PapaBrowne:

Way overpriced. Some creepy hotels in Victoria Island charge as high as 30k per night. The better ones can go for 50k per night.
Its horrible. In places like Dubai, New York, Frankfurt, you don't get to pay these kind of prices on hotels that are way better than those shitholes they offer on the Island.

oisehumen:

Story story! That's what we always say; we exploit innocent customers under the guise of poor electricity in Nigeria. Look at MTN and other GSM operators, they said they are charging high call rates because of power problems but the profit they make here is much more higher than what they make in other branches of various countries with stable power supply. So, what are we talking about here?

Admitted that power supply is horrible in this country; but the prices or rates charged by these hotels are outrageous.
Even with a very stable power supply, i bet these guys  will never reduce their rates.

NaijaNaWaa:

Nigerian Hotels are the worst and the most expensive hotels I've seen in the world. To start with, our hotels are too local, poor architecture, bad decor, dirty and poor services. There're very few international hotels in Nigeria compared to even, ordinary, Ghana. In Abuja for instance, apart from Hilton and Sheraton the rest are local champions and yet more expensive than correct hotels elsewhere. Go to Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, Libya, Egypt, etc and see correct hotels.

Unlike other countries where you can access info on hotels (location, room rates, rating, booking, etc) online, Nija hotels have very little online presence and their phone numbers hardly work. So you must be physically present and pay cash to book accomodation.

PapaBrowne:

Way overpriced. Some creepy hotels in Victoria Island charge as high as 30k per night. The better ones can go for 50k per night.
Its horrible. In places like Dubai, New York, Frankfurt, you don't get to pay these kind of prices on hotels that are way better than those shitholes they offer on the Island.

oisehumen:

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Please, say again to Sauron.

People, please give ~Sauron~ a break! He probably thinks we're talking about "short time" motels!    

raintree:

Gosh, those are cut-throat room rates.  How many of us can afford to stay in such hotels like for a week?  I definitely won't waste that kind of money.  How is it possible to promote tourism with this kind of overpriced hotel accommodation?

Gbam!

I can head to Niagara Falls and stay at Sheraton (Fallsview) for less than US$160 a night - If try Federal Palace hotel (carpark view  ), I will shell out almost US$500 in ONE night! OMG!

We forget that a nation's tourism is primarily stimulated by the local market, not just foreigners!

NaijaNaWaa:

Nigerian Hotels are the worst and the most expensive hotels I've seen in the world. To start with, our hotels are too local, poor architecture, bad decor, dirty and poor services. There're very few international hotels in Nigeria compared to even, ordinary, Ghana. In Abuja for instance, apart from Hilton and Sheraton the rest are local champions and yet more expensive than correct hotels elsewhere. Go to Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, Libya, Egypt, etc and see correct hotels.

Unlike other countries where you can access info on hotels (location, room rates, rating, booking, etc) online, Nija hotels have very little online presence and their phone numbers hardly work. So you must be physically present and pay cash to book accomodation.

canuck:

People, please give ~Sauron~ a break! He probably thinks we're talking about "short time" motels!    

kokoye:

I support Sauron here.

Apart fro the basic ammenities like electricity n water, how many people patronize Nigerian hotels compared to the numbers who patronize hotels in Dubai and New York?? Not a lot I am sure.

In New York, a hotel services hundereds of guests per night . . i'm sure a Nigerian hotel may not have up to half of that. So the cost will be spread over the little clients they have of course, since no company wants to run at a loss.

Also think about the extra security Nigerian companies have to pay for.

The only think I cant stand is that these hotels or companies will NOT reduce their prices even when things get better.  

You don't live in Nigeria and you obviously not current with the happenings.
Come to Ikeja Airport Hotel for instance and see how many guests it services.

Now dont get me started on cstomer service . . it is non-existent in my country

Moves:

They are outrageously expensive; the electricity and water story doesn't cut it at all; I think compared to the west# employee wages & taxes definately evens out the overheads for nigerian hotels,

kokoye:

I support Sauron here.

Apart fro the basic ammenities like electricity n water, how many people patronize Nigerian hotels compared to the numbers who patronize hotels in Dubai and New York?? Not a lot I am sure.

In New York, a hotel services hundereds of guests per night . . i'm sure a Nigerian hotel may not have up to half of that. So the cost will be spread over the little clients they have of course, since no company wants to run at a loss.

Also think about the extra security Nigerian companies have to pay for.

The only think I cant stand is that these hotels or companies will NOT reduce their prices even when things get better.  

Now dont get me started on cstomer service . . it is non-existent in my country

~Sauron~:

Employee wages ma WHITE ARSE.
Let the Labour Congress take that up. . . . . .Hotel Owners will not pay exorbitant wages to their staff because they generate mad funds.
They will pay according to the requirements demanded in the job market.

OK. Got it!

Nigerian hotels should pay salaries like employees live in a hell hole, BUT charge like guests are staying the night on Sauron Saturn!

I finally get it!

canuck:

@ Kokoye

~Sauron~ does make good points, but they are insufficient to account for 350% pricing differential!!!!!

[b]Chucking everything up to "government" is LAME!

By the time you factor in huge employee costs in the West versus the PEANUTS Nigerian hotels pay their slaves employees, it leaves me scratching my head in disbelief![/b]

canuck:

OK. Got it!

Nigerian hotels should pay salaries like employees live in a hell hole, BUT charge like guests are staying the night on the Sauron Saturn!

I finally get it!

oisehumen:

These hotels make good money.
I worked with a a popular hotel on the Island some years back as a Departmental  Head.

Yes, they spend so much on power supply and others, but the profit is still huge at the end of the day.

PapaBrowne:

It is exploitation, simple and short. Five years ago, many of the hotels in VI charging 30k per night were charging around 7-10k per night. At that time they still used Generators as they do today. So lets cut the crap about diesel costs.