Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
Some hotels might try to charge rack rate in such circumstances. That would be unfair.
ADDED: BTW, during the later stages of Katrina, some hotels were bringing in staff from other locations (sister properties) and putting them up on certain floors of the hotel in order to have qualified staff after many of their former employees had left town. For example, the Windsor Court "imported"/"borrowed" employees from other Orient Express hotels in the USA; I don't know what their financial arrangements were.
Reasonable point. I would agree with that - a hotel charging rack rate would be gouging at that point (especially if their hotel is not full due to cancelations).
But, of course I’m going to pay. I’m using the room for 2 weeks, who else would I expect to pay?
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Maybe my broken leg analogy doesn’t make sense to people. But the point is, often times things happen that we don’t want.
Sometimes insurance covers things (car accidents, travel delays, health insurance). But, sometimes not.
We’re ultimately responsible for ourselves. So, if I am locked up in a hotel for 2 weeks, I’d love a discount/bulk rate. But, I’m paying willingly without any complaints.