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Budget Hotels Ask $1,000 From Eclipse Fans Visiting Rural Texas
- Tourists are flocking to be in the path of totality on April 8
- Rental cars sold out at Austin’s airport; RV parks filling up
Budget hotels in small Texas towns are asking for the moon as tourists descend on the area for prime solar-eclipse views.
The Wine Country Inn in Fredericksburg – a Hill Country town in the “zone of totality” where eclipse viewing will be at its best April 8 – wants $1,288.19 with taxes for a king room the night before the astral phenomenon. It’s more than eight times the price the no-frills motel is seeking later in the week, according to its website. About two hours southwest of Fredericksburg by car, The Inn at Uvalde is asking $1,325.56 for a queen bed, 10 times its normal rate. Similar pricing dynamics can be seen in the towns of Junction, Kerrville and Comfort.