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I just made plans to travel to Seattle for a business conference and have to ask who is paying all these high hotel rates? It was hard to find a room in downtown Seattle for less than $300 a night. That seems pretty crazy in today's world of lower wages and business cut backs. I've already avoided the city several times due to this fact. I just don't like to foster this kind of trend. It is one thing to be a luxury hotel and guests go there for a certain kind of treatment or experience, but a normal downtown chain like Marriott or Hilton ? Business travelers are gouged because of expense accounts. Cruise travelers are gouged because they are there and it's the season for Alaska cruises and so on.
Even paying close to $300 a night, I'll probably be back on here complaining about some kind of add-on fees to that rate. Resort fee? Parking fee?