Rate changes

[acflodi]

I'm trying to check room rates for when I'm traveling to Disney in February and when I click on the resorts the prices change on me. It's hard to explain what's happening through a computer. Lets try again. I click on Port Orleans Riverside and originally it say s $198 then when I go in it says $256 and when I back out to the original page it says the $256 too. It's done this for every hotel I've clicked on. I've been playing around with different hotels everyday for a week and this is the first time it's done this. I'm so confused. Is there something going on with the website today or is something else going on?

 

[FiggieFan]

I know it is a bit odd on the site when you enter the dates you want and the hotel it comes up with the room options (standard view, pool view, garden view, etc) and an average price of a room per night. Then when you select a specific view, it gives you the actual price per night. The prices do change per night based on the projected crowds, holidays, weekends, etc. If you are looking around President's Day the crowds are high and I would expect the price per room may be above the average cost.
I obviously can't see what your computer is doing, but does this sound like it? Once they publish their room rates for a year, they do not change the price per night.

I must add, as many weird things as we have seen on the website in the past year since they came out with this upgraded version, anything is possible. It definitely doesn't seem too reliable. I was having issues this morning trying to pull and and print out a dining reservation in MDE - after I selected the ADR, it kept asking me to login again and I went in circles about 6 times before it let me view and print.

 

[jmasgat]

Not sure if this is it, but I know that when I check dates, on the results page it shows the "starting price"rate--without tax. If you click on a resort, it then brings up the available rooms and the rates include tax. Also, on the resort results page, the rate shown will be the lowest one available--not necessarily the rate for all nights.

As an example, I was looking at Pop for 4 nights in February. On the search results page, the price shown is "starting from" $121/night. Clicking through to Pop, the rate showed as $166--that was because only 2 of the 4 nights were $121, the other two were $195, and then they added tax. And yes, if you hit the back button, it "refreshes" the results to show the tax-included rates.

 

[acflodi]

Not sure if this is it, but I know that when I check dates, on the results page it shows the "starting price"rate--without tax. If you click on a resort, it then brings up the available rooms and the rates include tax. Also, on the resort results page, the rate shown will be the lowest one available--not necessarily the rate for all nights.

As an example, I was looking at Pop for 4 nights in February. On the search results page, the price shown is "starting from" $121/night. Clicking through to Pop, the rate showed as $166--that was because only 2 of the 4 nights were $121, the other two were $195, and then they added tax. And yes, if you hit the back button, it "refreshes" the results to show the tax-included rates.

This is what it sounds like is going on. I wonder why I didn't notice it doing that before. Although it sounds a little outrageous to have over $50 just in taxes per night.

 

[jmasgat]

This is what it sounds like is going on. I wonder why I didn't notice it doing that before. Although it sounds a little outrageous to have over $50 just in taxes per night.

Well, taxes are 11-12%/night, and weekend rates are higher than Su-Th rates, so it adds up if you stay over a weekend.