special prices for special people

[syntonic_comma]

I just got some email about my 30th college reunion, next spring. There's an historic inn about a block from the campus. This seems like short notice (and the rooms will probably be gone in half an hour - even at these prices), but I suppose if I could afford $600/night hotels I'd take this in stride:
The Xxxxxx Inn will open reservations for

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[donnad]

Ouch... I wonder how many people go to the nearest Best Western or other local hotel. Probably much less expensive and like you said, how much time to you spend in the hotel room anyway. So it's up the road a piece, big deal, probably be quieter.

[syntonic_comma]

There's a lot of drinking at our reunions, so there's advantages to not driving. Definitely quieter though off campus, if you want to be able to get some sleep.

[aome]

That's very cool that you could stay in the dorms still. Our college reunions are held while school is still in session so that's not even possible.

But - yikes - Ivy Leagues really assume you Made It Big and won't blink at the idea of a $600/night room. I've stayed in some nicer places in the past (centrally located Honolulu beachfront, for instance, or one of the nicer Disney hotels, as a splurge) but even THAT wasn't $600/night!

[syntonic_comma]

Our reunions are between the end of exams and commencement. The seniors are still around, and other students working/hosting for reunions. That frees up a lot of dorm rooms, and if you're not a senior but still around you might get shifted out of your own rooms. Then all the alums are gone Sunday, and the seniors are gone Tuesday. And then the campus is rather bucolic, until September.

The $600 (and up) is private enterprise, off campus. A lot of people have made it big. (Some of them were born big.) Staying at the Inn does have status, but I hadn't seen the $$-numbers before.