I'm still not sure how this is "obvious". Average revenue is obvious, average income of guests is not obvious. I'd be surprised if Marriott knows how much I make -- salary, commission, investment income, etc. so they couldn't accurately report on this.

Your other points are valid, but we need to stop trying to equate the cost of a hotel room, or the revenue per person (room rate + spend at property) with someone's income or wealth -- which are different things that are important when you look at spending habits.

When we have this conversation in a thread, people are basically implying that because they stay at a W and someone else stays at a CY, they make more money than that person. There's really no correlation. It's not even true that a CY costs less than a W in every market...at least based on my personal experience.

And when you look at other income, the correlation can be even weaker. When I'm working, I tend to stay at CY's buy a drink at the bar and eat breakfast at the crappy cafe in the hotel. When I'm at vacation, I'm very likely to stay at a much nicer hotel or resort, but I do NOT eat at the hotel. Part of vacation for me is trying local bars and restaurants, often paying much more than I would at the hotel.

I'm also of the mind that just because I can afford something doesn't mean I should buy it. For an upcoming weekend getaway, I'm staying at a Fairfield Inn. I'm going to be gone both of the days from breakfast until bed time. I see no point in paying twice as much for the other hotels in this city.

Way too many factors to equate where someone stays to their income.