Outrageous prices in luxury hotel...?

Question

The Regina Isabella, a 5-star hotel in Italy (Ischia) is charging 860 euro a night (beginning of August). Is this outrageous??? How much should a 5-star hotel in Italy cost in August?

(The person working there told us to "make an offer"!!) What should we offer??

Thank you...

http://www.reginaisabella.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=351&Itemid=1365&lang=en

Answer 1

Italy is expensive, August is tourist season and you are looking at a five star hotel.  You will find similar prices at other comparable establishments.  You may want to think about lowering your standards to fit your budget if these prices alarm you.  Also, as I am sure you know, the dollar is very weak right now so that is going to make everything even more expensive than it already is.

Answer 2

Depends on what you are willing to pay and what you are willing to accept.

Budget

    * RingHostel - (Forio) Via Gaetano Morgera n. 72 - Ph. [phone], or [phone], Fax. [phone] [7] - RingHostel is not just a hostel, it's an experience! We are located in an old monastery, where it is cool in the summer and warm in the winter. The hostel is 5 minutes by foot from both the buzzing town center of Forio, and also the closest beach. The hostel has free internet for all guests, as well as wireless capabilities for laptops. The common room has a big screen TV with lots of DVDs to rent, comfy couches, common kitchen, instruments to play, and a book exchange. Above it all, there is a comfortable terrace for watching sunsets and making friends. The hostel has one big dorm room, and then smaller rooms that can be single-s*x, as well as doubles.

    * Case Vacanza Monti - [8] Located in Lacco Ameno, these six apartments are really cheap and friendly-managed. Their owner, Antonietta, is a very nice person and always trying to help. The rents are good and there is a quite near beach (less than 10m), La Spiaggia Del Fungo.

    * Pietradonica, Via San Vito 1, Forio d'Ischia, [phone]. Old Farm-House of 1700, offers double rooms faced a garden of spices, citrus plantations and banana-trees. The rooms, are furnished with bathrooms, bed-linen, bar fridge, coffee pot and tea-pot, heating and ventilation, colonial furnishing of the nineteenth-century. A common kitchen is located in the garden pavilion.

[edit] Mid-Range

    * Hotel Paradiso Terme Hotel Paradiso Terme Resort and SPA is an exclusive residence, where the friendliness and hospitality will turn your stay in an unforgettable experience made of sea, sun, nature and a romantic atmosphere.

    * Hotel Poggio del Sole - (Forio) Via Baiola 193 - Ph. [phone], Fax. [phone] [9] - Hotel Poggio del Sole (Hotel of the Sunny Hill) is a cosy, charming, family-owned and operated hotel at the foot of Mount Epomeo on the beautiful Italian Island of Ischia. The hotel is perfectly positioned for quiet and peaceful afternoons spent gazing at the panorama of lush greenery, dramatic cliffs and sparkling blue waters and is walking distance from both the center of Forio and the sea. Views of the Mediterranean sea, pool, solarium, internal parking.

    * Hotel Parco Cartaromana - Via Nuova Cartaromana - Ph. [phone], Fax. [phone] [10] - The Parco Cartaromana Hotel is in a truly marvelous location and the view from the hotel is one of the most captivating in all of Ischia: the hotel balconies overlook the Aragonese Castle and the magnificent Bay of Cartaromana. Green hills surround the area, a haven of peace and silence. There are also a health spa, three swimming pools and two tennis courts available for its guests. Prices from 42€

    * Hotel San Giorgio Terme - Via Maronti, 42 - Ph. [phone], Fax. [phone][11] - The Hotel San Giorgio Terme is located directly at Maronti Beach, just 700 feet from the sea. The hotel is totally renovated and the rooms are nicely furnished with hand-painted terracotta. The modern lounge-bar, the restaurant and the thermal-pool overlook the Maronti Bay. The hotel dispose also of a in-house SPA, private beach and parking lot. Bus stop close to the Hotel and very good connections for the island's towns.

    * Hotel Poggio del Sole - (Forio) Via Baiola 193 - Ph. [phone], Fax. [phone] [12] - Hotel Poggio del Sole (Hotel of the Sunny Hill) is a cosy, charming, family-owned and operated hotel at the foot of Mount Epomeo on the beautiful Italian Island of Ischia. It is a mid-range hotel that also offers the option of bed and breakfast. In fact, the hotel can also offer bed-and-breakfast-and-dinner! Meals are filling and fabulous at the family's restaurant of the same name (see restaurants listing above). The hotel is perfectly positioned for quiet and peaceful afternoons spent gazing at the panorama of lush greenery, dramatic cliffs and sparkling blue waters and is walking distance from both the center of Forio and the sea. Rooms have views of the Mediterranean sea, pool, solarium, internal parking.

[edit] Splurge

    * Hotel Parco Smeraldo Terme - (Maronti beach) Via Maronti n. 42 - Ph. [phone], Fax. [phone] [13] - The Hotel Parco Smeraldo Terme is right on Ischia’s popular Maronti Beach, in a lush subtropical garden with direct access to the private beach. The hotel is only 100 m from the bus stop to Ischia Porto, the island’s largest village. it features 65 bedrooms, bar-lounge, restaurant, lift, spa, thermal water pool, hairdresser, private beach, tennis court and parking lot. The 33° C thermal water pool, with four powerful water jets, overlooks the sea.The brand-new Corallium Wellness Zone, with direct access to the beach, features 2 indoor thermal-pools with several massage-jets, gayser massage and thermal-water fall, kneipp-path and two emotional showers with aromatherapy.

[edit] Holiday apartments and houses

    * Rotonda Sul Mare Apartments - (Forio) Via Aiemita 29 - Ph. [phone], Fax. [phone] [14] - The Rotonda Sul Mare offers private apartments with full kitchen and bathroom in a location directly on the beach. The Rotonda is located is just a few minutes walk from the center of Forio, one of the main towns on Ischia island. Rotonda provides free internet access, free kayak and canoe rental, and terraces for your enjoyment. Laundry facilities are on-site, and parking is available. During the summer there's a beautiful patio deck over the water, where you can spend your day in the sun, and walk down the steps directly into clear water on a private beach to cool off.

    * Villa Marialuisa, Via Vecchia 15, Forio d'Ischia (100m from the port), [phone], [15]. Apartments to rent in the heart of the historical centre of Forio, surrounded by a lush Mediterranean Garden with lemon, orange, mandarin, palm trees and an English garden. The Villa offers recently-restructured independent Holiday homes of various sizes (for 2-6 people) with a garden and all comforts. The main beaches of Ischia are within walking distance, but you can also take a bus or minibus.

    * Casa S,Vito - Forio d'Ischia (100m from the sea)- [phone] - Apartments (San Vito) offers independent holiday homes of various sizes for 2-5 people.

You want a 5 star luxury hotel, you are going to pay for it.

You want a tent and a sleeping bag, well you get the idea.

If the 'rate' is 850 Euro, and the manager said, make me an offer! , common sense tells me to offer 1/2, 425 E.

Do not expect to get it at that rate, that is the art of negotiations, expect to settle at 610.

Still high. I would druther stay on a sailboat.

We all get one ticket to ride this orb around the star we call The Sun, make it happy for you and others.

Enjoy the moments that are.

Answer 3

Italy is notoriously expensive and August is in peak tourist season, so that price is actually in line with other luxury properties in the region. Luxury properties are expensive, but the experience is unbeatable!

You may want to compare it to other Luxury properties in Italy before making your offer: http://www.kiwicollection.com/luxury-hot...

Answer 4

Well, looking at the location, the services provided by the hotel, the rating of the hotel and talking about August... it actually doesn't seem expensive.

There are lots of cheaper hotels, this is a high-rated one in one of the most exclusive (or even posh :) holiday location not only in Italy but worldwide.

Answer 5

check out these websites

venere.com

hotels.com

pensioni.com

Answer 6

Well, I live in Naples, and Ischia is one of the most expensive places to go on holiday, with Capri and Amalfi...and August is the most terrible month to go on holiday, in every place of this world...unfortunately many people can go on holiday just in this month ( just like my parents) ...In the end...i think you can maybe choose an other hotel, can't you?

er...sorry if my englih is not so good

Answer 7

August is high season and this is  a so called 5 star hotel... What do you expect?

Answer 8

the rates are really clear on the website:

http://www.reginaisabella.it/index.php?o...

maybe you can try this 5 stars hotel (is cheaper):

http://www.miramareecastello.com

Answer 9

Try vacationing in your back yard [50 mi radius] and spending money in your own state. Think about it. Avoid the airline morass and high prices for everything.