Hotel Rates

Hi everyone!

My husband and I are travelling to New Orleans on the 21.09.2009 and are hoping to stay 3 nights at the Omni Royal Orleans. I was going to book the hotel in February but held off and now I found the prices have dropped by nearly 拢350/$480 for the 3 nights for an advance non-refundable booking!!

Do I book now or will the prices drop even further come fall time or do I risk losing the type of room we want (i.e. king balcony room)??

Does anyone out there have any experience of this?

Thanks.

Hotel Rates

Tough call. Rates do drop in the travel industry when, or just before school gets back in session. Your date is after that, so that%26#39;s a plus.

Loosing the king - balcony is possible, but a non refundable room this far out could also be a risk to take. That would have to be your call.

Personally, I would wait and have a 2nd and 3rd hotel choice in case the type of room you want is not available.

Hotel Rates

I think the Omni has probably loaded their ';low season'; rates, hence the rate drop. I doubt they will go down again, especially for a king balcony room since the hotel doesn%26#39;t have many of them.

As the previous poster said, it%26#39;s a risk when you do the non-refundable option.

Take the rate before someone else does. That%26#39;s a good deal.

The rate is really good compared to a couple of months ago and I wouldn%26#39;t like to miss it at that rate so I may just book it now. I have booked my flights and unless the whole world is riddled with swine flu I am definitely going!!!

My husband and I stayed there 5-years ago when we got married in NOLA and there is no compromise of staying in another hotel.

Thanks for your help guys.

This really is a good rate for the Omni Royal Orleans, but you%26#39;ll be catching the tail end of hurricane season, so just make sure there is a hurricane cancellation clause in the agreement somewhere, even though it%26#39;s non-refundable.

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