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Old Oct 20, 2013, 11:14 am
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Originally Posted by FinnishFlash
Little revenue is better than no revenue. Ie, if those rooms would be empty otherwise, then it's ofc better to get people to stay on award nights at least.
that may be true if it was $0 cost to a guest in a room. But theres a break even $ amount per room and between wear and tear, water , electric, heat or a/c usage. Cleaning the towels and sheets toilites and time for housekeeping to redo the room, thats besides using the hotels facilities. I will stick to what I said and a couple of mgrs told me , it costs the hotel more then what Marriott pays them

this is also why roomsaver rates are alot higher and many hotels have dropped it, and why PL is also higher then it used to be. Yea occupancy rates are higher but so is the braekeven rate per room. No its cheaper to let the room go empty then to give it away below your break-even amount
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