Originally Posted by
schley
Their rate for when I'm looking to go there is just under $500 and NOT including tax, fees. Thus what do I save here?
If you would have gone there and paid for a hotel, you save that. But if it's not somewhere you would have gone anyway, you don't save anything.
It's like the old joke
There was this incredible sale on bird seed. So I bought 10 bags, and with the money I saved, I bought a bird!