Originally Posted by
avatexrs
Not surprising given that the best deal of my life was at this hotel. Priceline (the regular site, not the name your own price) had regular rooms there the week before Christmas two years ago for $62/night. Cheapest rate was like $229 on Marriott.com. Called Marriott so they had to match the $62 less 25%.
Wow. That is incredibly cheap, opaque booking or not. However, it is true that between Thanksgiving and Xmas, sometimes things get lighter down there. Still, wow.
The part about the spa I disagree with. They should go look at Las Vegas, where some of the strip hotels convert less than 10% of stays into casino gambling.
The general complaint is interesting, though. Every manager faces the choice of cutting rates to fill the rooms, or holding the line and leaving rooms empty. 20/20 hindsight is easy.
I wonder, does anyone know what Marriott reimburses for award stays? Is it really low? The Eden Roc is a Cat 7.
(I suspect the lawsuit is posturing to get out of a contract early.)