Tacklehappy, yes, of course I know that, but it's not that simple as there are many other factors involved. The high season prices are always higher. My friend paid for the same hotel 150 two years ago, and at the same time, for comparison, just booked 2 nights in New York for 300. I think the prices here are over-inflated as a result of a domino effect coming from not really demand and supply reality, but private sector money grabbing on one hand and official money grabbing on the other, to fill the holes created by outrageous overspending. Just recently two give-aways totaling about 700 million dollars to support refugees in Myanmar and girls education somewhere around the world. The balance will not 'balance itself', just like the carbon tax doesn't go towards saving nature but rather or PM's supporting all those causes around the world except making 'average' Canadians richer. Vancouver is not a place with such a huge demand placing it at the top of North America's destination, but has been voted as the most expensive. I've been to very small remote communities where hotels were very expensive, despite most rooms vacant. That wasn't due to supply and demand, but rather the owners desperate for much needed money otherwise not flowing in. That's what's happening here I think. Gas was $1.16 when barrel of oil was $150, and is $1.55 when oil barrel is $50. Supply doesn't diminish and demand doesn't grow at such rate, unless maybe on a dingy stranded in the middle of an ocean, when the ship is sinking! haha Of course, I'd never say that paints the whole picture or I'm an expert on those matters.. I just know what I see over the years, and hear what others say. Thirty years ago people could afford buying houses, now they can't even afford a small condo. Something's wrong here with long term planning by the leadership, that's the nicest way I could put it.
Alright, it's was about 'Out and about' not politics, I back off before being told I'm a troll! hahaha (I'm just simply much more handsome than !! LOL)
