Bad Rate :: When Embassy Suites Phoenix Costs More Than the Ritz-Carlton
[Ed. Note: Welcome to our Good Rate/Bad Rate feature where we look at hotel prices in the same city and decide which one most deserves your hard-earned benjamins. Rates quoted here were captured on April 3, 2007 and are subject to change. Enjoy.]
We started poking around looking at Memorial Day weekend deals and found a $169 rate at the Ritz-Carlton Phoenix (this week's Good Rate) on Orbitz. It looked like a few other hotels were dropping their own rates as a result for that weekend, but not the Embassy Suites. In one of those weird twists you see when one company takes longer to blink, it'll cost you more to stay at the Embassy Suites in Phoenix than it will to stay at the Ritz-Carlton a few blocks away.
Now we understand that you'll be able to go downstairs to get breakfast without paying extra at the Embassy Suites, as well as more room to stretch out on a couch, but we get those things at home too and don't get all that excited about them. If you're going to get away somewhere for the weekend, and pay the same price, go for the fine linens and toiletries in a place where everyone is trained to suck up to you instead of leaving you to your own devices.
Our guess is that this rate won't stick, so if you need some extra room in Phoenix over Memorial Day, check back in a week or two and see if the nightly price has dropped. As a bonus, you'll get valet parking for $8 a day, which is one-third what a spot will cost you at the Ritz.
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· Good Rate: Ritz-Carlton Phoenix for Memorial Day Weekend [HotelChatter]
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