World Cup will draw international travel, meaning they are likely to be staying over a longer period of time.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2026 10:10     Subject: Outrageously hotel prices
Anonymous wrote:World Cup is coming to multiple cities. Could be a factor depending how far out you are booking.


How much really? You have a stadium's worth of people for select days, just like for a football game or rock concert.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2026 10:00     Subject: Outrageously hotel prices
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If you ask, you can't afford it, OP. Come back down to the Residence and Hampton inns with the rest of us riff-raff.

The Residence Inn in Charlottesville was $750 a night for a one bedroom suite (we are a family of 4) last year!
NP


Tonight that same hotel is $160. I just checked.


Was the expensive price for graduation day or something?
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2026 09:27     Subject: Re:Outrageously hotel prices
I blame the customers for this. There are far too many people who insist on staying in hotels that they can brag about, partly to signal their wealth. Even if they had 100% certainty that an unheard-of hotel was just as good/better, they need name recognition to gain respect from peers. Obviously not everybody, but easily enough for the brag-worthy hotels to benefit from jacking up prices.
Anonymous
Post 02/11/2026 08:05     Subject: Re:Outrageously hotel prices
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:

Agreed OP. Lots of going off topic here but it's true, they have gotten really high really fast. I remember DH & I "splurging" back in the day for Four Seasons, St Regis hotels and it be 900-1K a night and now it's 2600/night to start. High time it's even more.
I think it's also due to the highest end hotels (Four seasons, Rosewood) having to up their game with the demand of these customers. The competition with hotels has gotten intense and they need to offer more "experiences" than before.
I would be ok if there were more experiences but I am not seeing any experience justifying once beloved hotels almost tripling in price, in fact some have gone downhill.

For those mentioning Orlando, Orlando keeps hotels reasonable to draw visitors to the theme parks which now cost as much as a trip to Europe for a family of four.


“Orlando” doesn’t control hotel prices. It’s supply and healthy competition. There are plenty of good options so if any hotel reaches too far on price, people will just stay elsewhere.
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2026 23:50     Subject: Re:Outrageously hotel prices
Anonymous wrote:

Agreed OP. Lots of going off topic here but it's true, they have gotten really high really fast. I remember DH & I "splurging" back in the day for Four Seasons, St Regis hotels and it be 900-1K a night and now it's 2600/night to start. High time it's even more.
I think it's also due to the highest end hotels (Four seasons, Rosewood) having to up their game with the demand of these customers. The competition with hotels has gotten intense and they need to offer more "experiences" than before.
I would be ok if there were more experiences but I am not seeing any experience justifying once beloved hotels almost tripling in price, in fact some have gone downhill.

For those mentioning Orlando, Orlando keeps hotels reasonable to draw visitors to the theme parks which now cost as much as a trip to Europe for a family of four.
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2026 23:32     Subject: Outrageously hotel prices
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If you ask, you can't afford it, OP. Come back down to the Residence and Hampton inns with the rest of us riff-raff.


We do not see prices like that. We see more like $100-$200/night depending on brand and location.


100-200/night doesn't even exist in the middle of nowhere. Obviously location dependent, but even places like Lancaster PA for a soccer tournament were 220+ for your budget hotel. Crazy!


So wrong. Open google maps and look in the MD and VA suburbs within 20 miles of DC. 90% of hotels are 100-200 a night.


+1. And TONS of sub $200/night hotels within a 15 minute drive of Disney World.
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2026 22:07     Subject: Outrageously hotel prices
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If you ask, you can't afford it, OP. Come back down to the Residence and Hampton inns with the rest of us riff-raff.


We do not see prices like that. We see more like $100-$200/night depending on brand and location.


100-200/night doesn't even exist in the middle of nowhere. Obviously location dependent, but even places like Lancaster PA for a soccer tournament were 220+ for your budget hotel. Crazy!


So wrong. Open google maps and look in the MD and VA suburbs within 20 miles of DC. 90% of hotels are 100-200 a night.
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2026 19:47     Subject: Outrageously hotel prices
World Cup is coming to multiple cities. Could be a factor depending how far out you are booking.
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2026 19:12     Subject: Outrageously hotel prices
Anonymous wrote:
“The luxury hotel in an obscure city called London during a very high demand period is expensive. What gives??????!!!!!”

- DCUM, probably


100% accurate
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2026 19:11     Subject: Outrageously hotel prices
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If you ask, you can't afford it, OP. Come back down to the Residence and Hampton inns with the rest of us riff-raff.

The Residence Inn in Charlottesville was $750 a night for a one bedroom suite (we are a family of 4) last year!
NP


NP here, I believe it. My nephew got surgery at UVA in fall 2020 and I paid for my sister to stay there for 3 nights so they could have a kitchen and space and be close to the hospital. It was $700 a night for the 2 bedroom suite there. There was not a football game that weekend (in fact I am not even sure they were having classes in person). So that is 5.5 years ago.


There’s a Fairfield inn on rt 29 that is 2 miles away from the hospital that is much cheaper. You would have to drive though. People don’t like to make compromises.
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2026 19:11     Subject: Outrageously hotel prices
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If you ask, you can't afford it, OP. Come back down to the Residence and Hampton inns with the rest of us riff-raff.


We do not see prices like that. We see more like $100-$200/night depending on brand and location.


You must not travel the week before Easter and the week between Christmas and new year's.
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2026 18:47     Subject: Outrageously hotel prices
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If you ask, you can't afford it, OP. Come back down to the Residence and Hampton inns with the rest of us riff-raff.

The Residence Inn in Charlottesville was $750 a night for a one bedroom suite (we are a family of 4) last year!
NP


NP here, I believe it. My nephew got surgery at UVA in fall 2020 and I paid for my sister to stay there for 3 nights so they could have a kitchen and space and be close to the hospital. It was $700 a night for the 2 bedroom suite there. There was not a football game that weekend (in fact I am not even sure they were having classes in person). So that is 5.5 years ago.