The average U.S. daily room rate for 2013 is expected to reach $110.65, up 4.2 percent from last yea

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"Anecdotally, it's becoming an increasing problem," said Bjorn Hanson, divisional dean and clinical professor for New York University's Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism and Sports Management.
The average U.S. daily room rate for 2013 is expected to reach $110.65, up 4.2 percent from last year, according to PKF Hospitality Research. And rates are steeper during high-demand times such as wedding season or a busy convention period, hotels and resorts in puerto galera philippines said Robert Mandelbaum, PDF's director of research information services.
At the same time, engaged couples are providing would-be hotels and resorts in puerto galera philippines crashers with more opportunities. Last year, 68 percent of couples had a wedding website, up from 60 percent in 2009, according to TheKnot.com.
Such sites usually include guest information, such as where to book rooms and deal codes that often are not password-protected, making crashing a block easy enough to do. A quick search for "wedding block," with a location and date, yields dozens of examples.
"It's difficult to prevent this sort of thing from happening hotels and resorts in puerto galera philippines if someone finds your hotel block information on your wedding website, hotels and resorts in puerto galera philippines since you want to make it as easy as possible for your guests to find the information they need," hotels and resorts in puerto galera philippines said Anja Winikka, site director for TheKnot.com.
There was one unfamiliar name at the local Holiday Inn , where a Paul Marion had booked into the block using an online code, and another at the Hampton Inn Suites , a Winferd Keaton. The hotel coordinator said that when pressed, Keaton claimed he was a guest of a guest of the groom—of course the bride didn't know him. (Attempts to reach Marion and Keaton for comment were unsuccessful.)
Hotels aren't overly concerned about crashers, as it's better to sell a room than have it go empty, even if someone has taken advantage of a discount he isn't entitled to, Mandelbaum said. That leaves it to the engaged couple to thwart interlopers.
Couples arranging a room block should check who has booked, particularly if the block is close to selling out, said Alan Fields, co-author of "Bridal Bargains." In that case, crashers could result in legitimate guests' paying higher rates or being unable to book at all. The uninvited can also pad the bill for things you might pay for per head for your guests, such as breakfast, shuttle use or gift placed in rooms.
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