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Best available rate

The best available rate is the lowest price a hotel offers to the general public for a particular room type on particular stay dates that does not depend on a special discount, package, or negotiated agreement.

In plain English

This is the hotel’s standard public price for one room type on the dates in question, rather than a price unlocked by special terms. It refers to the lowest such public amount the hotel is offering for that room and those stay dates.

In context

Here, it indicates that the shown offer is the hotel’s lowest public price for that room type and stay dates, without requiring a special discount, package, or negotiated agreement.

Situation
Booking hotels, reading room and rate labels, checking in, and using amenities
What it communicates
labels a standard rate offer on the hotel's booking page.

Meaning limits

By itself, this term does not mean no lower price exists under offers that depend on special terms or private arrangements.

Examples

“For the standard double room on 3–5 May, the best available rate was $210, though a negotiated company agreement made the same stay cheaper.”

Core meaning

“The reservation summary showed the best available rate for the king room on 12–13 June as $168.”

In context