If you’re looking for a cheap hotel deal you shouldn’t have too hard a time. Hoteliers are anxious to fill rooms, especially after this latest report. According to Smith Travel Research, hotel occupancy in the U.S. fell 12.6 percent from February 2008 to February 2009.
While these stats certainly don’t make hotel business owners happy, travelers do benefit from the drop. Average daily rates (ADR) at hotels fell, too. Nationwide, Smith says the ADR was $100.54, down 6.8 percent compared to the same time last year.
What really counts, of course, is the price of a room in the city you’re visiting. Here’s a sampling of hotel room rates from the report:
– New York City’s average daily rate fell 18.3 percent, to $189.73;
– Miami was off 14.6 percent, ending up at $174.72;
– Boston’s ADR was down 13.2 percent, to $125.89;
– Orlando’s average daily rate fell 13.2 percent, winding up at $107.95;
– Atlanta’s ADR was off 12.7 percent, with rooms going for a bargain average of $86.30;
– San Francisco slid 12.8 percent, with the average room selling for $125.67.
The upshot for travelers: there are some extraordinary deals to be had in these most extraordinary of economic times.
© Cheapflights Ltd Jerry Chandler
