2012/4/22 Delphine Ménard
<notafishz@gmail.com>
On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 5:32 PM, James Hare <
messedrocker@gmail.com> wrote:
> The deals we're arranging have no extra charge for dual occupancy.
means 2 beds in a room, not a Queen Size Bed. There are surprisingly
few hotels that actually offer two separate beds in a room or their
contingent of such rooms is actually quite limited. At the prices that
were mentionned, you really want to book all the double bed rooms in
those hotels, because very few people will be able to afford a single
room.
Best,
Delphine
--
I'm not sure about this... While I haven't done a survey or discovered any references on point, I've stayed in a number of hotels in Washington and throughout the U.S. and almost always encounter two beds in a room as a single occupant. Since I'm commenting anyway, I will say that $149 is a very good rate for hotels in Washington D.C.
And while Thomas Dalton denigrates it as "a silly American habit" to quote prices before taxes, that may be because we have so many different tax domains with different rates. It helps to know the pre-tax amounts (similar to how airline seats are often quoted) for comparison purposes, as the tax component will give you no sense of the accommodations or amenities expected etc. I suppose that may not be commonly understood by travelers from small nations with primarily national tax policies.
~Nathan