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Bad Rate :: Courtyard by Marriott Phantom Parking Special

Where: 5400 Williamsburg Road [map], Sandston, VA, United States, 23150

[Ed. Note: Welcome to our Good Rate/Bad Rate feature where we look at hotel prices in the same destination and decide which one most deserves your hard-earned benjamins. Rates quoted here were captured on September 4, 2007 and are subject to change. Enjoy.]

For this week's Good Rate we highlighted a Richmond (Virginia) Airport parking deal at the re-branded Wingate by Wyndham. Leaving your car in the hotel parking lot after checking out, the rate is somewhere between $109 and $123 for a standard double. In theory a nearby Courtyard by Marriott is offering a similar deal with their "Park 'n Embark" package. (Bring your dog and we suppose it's Park, Bark, 'n Embark.)

As advertised it's $89 to $279---a suspicious spread already---but it is apparently just for show. We tried five different dates in September and October and got this same message on the screen:

Once again, Courtyard by Marriott seems to be bucking hard to get the most "Bad Rate" entries for the year. You'll pay at least $154 plus tax here, which does not include the Wingate's included breakfast, phone calls, faxes, photocopies, and local calls--or the parking while you're away.

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· Good Rate:: Park and Fly (for a week!) at the Wingate by Wyndham Richmond Airport [HotelChatter]