Hotel Atlantico desperate for guests?

[Gotti]

If anyone is planning a trip to Rio in the short run is a good idea to check Hotel Atlantico rates. The $250.00/$300.00 absurd nightly rates are all the way down to around $60.00, at least according to messages (unrequested!) I'm getting from bookings.com. I have no idea if there are any small prints behind it and since I'm not ready to book I can't really find out, if anyone is in the market for it is worthwhile to double check and please advise. If is true Rio's tourism is in deep trouble!

[TownsendPLocke]

Thanks for the heads up Gotti. 

Unfortunately the economy is still in decline. I find it strange how quickly it has tumbled but I do not think it was unexpected.

The new hotels that were built during the boom are also struggling to survive now. The new Hyatt is asking around $100 usd a.i. on some nights- they cannot survive with those rates.

[Gotti]

So it might be true on the Atlantico case, the Hyatt in Rio use to be on the $500.00 class and up. The Atlantico caught my attention cause they were the preferred lodge for Boy Toy members since they are known  to accept overnight guests without many questions. Apparently hotels are becoming cheaper than Airbnb, and all that at the peak of the summer! Such deals probably won't last too long, since some of them probably will go out-of-business.

[Tomcal]

Gotti, i always stayed at the atlantico from 2001 - 2005 it was mediocre at best but their liberal guest policy and their close proximity to Rogers, Estacau and pointe saunas made it woth it! But when 2 of those 3 saunas disappeared and their prices started to rise i went to a apt. Also we used to be very close to the long time staff many of whom had been there 15 + years, once the son of the owner took over direct mgt and they got rid of the old time staff the atmosphere changed.  I might mention that the atlantico owns now 6 hotels and owns the building that Pointe202 sauna is in!

[Gotti]

The expansion apparently isn't helping the bottom line!

[trencherman]

Not only in Rio but also in Sampa where the Bourbon São Paulo Express Hotel in Viera de Carvalho, another favourite of Brazilian travel  forum frequenters, rates have gone down quite a bit too.

 

[axiom2001]

On 2/5/2017 at 11:12 PM, Gotti said:

If anyone is planning a trip to Rio in the short run is a good idea to check Hotel Atlantico rates. The $250.00/$300.00 absurd nightly rates are all the way down to around $60.00, at least according to messages (unrequested!) I'm getting from bookings.com. I have no idea if there are any small prints behind it and since I'm not ready to book I can't really find out, if anyone is in the market for it is worthwhile to double check and please advise. If is true Rio's tourism is in deep trouble!

Booking.com messages are valid.  I've used its services and offering for the past four or five years and am now getting "bonus" rates for most properties in which I've booked while staying in San Francisco.  I also used this service when I booked a pousada in Paraty in 2011, a lovely and good-priced property indeed!

[Gotti]

Yes, I believe is valid, I have used Bookings.com in the past (not in Brazil) and it was a good experience. Is important to notice that often the booking sites have a better deal than going to the hotel website, or even calling them directly, despite the fact that obviously the hotels have to compensate the agencies. Go figure!