01-26-2016, 08:03 AM
(01-26-2016, 07:48 AM)Viewfromthe42 Wrote: Is it really a thriving business model (e.g. The former, not current, Waterloo Inn)? Or a vestige of decades ago, when you might have driven along highway 7, and decided that it was just too dark/tired/rainy to go on, and the "winning" motel was whichever one you stumbled, pre-GPS, upon first? Nowadays, there's no excuse for being unable to find the Delta in Waterloo (take Bridgeport exit, turn right on Erb, arrive).
Pre-GPS and pre-smartphone. I'll usually use an app to reserve a room before I get to a hotel. I can't remember the last time I asked about rack rates at a hotel. It seems like it would be more than 10 years ago. And that's in non-G20 countries too.
Plus, it's not like the 85 is on the way to a lot of places. This business model would have worked better on Route 66 for instance.