They had a total eclipse in Central Oregon a year or two ago. Some people that wanted to see it thought ahead and reserved hotels before the hotels figured out it was coming. Of course the hotels cancelled all reservations made at that price and REALLY jacked up the rates, sold out too I'm sure and escpaed lawsuits in the process. We were going through the area to my sisters in Lapine OR before it happened and there was a lot of early arrivals in the area, place got real crowded I hear.
It’s already happening here. The **** and stay hotel that’s normally 40 bucks or so a night, complete with roaches and all, is sold out… charging 500 plus a night. State owned and operated Camp grounds here are normally 55 a night, it’s 250 a night.
Gonna be curious what happens now since the governor declared a state of emergency earlier this week, anti-pricing gouging laws now go into effect but the law says raising prices in excess AFTER a declared state of emergency is issued… what happens if they had already set those prices years out?
