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Bad Rate:: Santa Patrick's Easter Semana Break at Hotel Pennsylvania

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 401 7th Ave [map], New York, ny, United States, 10001
March 4, 2008 at 12:51 PM | by Tim L. | 1 Comment

[Ed. Note: Welcome to our Good Rate/Bad Rate feature where we look at hotel prices in the same region and decide which one most deserves your hard-earned benjamins. Rates quoted here were captured on March 4, 2008 and are subject to change. Enjoy.]

The odd headline above is to highlight the fact that we've got a high season week to beat all high season weeks this year, with St. Patrick's Day, Spring Break (for many public schools and colleges), Easter, and the Latino "Santa Semana" week before Easter all hitting within one 7-day period. Good luck finding a deal anywhere warm.

How bad will it hurt in New York City, where you can catch the St. Paddy's Day Parade, hit some Santa Semana festivities, and go to mass in a big cathedral?

You're going to pay a bundle then no matter what, but some bad deals are worse than others. Take the Hotel Pennsylvania, for instance, one of those decrepit and sad places milking the high city occupancy rate for all it's worth.

As you can see from the screen shot here from Expedia, the hotel is giving new meaning to "yield management," charging wildly different rates for the same room depending on how full the hotel is. On March 20, the executive floor is actually cheaper than a standard room, which is a mind-boggling $499. Huh?

This wouldn't be so bad if we were talking about a real upper-crust hotel that everyone praises, but this case study for lax maintenance consistently ranks in the bottom third of TripAdvisor's rankings, with review titles like "Black Mold, Broken TV, Broken Heat, No Towels," "You're better off if you stay in the gutter," and "Thank goodness it was only for one night!"

No deal here is a deal and the prices for March 17 to 23 might be grounds for robbery charges. Keep looking!

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  1. juliana

    HotelChatter Editor

    Re: Bad Rate:: Santa Patrick's Easter Semana Break

    this is so bad. how can they ask for these prices??? and the hotel pennsylvania needs a serious makeover. i know they once talked about turning it into an office building, but i have a better idea.

    just renovate the place top to bottom. isn't that cheaper and better for the environment?

    and if a developer wants to save money then he can keep the first few floors as is and make that the Doggie Kittie Boutique Hotel since the hotel is always host to one of those big time Dog Shows.

    this would be a pet hotel within a hotel where the dogs are kept in the special pet suites with attendants and stuff but the owners could relax upstairs in their own rooms.

    of course, the owners can keep an eye on their dog or cat in the pet suite with an in-room video monitor.

    ok hotel pennsylvania: just send me a check and i'll tell you more!

    March 4, 2008 at 1:00 PM
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