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Old Apr 30, 2024 | 8:08 am
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Jon Maiman
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It would be a very helpful list. The big question I have is how much variation is there in the NUA options offered at a specific property? I guess the only way to find out is to start collecting data points and see how much variation there is in the sample set for each property.

While it would be great if Marriott would add this into the native search capabilities I doubt they will do so. The trend for many years now has been form over function with the Marriott Website (and App.). For example, it use to be possible to search for all hotels within a user specified mile radius. The current, "improved" version of this function calculates distance bands for you and you can only select one of them. You can't redefine the distance bands. At least for me, this has made search by distance virtually useless. I can still specify close in only hotels. What I can't do, is specify hotels just slightly further out to analyze the cost vs. convenience tradeoff. In general, I think Marriott is intentionally making it harder to comparison shop. I digress...


Back on topic, go for it and I will contribute data points. Over time, we will be able to see if it is feasible and we can get useful data or if there is too much variation for a statically compiled list to be useful.

--Jon

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