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Hotels Price Gouging During Masters Week
Interestingly, all of the other hotels when running that search are anywhere from $200-$800 for that week. Even this property is in the mid $150-$160 range. I'd think if it was a "gouging" situation we'd see it in a lot of other places as well.
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Its not a real graphic : )
I ran the search on my end via Google.
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Exactly. Its to get those fists raised to the sky and scream about capitalism, all the while not realizing that its not accurate.
I don't think I'm following you. Searching hotels in Augusta that weekend shows that pricing in the OP is correct (well it's a hair cheaper, but still almost $3k per night). That whole week at that property is crazily priced vs everywhere else. I'm almost leaning towards "someone put a decimal in the wrong place in the pricing for that week in the database" but I agree on the aspect of it not being gouging.
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No you had me right. The price is right for that hotel because its done so by occupancy. Generally speaking, they are probably nearly completely full, with a single room remaining that is being held for Diamond Members with guarantee of availability so they dont have to walk them. So its throw something out there that is outrageous so if you do have to walk a Diamond, its worth it. ALl the while there is plenty of availability with "reasonable" Masters pricing which is why this is a non story.
I was there from 06-09 and this is life look at hotels and vacation rentals booking rooms. I've never head the exact amount, but I'm sure that week is a boon for the entire area with HoJo's charging prices like that, lol.
@dutchie and I went to play golf at a course local to us last year and the greens fees had doubled that day. I asked the question why right as it hit me... Master's weekend. Oh well. We didn't know because we don't follow the Master's much if at all.
We paid the money anyway. We had a great time. Neither of us like pimento cheese sammiches either.
We paid the money anyway. We had a great time. Neither of us like pimento cheese sammiches either.
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I’ll let you know. I don’t want to count my chickens just yet.
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Read my next post. Its a shock value graphic.
This is what hotels do with limited availability. its why you see two dozen other hotels a third of the cost. Limited availability means having to walk a person that has guarantee due to status.
I understand that doesnt fit the anti capitalism takes in this thread, but its literally hotel life across the board.
So we could , actually fly to USA @ cheaper rate , tan stay there for night ?
Then you go to the pro shop...… $$$$
I have always looked at it like this: If the product is a necessity, and a company is preying on a lack of supply, that's price gouging. If the product is not a necessity (food, water, gas, medicine, etc.), gouging isn't on the table.
I don't see it as gouging. Just market forces in play. Just like tee times In Phoenix or Miami etc. for January versus July.
Wtf
Yeah i'm same way. Going to the Masters isn't something you need to do, and staying in Augusta is probably not something you're doing unless you're going there.
In 2021 , the Canadian Gov forced people who travelled for any purpose to stay in hotels for quarantine purposes, but didn't guarantee rates. Rates were also not advertised. So if you traveled you could come home, get sent to a hotel by law, and then charged 4000$ a night which legally you could not do anything about. THAT is gouging
Yea, and with good timing you could save the hotel cost by parachuting directly into the grounds. Be sure to hit a fairway on the landing.
I get the supply and demand argument, but feel like there's gotta be a threshold where it crosses from that to gouging. Problem is people will pay it so the places will do it. It sucks, but is the way things are unfortunately.
I would potentially land in hazard … take stoke and distance penalty and end up back on the tee
Prices have been high as far back as 2012 for the Masters, nothing new.
