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== What is a rack rate?== | == What is a rack rate?== | ||
It is the standard rate or published tariff defined by the hotel management for a particular room category/type. This is what generally is shown on the tariff sheet of the hotel, on the website etc. These rates are always without any sorts of discounts, so they are kind of the maximum price is most situations. So they say, you could consider them 'the ideal price' from the management perspective. <br> | It is the standard rate or published tariff defined by the hotel management for a particular room category/type. This is what generally is shown on the tariff sheet of the hotel, on the website etc. These rates are always without any sorts of discounts, so they are kind of the maximum price is most situations. So they say, you could consider them 'the ideal price' from the management perspective. <br> | ||
Of course the counterpart is the [[last-minute price]]. Of course there is much more price systems then just these two. If your hotels has a good idea on this, explain it in your decisions to your coach and make calculations. In your decisions other options don't exist. More on the pages [[prices]] and [[decisions]]. <br><br> | Of course the counterpart is the [[last-minute price]]. Of course there is much more price systems then just these two. If your hotels has a good idea on this, explain it in your decisions to your coach and make calculations. In your decisions other options don't exist. More on the pages [[prices]] and [[decisions]]. The relation between cost price, sales price and profit is to be found in [[RevPAR]].<br><br> | ||
More info online on sites like: | More info online on sites like: | ||
[http://traveltips.usatoday.com/rack-rate-hotels-107299.html Traveltips] or [http://mentalfloss.com/article/74828/why-are-hotel-rack-rates-so-exorbitantly-high Why are these rates so high?]. | [http://traveltips.usatoday.com/rack-rate-hotels-107299.html Traveltips] or [http://mentalfloss.com/article/74828/why-are-hotel-rack-rates-so-exorbitantly-high Why are these rates so high?]. | ||
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What is a rack rate?
It is the standard rate or published tariff defined by the hotel management for a particular room category/type. This is what generally is shown on the tariff sheet of the hotel, on the website etc. These rates are always without any sorts of discounts, so they are kind of the maximum price is most situations. So they say, you could consider them 'the ideal price' from the management perspective.
Of course the counterpart is the last-minute price. Of course there is much more price systems then just these two. If your hotels has a good idea on this, explain it in your decisions to your coach and make calculations. In your decisions other options don't exist. More on the pages prices and decisions. The relation between cost price, sales price and profit is to be found in RevPAR.
More info online on sites like:
Traveltips or Why are these rates so high?.
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