There is a belief among some people that hotels and motels will reduce rates at the last minute to near break-even point just to avoid having a vacant room. I have been asked many times if I couldn’t rent a room at a low-ball rate since: “it is late and the room will go vacant otherwise”. A recent blog post I found regarding finding the cheapest rate at a hotel shared this view: “So it better for them to (have) the room occupied even at a much reduced rate than to have it go empty.”

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