NYC hotel prices soar nearly 20% after Airbnb ‘ban' gives tourists no other option
Holiday travelers flooding into New York have no other option than to book a hotel room following the city’s clampdown on Airbnb this fall — pushing hotel room rates to new heights.According to Trivago’s Hotel Price Index, the average room is currently going for 452 as tourists flocked into town for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.The figure also marks a roughly 8% advance from last December, when nightly rates averaged $49 ...