What is the most you ever had to pay for a Hotel, and was it worth it?

A year ago (2018) I paid $350 a night for Hampton Inn in Cape Cod. There were cheaper, non-chain hotels but I felt that with those, you don’t quite know what to expect. Was it worth it? It was a lot for what is an average chain hotel, and it did include breakfast, but if you wanted Cape Cod in the middle of August, that’s what it was. There are more expensive hotels there, more exclusive ones, but I wanted this location and again, I wanted to know what to expect.

About 15 years ago I stayed at the Fairmont in San Francisco for about $169 a night. It was incredibly and an incredible value. The rooms were gorgeous, marble, antiques, the lobby was a tourist attraction, it was so gorgeous. Definitely worth 169 at the time. It was a “bed and breakfast” deal. That was a good price even then, and cheaper than an average hotel at Fisherman’s Wharf at the time.

Well, we stayed at the Hyatt in KC, Kansas, but Rick’s company paid for it. It was well over $100 a night. The only good things about it was the revoloving resturaunt on top. It was snowing that evening and it was really cool.
Other than that, the entire stay absolutely sucked. No coffee maker in the room, so if you wanted coffee in the morning you had to pay $8.00 a cup to have it sent up (Rick ran to the nearest McDonalds.)
No free bagels or anything in the morning.
You had to pay extra for almost EVERYTHING.
I’m surprised you didn’t have to put coins in the elevator and bathrooms to use them
None of the 2 or 3 restaurants in the joint were ever open.
I have a whole rant saved about that place. Give me a Motel 8 any day.

3–400 night at St Louis, MO, Downtown Hilton. Cards game.

Very worth it, I paid extra for the Cards package, gift bags and snacks, bus service to the game from hotel, private secure parking, pool, nice room, GREAT bar and patio (excellent actually) and great staff.

Had a blast, even left the other teams fans sitting at the hotel, got a little mouthy and rowdy…lol

I have paid $800 before taxes and resort fees a couple times when on business. Once was at Spanish Bay at Pebble Beach, another at Palmetto Bluff in South Carolina.

The Conrad in Battery Park in Lower Manhattan sometimes runs $650. It is a superb hotel.

~$350 for a night at a bed and breakfast. Included a five course gourmet meal, breakfast and lunch. Still the best duck I have ever had. Rooms were these little tree houses perched along the riverside connected with wooden walkways. There were hiking trails and a large waterfall on the property. I will be going back again for my birthday this year.

@ARE_you_kidding_me Sounds lovely! Whereabouts roughly?

I’ll pm you

@Are You Ducks easy to mess up, too. Sounds nice!

Rick and I joked about the lack of amenities at that ridiculously overpriced hotel.
He said, in an excellent redneck accent (so excellent your think he grew up speaking it!) “Have ya et yet? If ya ain’t et yet ya better et cuz you ain’t gonna et at the Hayet. ”

One night Tokyo Imperial Hotel in 1996 $450 !
One of my business associates was too tired to go up to the top restaurant, he ordered room service for cheeseburger, fries and a coke ($48 it rolled in on cart with stainless steel dome !).

@Tropical Yikes! Fancy cow lol

Kind of relevent TW.

We had Kobe Beef A5 while in Shin-Kobe on that trip. 7 total people; four from my company and three from large Japanese Aerospace company, in a private dining area where table top was 20 inches off the floor. The VP of the Japanese company picked up the tab. Lots of saké. We walked the 3 kilometers back to our hotel.

Oh what a memory!

I can remember a $8600 expense report (three weeks in Utah), I got a call from corporate legal department about a charge back to a supplier after they turned belly up on us. They were in Utah.
“Stony” was on the other end of the call, head of legal (he had worked with my dad at same company on contract negotiations). “Billy, do you remember going to . . . ” My answer “Yes, and I still a have copy of the expense report. Do you need it?”. Also remembered the other employees by name and dates. Stony was going to court to get “our money” from their corporate entity after that division went under.

I’ve paid $300—$400/room/night when traveling with others. It was worth it to keep them comfortable. Nice part of town, little walking, big beds, etc.

Traveling alone, I go for the cheapest clean place. Sites like Homeway and AirBnB have been a boon.

WE just went on an Alaska cruise and drove down to Vancouver the night before, the Hotel at the cruise port wanted $800 a night I freaked we stayed 3 blocks away at a nice 4star hotel for $300 and I thought that was a lot.

Cheese and Rice! Do they not have Hotel 6s in your neck of the woods @SQUEEKY2?

Not in that area they didn’t.
Plus we wanted to be close to the cruise port to get through embarkation and get on board early.

Got ya. So they had you over a barrel, dirty dogs.

We paid nearly $200 per night for cabins in Yellowstone this year, and $250 for a lodge room with bathroom down the hall. I was surprised and happy at how clean and convenient everything was. That is the most I remember paying for lodging.
We have stayed at more expensive places, but the company paid for it.

@YARNLADY: Did you make them sanitize the rooms? I remember once you said you make them do a double cleaning in hotels.

@jca2 I took my own Lysol Spray, but everything was very fresh and clean. We stayed in handicap cabins which receive extra care, and have their own bathrooms. The room in Old Faithful lodge was vintage, but clean. I didn’t use the dresser drawers, keeping my stuff in my suitcases

add: the reservation made it clear that we were non-handicap and subject to change.