Hotels Offering Deals, Shorter Stays for Inauguration
Hotels in the DC area still have rooms and are offering last-minute Inauguration deals.
President Barack Obama's second inauguration is not expected to bring the record crowds seen during his first inauguration in 2009, and fewer people coming to town means there are deals to be had at area hotels. "Hotel rooms still exist," said Kate Gibbs, a spokesperson for Destination D.C., a a private, non-profit corporation that markets Washington's tourism industries. Gibbs said many hotels were requiring three-and-four night reservations initially, but as demand has proven to be less now than four years ago, prices are dropping and minimum stay requirements are disappearing. "2009 was a record-breaking year, and as a result the inauguration drew 1. 8 million to the Mall," said Gibbs. She explained if DC saw half or even a third as …
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