Atlantic City..are they nuts???????? (sales, hotels, casinos)

[njkate]

Hubbie wanted to get out of Dodge the weekend of his birthday, he hates fan fare.
So we thought a late September weekend in AC would be in order.
The casinos are screaming their revenue is way down but yet the room rates are I think high. I'm not paying almost $700 after all the fees & taxes for a place to sleep for 2 nights...sheesh

Hubbie hasn't been down in awhile so i don't think his rewards card will help.
I wonder if I call if I could get a better rate??

[HeatherLynn822]

That is INSANE......

If you have your heart set on staying on the boradwalk, a midweek trip will get you a much better rate.
Other than that, we have stayed in "off the boardwalk" hotels on the weekend, like the Red Roof Inn... and they are not all that bad. We are rarely in the room anyway, and they are less than a 1/3 of a cost of the bigger hotels....

Just to give ya some options.

Have a fun trip! =)

[njkate]

Originally Posted by HeatherLynn822

That is INSANE......

If you have your heart set on staying on the boradwalk, a midweek trip will get you a much better rate.
Other than that, we have stayed in "off the boardwalk" hotels on the weekend, like the Red Roof Inn... and they are not all that bad. We are rarely in the room anyway, and they are less than a 1/3 of a cost of the bigger hotels....

Just to give ya some options.

Have a fun trip! =)

I know I agree but sometimes hubbie is in the casino til 3 or 4Am and just wants an elevator ride to his room....

I can understand those rates in the summer but I'm looking at Sept 26th & 27th

[HeatherLynn822]

Originally Posted by njkate

I can understand those rates in the summer but I'm looking at Sept 26th & 27th

Yeah, those rates are absurdly high for the end of September, even on a weekend.... is there something going on down there that weekend where they might jack up the rates? Do they still do Miss America in AC in September?

[njkate]

Originally Posted by HeatherLynn822

Yeah, those rates are absurdly high for the end of September, even on a weekend.... is there something going on down there that weekend where they might jack up the rates? Do they still do Miss America in AC in September?

No more Miss America there
Oh well I'll try calling to see if I can get a better rate

[Gerania]

I have no idea why they still quote those ridiculous inflated prices. I just searched "Atlantic City hotel room deal" and got all sorts of promising looking returns. You think that they'd tell you about promotions or to visit the web for offers, packages.

[LynnePatrice]

This is so weird. My husband and I are planning to go there on the same weekend. We wanted to stay at a nice new hotel/casino. It was looking like right around $800 for 2 nights (Friday/saturday). We went to MEXICO for our honeymoon for an entire week and the package was only $2,000 including hotel and airfare!

[0706772]

My dh birthday is that weekend too.
Try hot wire, hotels.com, web site like that.

[BobKovacs]

Well, they're not making any money in the casino anymore, so they can't give the rooms away like they used to. Gotta try to make some money somewhere.

[njkate]

Originally Posted by Gerania

I have no idea why they still quote those ridiculous inflated prices. I just searched "Atlantic City hotel room deal" and got all sorts of promising looking returns. You think that they'd tell you about promotions or to visit the web for offers, packages.

Hey..thanks I plugged that in and had better results the cheapest being Resorts..better then $700




Hotel Information Reservation Details

Resorts Atlantic City Casino Hotel
1133 Boardwalk
Parking Available
Valet Parking - $ 5.00 per day
Self Parking - $ 5.00 per day


Period of Stay : Sep-25-2009 (Fri) to Sep-27-2009 (Sun)
# of Nights : 2
# of Rooms : 1
# of Adults : 2
# of Children : 0
Room Type : Ocean Tower
Bed Type : 2 Double Or 1 King Bed(Room Only)




Rate Details
Date No. of People No. of Rooms Std. Rate per Room ($) Additional Adult Rate ($) Child Rate ($) Total ($)
Sep-25-2009 2 1 140 0 0 140
Sep-26-2009 2 1 226 0 0 226
Sub Total ($) 366
Room Tax ($) 10
Sales Tax(14%)
+ app fees 51
Fees ($) 0
Energy Tax ($) 0
Total Payable ($) 427