Hm?

monster · 06-02-2012, 06:55 AM

Why do the safety/legal notices on the back of US hotel room doors always have vastly inflated room prices? This one reckons this room should be $300. Not in a million years. We paid $80, although that was a team discount rate

Clodfobble · 06-02-2012, 09:47 AM

Maybe for insurance appraisal purposes, if the thing burns to the ground?

infinite monkey · 06-02-2012, 10:45 AM

I've stayed in a few fancy schmancy hotels for conferences and group rates always hover around 80-90. I've always assumed the posted rates DO apply to non-group rate peoples.

jimhelm · 06-02-2012, 11:45 AM

could be the rate based on maximum occupancy?

ZenGum · 06-02-2012, 07:16 PM

Did you take the drugs-and-hookers option?

xoxoxoBruce · 06-02-2012, 07:55 PM

It's the maximum rate they charge when demand exceeds supply.

Gravdigr · 06-03-2012, 02:36 PM

The $300 rate is for the rooms without the dead whore in the mattress.

ZenGum · 06-04-2012, 07:02 AM

In the mattress?

Kin-ky!

Beest · 06-04-2012, 07:32 AM

I don't think I've ever been in a hotel that didn't have these wildly inflated prices on the door, must be some legal thing, maybe an insurance thing like clod said.

glatt · 06-04-2012, 07:40 AM

Makes you feel better about getting the room for less than the inflated price. Plus, it gives them a buffer so if they forget to change the signs for a couple of years as the actual prices go up, they are still charging less than the signs.

monster · 06-04-2012, 07:40 AM

Last time I was in one that was close to what i paid (I think maybe in Zeeland) I felt like I'd been ripped off

Gravdigr · 06-04-2012, 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZenGum

Did you take the drugs-and-hookers option?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

The $300 rate is for the rooms without the dead whore in the mattress.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZenGum

In the mattress?

Kin-ky!

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06-02-2012, 06:55 AM	#1
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06-02-2012, 10:45 AM	#3
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06-04-2012, 07:32 AM	#9
Beest Adapt and Survive Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ann Arbor, Mi Posts: 957	I don't think I've ever been in a hotel that didn't have these wildly inflated prices on the door, must be some legal thing, maybe an insurance thing like clod said.

06-04-2012, 07:40 AM	#10
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Makes you feel better about getting the room for less than the inflated price. Plus, it gives them a buffer so if they forget to change the signs for a couple of years as the actual prices go up, they are still charging less than the signs.

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