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| DVC_dad
Sun 11/12/2006 9:39p | What is the MOST you have ever paid for a hotel room, suite, bungalo, condo, whatever...
How much was it per night, how long did you stay, what did you do there, and was it worth it? |
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| trekkeruss
Sun 11/12/2006 11:47p | I have never paid more than $100 for a room, the nicest of which was at the Venetian in Las Vegas. I'd tell you what I did there, but what I did in Vegas, stays in Vegas. :P
I have stayed in a lot of expensive rooms traveling with family. I used to go to WDW for the Disneyana Conventions with my Mom and Dad, and we stayed at the Contemporary since that is where the conventions were held. We have also stayed at the Yacht Club and Grand Floridian.
For DL's 50th, my mom treated me, my older sister and her two kids to the Grand Californian; the rooms were about $350/night for four nights surrounding the actual anniversary date.
I think the most expensive room was on the Queen Mary in Long Beach. We were attending a relative's wedding on the ship and had reserved a cabin, but the first night was marred by REALLY obnoxious people in the next cabin and LOUD people outside on the dock at night. There was only one other cabin available on the ship: the King George Suite, which was about $550/night. It was nice, but run down; certainly not worth the money. But it was neat thinking that we were in a cabin that many a VIP must have stayed in.
The cheapest room I have stayed in was in Tokyo, at a "backpacker's" hotel. The rooms were about the size a large walk-in closet, and cost roughly $23/night. |
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| vbdad55
Mon 11/13/2006 11:33a | The Grand Hotel in Vienna, $720 night for what was called a 'junior suite' - right near the opera house - a rooftop terrace with great views -
was it worth it ? It was spectacular location wise and Vienna is a brutally expensive city anyway...so it is all relative. Certainly blows a travel budget quickly though. |
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| davewasbaloo
Wed 11/15/2006 1:26p | Hmmmm, difficult one. I think the most paid is $700 of the company's money for a room in the Hong Kong Harbour Inn.
Personal money - $350 for a park view Grand Californian Room at Disneyland or $400 for a room at the Astoria for my wife's birthday (though it did include Tickets to the Phantom of the Opera, plus a bottle of champagne and roses as a romance package deal). |
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| VCR_Pongo
Wed 11/15/2006 4:37p | bump |
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| retlawfan
Fri 3/23/2007 9:44p | We too paid the $350ish for the Grand over the 50th anniversary (right around the actual birthday). We figured the 50th will only happen once, and although I do plan on being there for the 100th, that is a few years off.
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| barboy
Wed 5/30/2007 11:42p | About $400 per night at the Hotel Mira Costa at Tokyo Disney Sea.
Was it worth it? ABSOLUTELY! |
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| Goofyernmost
Thu 5/31/2007 4:30a | When my family was young I used to splurge and spend upwards of $37.00 per night at the Econo Lodge just outside of WDW.
Ah, good times.
I will tell you this though...that $37.00 per night with my family was a lot more memorable then any amount of money spent on a room by myself. To me these types of accommodations are just a base camp and not a destination. I put very little value on the "rooms" so I don't think I have ever spent more than $200.00 per night for a room. It was in Key West and that was only because I hadn't planned ahead and was at their mercy. |
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| DVC_dad
Thu 5/31/2007 6:37a | I recently booked a vacation using DVC points at the Paradise Peir Hotel, at DL. I had to convert my DVC points to reservations points/(cash) to do so. Once you convert these DVC points they become "like cash" and cannot be put back into your DVC points. <----nevermind if you don't understand, read on. Anyway, my DW decided that she didn't want to fly the two of us and our 6 kids to DL so we decided to goto WDW (we can drive only 7 hours there) instead. I called to change the reservation, uh oh...my points have to be used (think of it as cash) at a hotel, not a DVC resort. So here is the point.
5 nights at the Paradise Pier Hotel in a suite that will accomodate 8 people is equal to only 2 nights at the Grand Floridian, and you only get 2 standard rooms that connect. WOW!
I have no idea how much per night that is, but combining the two rooms into one accomodation for one family, that would have to be in excess of $1000 a night don't you think?
I've learned a valuable lesson. |
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| BeautysBeast
Tue 7/10/2007 9:59p | This is a fun topic because one year my folks had taken me to NY city and we stayed at the ST Moritz hotel on Central Park.Not sure of the cost but did see michael Jackson in the lobby,as this was the year that he was making the Wiz.. |
