Hotel Price Categories for Sterling, Virginia

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 Sterling, VA was performed on April 7, 2009.  The analysis is based on the average room rates for 491 hotels within Sterling, VA and adjacent towns forming the Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV 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.

Discount Rate Analysis for Sterling, Virginia Hotels

Hyatt Place Sterling / Dulles Airport - North          Info   Rate History   Map
21481 Ridgetop Circle
Sterling, VA 20166

Rate Analysis	Low	High
Running Average Rates :	$175	$182
Observed Rates :	$109	$149

The observed low rate is 38% below the average low rate.
The observed high rate is 18% below the average high rate.

Fairfield Inn By Marriott Dulles Airport/sterling          Info   Rate History   Map
23000 Indian Creek Drive
Sterling, VA 20166

Rate Analysis	Low	High
Running Average Rates :	$173	$188
Observed Rates :	$109	$159

The observed low rate is 37% below the average low rate.
The observed high rate is 15% below the average high rate.

Best Western Dulles Airport          Info   Rate History   Map
45440 Holiday Drive
Sterling, VA 20166-9411

Rate Analysis	Low	High
Running Average Rates :	$88	$110
Observed Rates :	$61	$111

The observed low rate is 31% below the average low rate.
The observed high rate is 1% above the average high rate.

Hotel Sierra Washington Dulles          Info   Rate History   Map
45520 Dulles Plaza
Sterling, VA 20166

Rate Analysis	Low	High
Running Average Rates :	$163	$185
Observed Rates :	$112	$132

The observed low rate is 31% below the average low rate.
The observed high rate is 29% below the average high rate.

Towneplace Suites By Marriott Sterling/cascades          Info   Rate History   Map
21123 Whitfield Place
Sterling, VA 20165

Rate Analysis	Low	High
Running Average Rates :	$114	$180
Observed Rates :	$109	$134

The observed low rate is 4% below the average low rate.
The observed high rate is 26% below the average high rate.

Springhill Suites Dulles Airport          Info   Rate History   Map
22595 Shaw Road
Sterling, VA 20166

Rate Analysis	Low	High
Running Average Rates :	$152	$218
Observed Rates :	$159	$159

The observed low rate is 5% above the average low rate.
The observed high rate is 27% below the average high rate.

Comfort Inn & Suites Airport          Info   Rate History   Map
45515 Dulles Plaza
Sterling, VA 20166

Rate Analysis	Low	High
Running Average Rates :	$101	$193
Observed Rates :	$109	$178

The observed low rate is 8% above the average low rate.
The observed high rate is 8% below the average high rate.

Hotel Rate Table for Sterling, Virginia

The table below shows Sterling, Virginia 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 Sterling, Virginia Hotels Enter your arrival and departure dates and click Update Rates. Estimated processing time : 24 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 Springhill Suites Dulles Airport 185 159 152 7 159 218 -59 Fairfield Inn By Marriott Dulles Airport/sterling 180 109 173 -64 159 188 -29 Holiday Inn Wash-dulles Int'l Airport,dc 178 na 161 na na 195 na Hyatt Place Sterling / Dulles Airport - North 178 109 175 -66 149 182 -33 Hotel Sierra Washington Dulles 174 112 163 -51 132 185 -53 Hampton Inn Dulles/cascades 152 149 146 3 169 159 10 Comfort Inn & Suites Airport 147 109 101 8 178 193 -15 Towneplace Suites By Marriott Sterling/cascades 147 109 114 -5 134 180 -46 Candlewood Suites Sterling 138 136 106 30 190 170 20 Country Inn And Suites By Carlson Washington Dulles Ap 118 126 103 23 151 134 17 Suburban Extended Stay Wash. Dulles/sterling 104 120 86 34 140 122 18 Best Western Dulles Airport 99 61 88 -27 111 110 1

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Hotel Rate Analysis and Classification Details

The April 7, 2009 rate analysis for Sterling, Virginia hotels is based on the average rates of 491 hotels within Sterling, VA and adjacent towns forming the Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV 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:  $0 - Aka White House District
Highest Average Room Rate:  $303 - Hilton Alexandria Old Town

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 7, 2009 analysis, the resulting mean room rate for Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV MSA hotels is $119 and the standard deviation is $80.

Hotels with average rates greater than one standard deviation above the mean are categorized as deluxe.  One standard deviation above the mean is $199, so Sterling hotels with an average rate higher than $199 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 $59, so Sterling hotels with an average rate lower than $59 are classified as budget hotels (green ) on the map.

Everything in between is categorized as moderate priced hotels, so Sterling hotels with average room rates greater the $59 and less that $199 are classified as moderate priced hotels ( cyan ) on the map.