New Haven Independent

Posted by: JackNH | October 24, 2008 9:12 AM

$1,400? Please. Let's see a picture of THAT room! I guess it's for the Clintons when they visit.

Posted by: nyresident | October 24, 2008 10:34 AM

I stayed there last night as I am a frequent guest in New Haven and I was horrified at the service. It took awhile to check in and the staff had no idea what they were doing. Perhaps they are new and have not been trained properly.

The rates of $279 are ridiculous for New Haven and this New York company who owns the company obviously does not know or want to cater to the New Haven market.

I have large groups and I will continue to frequent the lovely Omni New Haven Hotel where the employees are dedicated to make the public feel special.

At $279 with poor service, how will this hotel survive?

Posted by: robn | October 24, 2008 11:54 AM

NYRESIDENT,

Dude...they just opened...give them a few weeks at least...besides, I just checked the standard rate for tomorrow evening at the Omni...$359.
You work for them or something?

I'm really happy that New Haven has a really cool hotel.

Posted by: anon | October 24, 2008 1:32 PM

NYResident, New Haven has a very high hotel occupancy rate, and the rates and high-end hotels will reflect that. Given the number of international conferences hosted at Yale, and its burgeoning medical center, the hotel should have no trouble charging $300 per room, if not more. I would now expect other area hotels to raise their rates up to this level.

If you're staying in New Haven, would you rather drive 45 minutes to stay at a crappy Motel 6?

I think you have a misconception about New Haven, which is part of the wealthiest metropolitan area in the United States (Southern CT) and home to one of the world's top two universities.

You might want to give this place a week to open before rating its service level.

Posted by: Your Tax Dollars at Work | October 24, 2008 1:49 PM

Prices? If managers can't make a profit, prices will come down. We'll see. Meantime, looks like a good restaurant.

Posted by: DEZ | October 24, 2008 4:26 PM

NY resident, where do you usually stay in New Haven, at a shelter? $279 per night is well within the 'going rate' of any New England city. I never suggest anyone stay at a hotel or hit a restaurant on opening night. The service is never what you expect it to be as the kinks are always being worked out. If you don't know this, now you do. I'm sure this new hotel will do just fine. Welcome "Study @ Yale"!

Posted by: Edward_H | October 24, 2008 6:12 PM

nyresident

Jesus Christ, chill out. They just opened up. Most business hit some bumps when opening.

ROBN

You work for them or something?

I think you hit the nail on the head. Seems like a little corporate saboptage going on maybe? Trash the competition anonomously.

Posted by: name game | October 24, 2008 11:10 PM

can they get themselves a name worthy of the goodlooking re-model? for instance: Bespoke is a damn cool name. I still don't know what a Bespoke is, but it sounds cool (and sharp). Study @ Yale sounds like the headline on a cheap brochure. And don't even tell me that you're supposed to call it ""The Study"". what, so people can say "I'm going to study?" New Haven needs better names for places. Another recent bad one was Koffee on York becoming the Publick Cup. I saw that and I thought Are you kidding me? Are we in Old Sturbridge village or something? Bad enough to live somewhere where they name a coffee joint ""Koffee"" and a bar ""Bar""

New Haven needs new names!

Posted by: Walt | October 25, 2008 7:19 AM

ROBN

Being a skeptic , I checked your claim of $279 per night at the Omni, which seemed way too high..

Best rate I could get, after supposed AAA and senior discount was $323.10 for a single.

WOW,Sorry I doubted you.

Happy I no longer travel frequently.

.

Posted by: robn | October 25, 2008 11:30 AM

WALT,

279 was the rate that NYRESIDENT claimed was way too high.

359 was the standard weekend rate I found on the Omni site.

Travel is quite expensive and it really depends more upon when you go than where you go. I recently visited medium sized midewestern city, whcih I don't consider to be expensive, and I paid similar rates to stay in a Holiday Inn Express way outside of the center becuase they happened to have two simultaneous major sports events going on at the smae time.

...supply and demand I guess...

Posted by: fairhavendoc | October 25, 2008 12:23 PM

it's parents' weekend at yale this weekend, that is likely why the prices seem a little steep i think.

Posted by: NYResident | October 26, 2008 9:48 AM

Robn

Check the rates in January..OMNI $189 You picked Parents weekend which is almost as high as Yale graduation.

Posted by: robn | October 27, 2008 9:26 PM

NYRESIDENT,

PLEASE.

You stayed at the Study the Thursday before Parents Weekend, which is effectively the same thing. Its apples to apples dude.