Two brides-to-be outside Boston say a Taylor Swift concert will make them feel like they're not in a love story.
It seems like a case of hotel owners trying to get higher room rates by not marrying brides.
Last week, Taylor Swift announced her tour. Gillette Stadium in Boston will host a two-night concert in May of next year. The hotels near the stadium appeared to do the math on how much they could charge concert goers.
Christina Leonard told Boston's WBZ-TV that the hotel initially canceled her reservations because she was a bride-to-be. Leonard had booked 10 rooms for $169 a night before the Swift concert announcement but got an email canceling the room block after the tour was revealed.
Leonard was told over the phone that the hotel could charge as much as $1,000 a night for a Swift concert.
Hotels aren't as liable as airlines for canceled reservations, and there's a general sense hotel booking guidelines tend to protect the property in the event a guest cancels If the hotel denies you entry at check-in, what protections do you have?
The Home2 Suites is an independently owned and operated property and I cannot speak on the hotel's behalf. He didn't reply in time to be published.
While hotels are often independently owned and operated from the major brands, companies like Hilton do issue brand standards that dictate what owners can and can't do while operating a hotel under various brand flags.
The Home2 Suites offered to give the bride and groom a free stay for their wedding weekend after news of the cancellation broke, even though Leonard had already booked her room.
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There are other hotels in the area that are trying to cash in on Swiftie mania.
A bride-to-be says that the Renaissance Boston Patriot Place Hotel wants to raise her hotel rates because of the concert.
Swift is scheduled to perform at the stadium next to the Renaissance on one of the nights Arianna Stevenson is getting married. She signed a contract with a rate of $250 a night, but there was a clause in the contract that could send the rates flying. It definitely did, as the hotel now wants to charge $750 a night, which may cause Stevenson to cancel her wedding if she can't find more affordable options nearby.
It is hard to imagine a lot of hotel rooms in the area being cheap on the night of Stevenson's wedding.
There are consumer protection laws in Massachusetts that allow a person to prepare their finances in a reasonable amount of time to pay the new cost, but it doesn't appear as though there is anything preventing the Renaissance owner from tripling the price on the original rate
Marriott didn't reply to the request.
Maybe it decided to Shake It Off and just enjoy being able to sell out its hotel at a higher price.
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