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Originally Posted by JohnK
I would actually believe your story if the price of 3 people sharing a room was better than the $5/day reduction they offer on the price for 2 people sharing a room, whilst someone wanting a single room is charged 30%+ supplement on the tour price!
I have been on these types of tours in the past and have found that people paying the single supplement get the worst rooms. Go figure....
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To understand the price differences we need to undertand the way it is constructed.
Say the room costs $100. Also included in the tour costs is breakfast and sometimes dinner. Say Breakfast costs $20.
For the base price as twin-share, the actual cost to the tour company is then $140 for the room and two breakfasts. So that is then charged to you as $70 per person.
Now if you want a single-occupancy, it is then $100 for the room plus $20 breakfast, making it $120 for a single person. That is an increase of $50 or 71% higher than the twin0share rate.
Now for three people sharing, the hotel usually adds their own surcharge for the extra bed, linnen, towels etc. Lets assume that is an extra $10 on the room rate. So the total cost for 3 people is now $100 + $10 + 3 x $20 = $170. Share this between 3 people and its $56.67 each or just 19% less.
Now if dinner is also included, at say $25 per person, the difference between twin and single is then even bigger than the difference between twin and triple occupancy. The costs for this example would be $145, $95 and $75 for the 1, 2 and 3 people sharing.