On Sep 5, 2012, at 8:29 AM, Helen Huntley wrote: > Re $500 a night at the Holiday Inn- Maybe they only planned to stay one night > and had to pay $500 total because they had to pay for two nights. > Right now you could reserve a room for the Kentucky game Friday-Sun at $258 a > night for the Holiday Inn right by campus and $169 a night for the Holiday > Inn Express on SW 43rd St. For the LSU game, no rooms available at the > Holiday Inn by campus, $235 a night for the Holiday Inn Express. > My general rule of thumb is that Gainesville hotels double their usual price > and make you pay for two nights on game weekends, so it costs four times as > much as usual if you only want to stay one night. Of course for a primo game > like LSU, it's worse.
It was for the LSU game at the Holiday Inn by campus. Pretty sure it was per night. Perhaps the pricing goes up and down depending upon the demand, or perhaps only the most expensive rooms were left. If you have a child still in school, it is tricky to spend some quality time with them after the game, such as having dinner, without having a place to stay. I wonder how much that nice B&B on the lake to the north of Gainesville runs on game weekends. That always looked to be a charming place. -Zeb -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
