Hotel Price Categories for Rural Montana 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 Livingston, MT is a small town in rural Montana, it's rate classification is based on 153 hotels in rural Montana that are oustide the metropolitan areas.  The latest rate analysis for rural Montana hotels was performed on September 09, 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 Livingston, Montana Hotels

Hotel Rate Table for Livingston, Montana

The table below shows Livingston, Montana 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 your arrival and departure dates and click "Update Rates" to get rates for specific dates.  Click on the hotel names to see all avaiable room rates and make reservations. 

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Interactive Rate Table for Livingston, Montana Hotels Enter your arrival and departure dates and click Update Rates. Estimated processing time : 12 seconds    Arrival Date                   Departure Date Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31             Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31                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 Murray Hotel 154 159 154 5 162 154 8 Comfort Inn Livingston 132 100 116 -16 110 148 -38 Rodeway Inn Livingston 121 54 97 -43 96 145 -49 Best Western Yellowstone Inn 114 86 108 -22 137 119 18 Quality Inn Livingston 106 81 106 -25 90 106 -16 Livingston Super 8 Motel 83 66 72 -6 106 94 12

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Hotel Rate Analysis and Classification Details

The September 09, 2008 rate analysis for Livingston, Montana hotels is based on the average room rates of 153 hotels in rural Montana 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:  $56 - Super 8 Motel - Glendive
Highest Average Room Rate:  $260 - Rainbow Ranch Lodge

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 September 09, 2008 analysis, the resulting mean room rate for rural Montana hotels is $113 and the standard deviation is $39.

Hotels with average rates greater than one standard deviation above the mean are categorized as deluxe.  One standard deviation above the mean is $152, so Livingston hotels with an average rate higher than $152 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 $84, so Livingston hotels with an average rate lower than $84 are classified as budget hotels (green ) on the map.

Everything in between is categorized as moderate priced hotels, so Livingston hotels with average room rates greater the $84 and less that $152 are classified as moderate priced hotels ( cyan ) on the map.