[CQ-Contest] Is anyone else pissed off...

[David Pruett]

Paul,

For the past several years, I've gotten my Crowne Plaza reservation as 
part of a reserved block thru the NODXA.  After being at $142+tax for 
several years, we were informed it would be $159 + tax for 2011.

Price increases always suck, but  ours was 12%, not 70%

Back in the 80's, it was a crap shoot whether they even had a record of 
your reservation.  There have been years that I've boycotted the CP, but 
the overall hassle factor isn't worth it.  If all the action (suites, 
etc.) is at the CP, then staying elsewhere is a drag.  If only a couple 
of suites move to another hotel, they won't have many guests.  (MRRC 
tried it once back in the 80s.)  All the suites have to move, or they're 
shooting themselves in the foot :-(

73, Dave/K8CC
Staying at the CP in 2011


Paul Gentry wrote:
> .... about this amazingly disgusting rate hike by the Crowne Plaza?   From $125 or so all the way to $209?
>
> This is a 70% increase
>
> I thought that $125 a night for the average rooms & service that we get is a bit high... but $209?
>
> The DoubleTree 2 blocks away is just as nice and under $100 a night
>
> I bet that if enough people call the Crowne directly and voice an opinion and threaten to go elsewhere, they might have a change of heart.  I'm currently in email contact with the marketing manager... probably gonna talk to him tomorrow.
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> Paul K9PG
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