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Originally Posted by A. Snodgrass
What I would like to point out is that its very possible the price of the hotel rooms is based off the current corporate rates available at those particular hotels.
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When booking a room, you're charged the rate structure that is in place at the time of your stay, not when you book the reservation. Despite that, a cursory check of hotel room prices at some of the abovementioned hotels for similar dates in January shows that the rooms are cheaper than in April.
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Even taking current deals at particular hotels into consideration doesnt change that these package deals likely base their prices off of the price that the travel company was able to get for a block of rooms from the hotel, plus the cost that they were able to get for food.
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Of course. I included the price of food in my comparisons, as the company charged by FIRST with organizing these packages has indicated their value. What's more is that the room prices are certain to be cheaper than what I've indicated. That means the proportion of each $275 that goes toward hotel rooms, food and overhead is diminished should the prices of such things be lower than what I estimated. While I understand that the company involved would like to make a profit and I don't fault them for it, I'd like to be aware of what profit they were making.
Furthermore, that's of inconsequential importance, and something you didn't understand.
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All considered, the prices that Im seeing are actually somewhat par to the course for this type of event. Considering other events that Ive looked at and the hotel package prices at those, the costs currently seem very reasonable for what is going on.
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The prices are perfectly reasonable, all things considered. I don't disagree. What I do not understand, however, is why there is such varied quality accomodations available to teams paying the same rates. If we're to stay at the Hampton Inn, for example, I don't expect to pay the same rate as people staying at the Omni. Yet, by this package pricing structure, that's what is taking place. Or, conversely, one could argue that we're each paying the appropriate rate for our hotel room, but that teams staying at the Omni are paying less, per person, to cover the overhead cost of running the event than people staying at the Hampton Inn.
The price itself is of less concern than the varied services we'd each be receiving for that price. That's all I'm saying.