Who pays for £1000+ a night hotels?

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Just wondering at what point people start paying that sort of money for hotel rooms? I work in finance so am well paid, as are lots of my colleagues. But I don't really know anyone who would spend £1000 plus a night on a hotel room.

I was discussing this at the start of a meeting chitchat, and most people said they'd aim for around £200 a night. These are people all earning 6 figures. Even my boss who earns 7 figures+ a year said he'd never spend that much.

The Royal Family. Of any country. Those who wish to be seen or not seen. Those for whom the rooms are paid for by their Trust Fund or themselves or a company. Wealthy folk.

Discretion and privacy have a price. I am not one bit envious of them BTW, as I have a terror of "hushed tones" and white tablecloths. For obvious reasons. I am clumsy lol.

My three criteria for a hotel are location, cleanliness, and a shower that works. I'm not there except to sleep and shower. Hotels to me are not for lounging around sunbeds or dining in. Just get in and get out.

My three criteria for a hotel are location, cleanliness, and a shower that works. I'm not there except to sleep and shower. Hotels to me are not for lounging around sunbeds or dining in. Just get in and get out.

Same, although I'd add a comfy bed to the list. And I also don't know anybody that would consider paying £1k a night for a hotel.

Footballers and WAGS? Pop stars? Extremely high net worth people?

I am non of the above but I’ve paid £700ish per night for a hotel room to stay in really nice hotels! £300 more doesn’t seem like a huge jump if you are well off.

I guess there's a point for the really ultra high net worths that it doesn't matter. I mean there are hotels in London with £15k+ /night suites. There are people who book out whole floors at Claridges.

That kind of money is generally own a business and/or assets, not salary based.

Also, if I did book £1000 hotel rooms and this was being discussed, I probably would not admit it.

Family members. I can't afford it. I think the most I've paid is £300.

If they are willing to advertise it they probably don't actually pay it.

I wouldn't discuss this in work or real life tbh, but we've paid similar amounts. Only for special occasions or special hotels. I enjoy nice hotels, it's a huge part of the holiday to me. If I'm spending money to travel, I want to stay somewhere lovely too - ideally nicer than my own house haha.

We did! It was for an overwater bungalow in the Maldives on our honeymoon. We stayed for 6 nights and then moved on to another location which was much cheaper.

Maldives is £££ for hotels anyway so this was for something AI, with upgrades etc suitable to the standard we would like for a honeymoon. They picked us up from the airport, took us to the resort and we didn’t spend another penny from the moment we stepped off the plane- multiple spa treatments, boat trips, water sports, all included.

It was magic, we are dual income no kids and at the time had a tiny mortgage. We splurged on the honeymoon before buying a much more expensive house a year or so later meaning that we don’t have that kind of disposable income anymore!!! I would absolutely do it again- we talk about how many years until we have finished fixing up the house and how much saving after that until we can afford that kind of trip again!

we once stayed in the four seasons in Florence and our room was 800€ a night. It was a corporate do for the 100 top performers and the top brass at Dh’s company and we were definitely in one of the “cheaper” rooms 🤣 Others in our party would have been in a €1k + room.

Elton John was staying there when we were there.

We only do for things which are experience where the hotel is a big part of it- so like Maldives and safari

If I was your boss on over £1m a year you can bet I would!!!

Top end for us in the U.K. is £500 for a special occasion, one of two nights.
Abroad for an experience we’ve spent a lot more but I don’t think it’s always true that you get what you pay for.
I think when we stayed in the Waldorf it was about £500 a night for one of the cheaper rooms and the room itself was quite shabby, tired and rundown, but the lobby/piano bar/breakfast served in the ballroom was all exquisite.

I think it depends on what kind of hotel it is. if it is a holiday resort/destination eg. Maldives a lot of people would save up and go for honeymoon/once in a lifetime holiday.

if its a city hotel, a lot of business travellers who have expenses paid - eg. London where it costs a grand to just sneeze in a lobby lol. Central London hotels are extortionate.

obv there r the classic billionaires/celebs etc. but they tend to hire out entire floors/the presidential suite etc. of top hotels and that would cost 10s of thousands of pounds depending on the location. for holidays they usually prefer privacy and go for entire private islands.

so nowadays 1k/night is not really for very rich people... its become more normalised....

Ok I’ll bite. My 2 kids are too young to be in
their own room, I don’t want them in my room and I don’t want self catering ergo we’re booking a suite. Skiing is usually our main holiday and for a nice hotel with a spa and good restaurant, in a big high altitude resort and not a schelp to the ski school and lifts it’s remarkably easy to spend in excess of £1000 per night.

Does your boss actually book his own hotels? I know many men that would have no bloody clue because a combination of: their wife or EA books it, they’re taking advantage of corporate rates even for personal travel, they spend so much day to day they’re dripping in Amex travel points, they own multiple properties abroad and go there over staying in hotels.

Things like Skiing and Specialist accommodation are different though

I wish I could. I'm sure friends have done it, it just isn't discussed. The last hotel I was in was so incredibly cold with no way to fix it and no staff around. Luckily only one night but I dreamt of having more money for nice hotels. It was clean and OK beds but still. If I had the money, I'd book those hotels no question.

A lot of business/frequent travellers get points to spend, it all adds up.
Pre-Covid the sales guys in my area got put up in the Hilton with points to go on their personal account, same with airline miles. They were allowed to use it for personal trips.
Paid for with corporate credit card then claimed back.

Most of these rooms get charged to company accounts for the higher ups. Worth it if you can get it.

I don't think most people pay the advertised rate. I stayed at a Rosewood property last year and the advertised rate for the room online was £850 a night however I managed to book the room in the sale which was about £400 a night which is still a lot but it was a special occasion. Also lots of hotel accept payment in points.

PIL stay at Claridge's which is often £1,000 a night but they booked through an agent to bring it down to something like £500 a night

Doing it as part of a 50th birthday celebration - Raffles and the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. Their pool is on my bucket list.

I just checked the hotel I booked for half term (using hotel points accrued from work). It would have been over £1k per room and I booked 2 rooms. I didn’t even think about it TBH because I wasn’t actually paying.

Er, rich people, perhaps?🤷🏻‍♀️

There are plenty of people for whom £1000 per night is not a lot of money. They will probably spend at least the same again on champagne, dinner, wines, spa treatments etc etc during their stay. In their world, it’s the equivalent of you or I buying a cup of coffee.

The CEO of my employer, without a doubt. Some of our Exec and Corp management also stay in very expensive rooms for business.

People with huge, huge salaries. If I was earning millions a year I'd pay it sometimes.

People who earn lots of points through business travel.

Fitting name!