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Think You're Booked? Think Again.
Demand for inauguration-week lodging has created some vexing surprises for those who reserved rooms months ago.
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Egerton disputed Owens's version of events, saying she had cited the $150 rate as an estimate but had explained to Owens that the rates might change. When the bed-and-breakfast owners she represents met to set rates a couple of weeks ago, they settled on $300 a night, Egerton said.
"I've been getting 100 calls a day," she said. "Most people want to come one or two nights, at $100 a night and 12 people in a room. People should not expect to pay $100 a night."
Owens, whose money was refunded by Egerton, now plans to stay with friends in the area.
As for Flanagan, she was offered her room at the Bolger Center yesterday after a Washington Post reporter contacted Priceline spokesman Brian Ek and related her tale. Ek called the hotel, which said it would honor Flanagan's original one-night reservation.
Asked what had changed, Dolce, the Bolger Center manager, said he had been mistaken in his initial conversation with The Post last week.
"We're working with people. We're flexible," Dolce said. "We hope everybody who wants to come will come."
But Flanagan's mind is made up: The hotel is history. She'll drive to Obama's inauguration from Annapolis and return home after it's over.
