Hotel Price Categories for Buellton, California

The hotels on the Rate Table and the Interactive Map are grouped into color coded price categories based on their average room rates.  The average rate for each hotel is calculated from the average of it's high and low room rates observed over a period of one year.

The latest hotel rate analysis for Buellton, CA was performed on April 28, 2008.  The analysis is based on the average room rates for 70 hotels within Buellton, CA and adjacent towns forming the Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area.  The current classification breaks based on this analysis are as follows:

See Hotel Rate Analysis and Classification Details below for a detailed explanation of the classification price breaks.

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Hotel Rate Table for Buellton, California

The table below shows Buellton, California hotels listed from the highest average rate to the lowest average rate (Avg Rate column).  The table may be sorted on any column by clicking the column headers. 

The hotels are color coded according to the Hotel Price Categories described above.  The "Low Dif" column shows the difference between the current low rate and the average low rate for each hotel.  The "High Dif" column shows the difference between the current high rate and the average high rate for each hotel.  Enter dates in the "Reservation Dates" form above and click "Update Rates" for the most current rates.  Click on the hotel names to see all avaiable room rates and make reservations. 

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Interactive Rate Table for Buellton, California Hotels                Averages calculated:  April 28, 2008        Rates captured:  12:00 AM on 7/25/08 Click Hotel Names for Info Pages          Click Avg Rates for Graphs           Click Table Headers to Sort Name Avg Rate Low Rate Avg Low Low Dif High Rate Avg High High Dif Marriott Rancho Santa Barbara 280 152 189 -37 533 370 163 Days Inn Solvang/buellton 131 140 130 10 160 132 28 Quality Inn Buellton 112 108 98 10 140 126 14 Best Western Pea Soup Andersen's 106 90 104 -14 108 109 -1

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Hotel Rate Analysis and Classification Details

The April 28, 2008 rate analysis for Buellton, California hotels is based on the average rates of 70 hotels within Buellton and adjacent towns forming the Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area.  The average rate for each hotel is calculated from the average of it's high and low room rates observed over a period of one year.  The rates range between the following values:

Lowest Average Room Rate:  $74 - Rose Garden Inn - Santa Maria
Highest Average Room Rate:  $484 - Simpson House Inn

The graph on the right shows the typical shape of a room rate distribution for a metropolitan area.  The colored areas depict the price breaks used to classify the hotels.  Rates greater than two standard deviations above the mean for all values are considered high end outliners and are removed from the price break calculations.

For the April 28, 2008 analysis, the resulting mean room rate for Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc, CA MSA hotels is $184 and the standard deviation is $77.

Hotels with average rates greater than one standard deviation above the mean are categorized as deluxe.  One standard deviation above the mean is $260, so Buellton hotels with an average rate higher than $260 are classified as deluxe hotels ( magenta ) on the map.

Hotels with average rates falling in the lower half of the range below the mean are categorized as budget.  The rate halfway between the low rate and the mean rate is $129, so Buellton hotels with an average rate lower than $129 are classified as budget hotels (green ) on the map.

Everything in between is categorized as moderate priced hotels, so Buellton hotels with average room rates greater the $129 and less that $260 are classified as moderate priced hotels ( cyan ) on the map.