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.

Plenty of people. £1000 - there are hotel rooms costing tens of thousands. Affordability is relative.

Americans!!!!!! Look at all the destinations popular with US citizens and you’ll see much higher room rates than in other similar places. Also, the US hotel chains tend to charge more than their equivalents in the same locations - might be connected to loyalty points / US business travellers but it’s definitely “a thing”.

The owner of the travel company I work for, judging by the hotel links he sends me to see if we can add them to our inventory. Haven't the heart to tell him that the majority of our customers aren't in quite the same position as him....

I strongly suspect some of the people in the OPs conversation were lying.

Hotels have increased hugely in price in the last few years. What used to be a ‘reasonable £500’ a night-even in UK - is now about £800 or so. There are many hotels that charge that. And many people, obviously wealthy, pay it.

We stayed in a Four Seasons in London for our wedding night - that was over 20 yrs ago but was ££ then. Man Utd were also staying - we saw them at breakfast the next day.

My husband booked Chewton Glen for my birthday for 2 nights. I saw the bill, it was over 1k per night. The room was gorgeous (had a hot tub!) and breakfast was included. But I baulked at the price - seemed excessive.

I stayed at Le Manoir Aux Quat’Saisons for a special birthday, absolute luxury and bliss. Hoping to go again.

We stayed in a pool villa room in Singapore 10 years ago and it was £500 a night. Checked recently and the same room is £1,200 a night so we are now priced out of places we used to be able to afford.

I think your colleagues are lying. My colleagues are more honest about this and most have stayed in £1k+ rooms at some point (mostly special occasions, like honeymoons or major anniversaries). I have paid similar on occasion (for suites with private pools for example).

I have before if on holiday and we want to stay somewhere really nice, that's usually on the higher end of the scale though. 500 is about standard for us

The global super rich.

Apparently the number of such rooms is increasing in London. The market at this level is not price sensitive and people are paying for exclusivity - no normal people around.

Chewton Glen is really nice to be fair! I really loved it when I stayed there (also a two night stay, mine was for Christmas). The gym is very ropey and old fashioned though!

I don’t know, but I was just looking at Glamping at a festival and some of the yurts are £3k for 3 nights and I don’t know who would pay that, I assume it’s celebs and companies who pay for hospitality for their clients.

I stayed at one such place for two nights for my DH’s 40th. I’d just had a very substantial inheritance and was still mired in the grief of my losses, so probably didn’t really think through how ridiculous it was to pay so much money for a hotel. However, I could afford it and we loved every minute of it (treehouse suite at Chewton Glen- breakfast hamper delivered in the morning, hot tub on the balcony, incredible luxury bathroom etc).

It’ll definitely never happen again though so I do wonder at the people who stay in places like that all the time- for us, it was a unique and very special experience. For them it was just normality. No big deal 🤷🏼‍♀️

I would if it was for the Ritz or Clarridges etc. and I intend to one day but that would really be a one-off for the experience.

Generally though I aim for about £150 a night. Pre covid used to be £100 a night :( but can’t seem to get a nice one now for less than £150.

I work in a similar field, and honestly, I’d never consider spending over £1000 a night on a hotel. For me, anything above £200 feels like a splurge, even though I’m fortunate enough to be well-paid. That said, I did once stay at a hotel Darling Harbour in Sydney, and it was a lovely experience—comfortable, central, and affordable for the quality. It was a great balance of luxury without feeling ridiculous.

I have once been lucky enough to stay in a room which was around that mark although included dinner & it was a wonderful room in a beautiful hotel. It was a lovely wedding gift from my company & I wouldn't spend that if it was my cost however.
But it was a really nice experience & look into another world

Wealthy people aren’t salaries employees are they. There are tonnes of people with their own businesses who can easily afford this.

I "lived" in what was the Four Seasons in Dublin for a new months for work - and checking that, it's about 500 euros a night now with breakfast for the basic double room. Breakfast was immense though and often famous people in the bar. One week the porter told me Colin Farrell had been in my room the night before. He's also been in my room in De Tuilereen in Bruges too 😆£500 would probably be the max I would spend for a hotel room - and then for a special occasion - I wouldn't normally plan to be in it apart from sleeping, so it's a bit of a waste. If I had endless pots of cash mind...

200 barely gets you a Premier Inn in a city nowadays. The most I've spent is around 500 but never for more that 3 or 4 nights

£1000 is not that unreasonable for London

I feel the same way about business class flights and yet there seem to be a surprising number of MNers who pay for those. Some use points of course but some actually pay.

I also can’t fathom people who pay several hundred every few months for tweakments.

To me it’s madness but we all value different things.

The Irish Times had an article recently about a luxury travel agent based in Dublin who specalises in bespoke trips to Ireland, the UK and parts of Africa. She said her clients were mostly Americans, Mexicans and Latin Americans, VP of blue-chip companies, celebrities, CEOs, people in finance etc.

She said she had a recent client who wanted to spend a week in Ireland hosting her three close friends after she was widowed, and had a budget of $2000,000. They spent it by getting helicopters everywhere and staying in 'presidential suites'.

Another client was in Ireland for a big birthday and was booking castles for all accommodation, and wanted a specific colour of Delftware for her birthday meal, which the hotel had to commission and import -- it was only used for that one 70th birthday meal. It's not even clear whether the client took it home with her.

Which makes a £1000 a night hotel room seem like small beer.

Yes I often think the same - I can't really imagine how rich we would have to be to think "yep, that's the best thing I can imagine spending my money on".

We're in about the top 3-4% of UK earners, don't have a huge mortgage/costs. I've paid I think £300 a night for one night for a special occasion and that's about as high as I could imagine going. I mean you spend most of the time asleep, where's the value?

I have had the opportunity to stay in some very very nice hotels when I've not been paying and indeed they were lovely but just couldn't imagine spending my own money that way.