On Apr 22, 2012, at 8:35 PM, Nathan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 2012/4/22 Delphine Ménard <[email protected]> > On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 5:32 PM, James Hare <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The deals we're arranging have no extra charge for dual occupancy. > > This might sound extremely stupid, but make sure that dual occupancy > means 2 beds in a room, not a Queen Size Bed. There are surprisingly > few hotels that actually offer two separate beds in a room or their > contingent of such rooms is actually quite limited. At the prices that > were mentionned, you really want to book all the double bed rooms in > those hotels, because very few people will be able to afford a single > room. > > Best, > > Delphine > -- > > I'm not sure about this... While I haven't done a survey or discovered any > references on point, I've stayed in a number of hotels in Washington and > throughout the U.S. and almost always encounter two beds in a room as a > single occupant. Since I'm commenting anyway, I will say that $149 is a very > good rate for hotels in Washington D.C. > > And while Thomas Dalton denigrates it as "a silly American habit" to quote > prices before taxes, that may be because we have so many different tax > domains with different rates. It helps to know the pre-tax amounts (similar > to how airline seats are often quoted) for comparison purposes, as the tax > component will give you no sense of the accommodations or amenities expected > etc. I suppose that may not be commonly understood by travelers from small > nations with primarily national tax policies.
I totally get your argument, but I also quoted the prices net of tax because it's what I do as a silly American. :p But yes. While full disclosure of prices is important, tax is common to all of these and it makes the true market value seem higher than in reality. So between my initial email and the follow-up explaining the 14.5% tax, we have now seen both sets of numbers. James > > ~Nathan > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
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