Aventura Hotel

[Parkscope Joe]

What's up with the prices going up so high lately? Are they expected to go down? Right when I was ready to book, I saw the prices jump up to crazy levels including today.

What dates are you looking at?

 

[Stonecoldfreak1]

What's up with the prices going up so high lately? Are they expected to go down? Right when I was ready to book, I saw the prices jump up to crazy levels including today.

Book and look often to rebook. I booked 03/27-03/30 back in January for right under $800. Every so often it would drop a little bit. I checked the week of travel, in fact I think it was two days before and I was all in for about $360.

 

[JunoSynth]

What dates are you looking at?

Sept 9th - Sept 20th. I like those times for the HHN Rush of Fear Pass Dates.

 

[Parkscope Joe]

Sept 9th - Sept 20th. I like those times for the HHN Rush of Fear Pass Dates.

I’m seeing $271 a night for Aventura for those days. Have you usually stayed that long before?

 

[Captain Spaulding]

Yeah, that's nuts for Aventura. I'd never spend that when SF is not much more. Lots of time left, the price will definitely drop again.

 

[Parkscope Joe]

Yeah, that's nuts for Aventura. I'd never spend that when SF is not much more. Lots of time left, the price will definitely drop again.

Was messing around and 9/15-9/20 and DOCKSIDE IS $300. This is higher than spring break!

Something is up and the prices will come down.

 

[Mad Dog]

Seems like all the hotel rates are high for that period. Is that a significant week for HHN since the week after your dates are significantly less? Definitely too high for a hotel like Aventura. ....Often, if bookings are soft, you'll see a number of hotel discount offers pop up sometime in August. Perhaps that will happen again this year, since discounts popped up in August the last couple of years.

 

[Brian G.]

My only guess is that’s right in the sweet spot for Rush of Fear. I’m not aware of anything else.

 

[Rikku]

My rate for Aventura in October is also high not sure how much or if it will come down but will take it. HHN I have found is usually more expensive but the Mondays and Tuesdays that HHN is off can be dirt cheap

 

[JunoSynth]

I've been keeping track Daily and it was this price the day before I was going to buy. This was around 2 weeks ago. Hasn't been this low since. Yeah it shouldn't be as high as it is right now and should go down eventually I assume. Yeah for the past 2 years I've been staying around these times and prices are usually very reasonable during that time.

It was around $190 a night.


Subtotal$1,981.00
Tax$247.65
Total$2,228.65
Deposit You Pay Today$153.00
Balance Due at Hotel$2,075.65

 

[HandsomePete]

Yeah it shouldn't be as high as it is right now

So first of all, Loews left a bunch of money on the table for many years - I remember years ago listening in on someone at the World of Beer on Sand Lake bragging about how “high” Portofino’s ADR was and I nearly burst out laughing over how sorry the number he said was. Partnering with a tiny company like Loews wasn’t exactly a great choice for Universal, but it was a great deal for visitors for many years.

Second, midscale hotel pricing is completely out of whack right now. Owners blame labor/other costs but the reality is that most midscale hotels are owned by poorly capitalized owners (relative to big boxes) and financed by interest-only loans. A lot of hotels were insulated from interest rate increases for a bit of time, but once they had to refi they jacked up rates.

Unfortunately, given the market as a whole, Aventura is definitely a 250-300 per night hotel when you factor in what it would cost to stay nearby + the on-site benefits like transportation and early admission.

(If you couldn’t tell, affordable access to hotels so people can afford to travel is a bit of a passion point for me)

 

[Parkscope Joe]

Partnering with a tiny company like Loews wasn’t exactly a great choice for Universal, but it was a great deal for visitors for many years.

In the late 90s when they first partnered it was deffinatley more of a "Loews helping out poor Universal" situation.