hotel package, world tour: NYC hotels average $303 a night. Yeouch!!!

Anyone who has tried to book a Manhattan hotel lately knows they're pricey. I had to calm a friend from California who complained about a $200 rate in Midtown; she was lucky to get a room at all, I told her. ... The average daily room rate in the USA was $103.56, up 6% over the third quarter of 2006 and the highest ADR ever. Occupancy was up just .4% over 2006, but because of high room rates, revenue per available room rose to $71, up 6% over last year. OK, readers. ...