Hotel Price Categories for Rural California Hotels

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. 

Since Corning, CA is a small town in rural California, it's rate classification is based on 196 hotels in rural California that are oustide the metropolitan areas.  The latest rate analysis for rural California hotels was performed on April 28, 2008.  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.

Discount Rate Analysis for Corning, California Hotels

Hotel Rate Table for Corning, California

The table below shows Corning, 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 Corning, California Hotels                Averages calculated:  April 28, 2008        Rates captured:  12:00 AM on 7/4/08 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 Ramada Inn And Suites Corning 124 104 106 -2 134 141 -7 Comfort Inn Corning 109 75 82 -7 145 136 9 Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Corning 96 87 92 -5 96 100 -4 Best Western Inn-corning 85 85 76 9 96 94 2 Corning-days Inn 78 71 72 -1 91 85 6 Economy Inn Corning 60 49 56 -7 70 63 7

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Hotel Rate Analysis and Classification Details

The April 28, 2008 rate analysis for Corning, California hotels is based on the average room rates of 196 hotels in rural California oustide the metropolitan areas.  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:  $45 - Curry Village
Highest Average Room Rate:  $280 - Stevenswood Spa Resort

The graph on the right shows the typical shape of a rate distribution for a wide range of room rates.  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 rural California hotels is $113 and the standard deviation is $44.

Hotels with average rates greater than one standard deviation above the mean are categorized as deluxe.  One standard deviation above the mean is $157, so Corning hotels with an average rate higher than $157 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 $79, so Corning hotels with an average rate lower than $79 are classified as budget hotels (green ) on the map.

Everything in between is categorized as moderate priced hotels, so Corning hotels with average room rates greater the $79 and less that $157 are classified as moderate priced hotels ( cyan ) on the map.