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Spent four nights in a Holiday Inn Express in north Dallas last month. It was near the Medical Centers. Thurs night was about $100, Fri & Sat were $79, and Sun was $149. Can't remember nightly pricing like that. A nearby Marriott was $249. Stops along the way down and back were about $110 in another Holiday Inn Express and a Fairfield Inn...
Maybe there was an event nearby that jacked up the rates for Sunday? I remember trying to book a room in Charlotte once, oblivious to a NASCAR race going on that weekend. I asked why the rates were so high, and the guy laughed and told me, and that I was lucky they even had a room. OK, I delayed my trip a week to skip that chaos...
I remember some years ago, on an impromptu road trip to Northern California, having trouble getting a motel room without reservation and did not know why. Finally found one down in San Jose, and was told that it was the weekend of the 50th Anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge. Just looked it up again, and that was in May 1987. My memory was right, because my daughter was 2 then.
When there is a big convention in San Jose, good hotel rooms cannot be found for 30 to 40 miles around. Megacorp attendees get pissed when they have to stay in Motel 6.
When I visited Monte Carlo some years ago, I stayed at a Marriott. Recently, I thought I might come that way again, so checked the price. It was 146 euros in the winter, and up to 250+ euros in the summer. But what the heck is this 3650 euros/night on a few days in May? Could it be the Monte Carlo Grand Prix race? Out of curiosity, I searched and found that to be the case.
PS. The Monaco Grand Prix can be watched from the balconies of several hotels. These charge as high as 3650 euros per person for the rooms.
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