{"id":462,"date":"2011-12-26T20:40:54","date_gmt":"2011-12-26T20:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hotel-lobbyists.com\/blog\/?p=462"},"modified":"2011-12-26T20:40:54","modified_gmt":"2011-12-26T20:40:54","slug":"holidays-in-the-hotel-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotel-lobbyists.com\/index.php\/2011\/12\/26\/holidays-in-the-hotel-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Holidays in the Hotel Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-463\" title=\"Happy_HolidaysLights_lights_glowing_gif_clip_art_image\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/hotel-lobbyists.com\/hl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Happy_HolidaysLights_lights_glowing_gif_clip_art_image-300x263.gif\" \/>It\u2019s a common misnomer that hotel rooms are impossible to find over holidays.\u00a0 In truth, for many downtown hotels, the holiday times are enormous need periods.<\/p>\n<p>Hotels are virtually empty over the major holidays \u2013 Thanksgiving, Christmas.\u00a0 Same goes for those holidays which vary from year to year like Easter, Passover, Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah.\u00a0 For groups considering having conferences, arriving the day after any of these holidays is a surefire way to enact some immediate savings.\u00a0 The biggest challenge to taking advantage of the enormous savings is risking presenting as insensitive to those who find it offensive to be traveling during these times.\u00a0 It\u2019s a big question that corporations, associations and government agencies have to ask themselves \u00a0each year.\u00a0<!--more-->For the individual traveler, there are also savings to be had if unlucky enough to be traveling during these times.\u00a0 Many hotels will offer free nights with a certain amount of purchased nights.\u00a0 I\u2019ve also seen many hotels sell rooms for the outside temperature during that dead week between Christmas and New Years.<\/p>\n<p>There are exceptions to every rule however \u2013 if you think you\u2019ll be able to save money in New York City between Christmas and New Year\u2019s, think again.\u00a0 Unlike in most cities, December is New York\u2019s peak month and the week between Christmas and New Year\u2019s is the peak week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a common misnomer that hotel rooms are impossible to find over holidays.\u00a0 In truth, for many downtown hotels, the holiday times are enormous need periods. 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