<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by doc:
In cities such as New York, Washington and San Francisco where occupancy rates at hotels dropped to 20 and 30 percent -- and in some cases into the single digits -- immediately after the attacks</font>
I keep hearing this everywhere, yet have seen little effort by the hotels to attract customers.
I've been trying to get a decent weekend rate in DC for the past six weeks, because I want to "help out" and like staying in DC on weekends, but its not worth paying $100/night to save the 1.5 hour drive from Richmond. I'd rather just drive up more than once if the option is paying a high rate.
Give me a good weekend "getaway" promotion and I'd be happy to come up to DC, but complaining about 20% occupancy while you're still charging full price violates every principle of supply and demand I'm aware of...