I stay at Marriott's quite frequently. I went on-line this evening to make reservations and was disappointed to find that rates advertised on the main page were far lower than the actual overall cost for my 5 night stay. I caught this when I was just about to make the reservation and realized the cost had doubled from what it should have been based on the advertised price. I find it interesting that all of the hotels listed seem to reflect a lower price for the first night and the rates increase exponentially after that.

In this particular instance a prepaid rate advertised as $87 per night for 5 nights is totaling $735, but they clearly state that they are going to actually charge my card $823.20. How did they come to this total? Well, when I actually view the summary of charges, it lists $87 for the first night, $158 for the second, $175 for the third and fourth nights and $140 for the fifth night, plus the $88.20 in taxes and fees.

I just find this extremely deceptive. I looked at multiple hotels on their site for he same date range and they all seemed to be doing the same thing.

I am a gold member with Marriott and could be well on my way to platinum for the year. I could reach it by the middle of October, but am now starting to question my comfort level in booking at their hotels given this current practice.