Hotel Prices Dropping Nationwide

It is April 2009 and Hotwire.com’s monthly Hotwire® Hotel Rate Report shows us that Tampa leads major U.S. cities in hotel priced reductions and that New York City hotels studied in the report had prices drop 29 percent. The complete list follows.

Market & Rank	Price Drop	Type	Example of a current Hotwire price per night
1. Tampa	-31%	Four Star	$88
2. San Antonio	-30%	Three Star	$82
3. Vancouver, BC	-30%	Four Star	$91
4. New York City	-29%	Three Star	$139
5. Portland	-23%	Four Star	$96
6. Orlando	-22%	Four Star	$87
7. Chicago	-21%	Three Star	$65
8. Toronto	-20%	Four Star	$72
9. Miami/Ft. Lauderdale	-20%	Three Star	$76
10. Las Vegas	-19%	Four Star	$93

Source: Hotwire.com. Results are calculated by looking at Hotwire stay dates for select regions in the current month, and comparing prices in the current month against Hotwire prices in the same month in the prior year.