What usually happens up here in the City is the huge parties at the nicer hotels. Then they offer room rates and ridiculously reduced prices. Course the party ticket is fairly steep - I think it's $150 per couple at one. But the room is only $75 - cheaper than any traffic ticket or accident around. I wonder if you could get that kind of deal going with a close-by hotel/motel in
DC? Course, probably too late to advertise for this year.....