Triathlon Study Shows Athletes on $100,000-Plus Incomes Seek Budget Hotels

I'm just as happy to camp out when traveling to an event that requires an overnight stay.  Frugal is the word.....

I like to save as much as possible for hotels, so I can buy more cool Tri stuff that I will never use, and does not really make me faster, but have fun enjoying the whole process.   but that is just me...

Hey, I'm not too shy to admit that a hotel is for the three S-es and nothing more.  That said, why should I pay 3 bills for the Waldorf, when the 150 a nite Comfort Inn is right down the street.

Not to mention the fact that the more you pay for a hotel the less you get.  Free internet, and free breakfast saves you a bunch as well.

Yea that's gotta be wrong some how.  I buy at least 2 usually 3 pairs of shoes a year, at about 80-90 bucks a pop.

I would say I am not too surprised by this. As an active crowd you would think most tri-peeps want to be out and about so whats the point of paying for a highend place that you will only spend the night in?

If I am going for a race it budget for me. If I go with the family for a vacation then the resort and nicer hotel it is. Just some perspective

Then I want 33 years of back pay. 

I would absolutely agree with that.

Perhaps not the minimum, but the living wage.

I wondered how this was news or why there was a study in the first place. It really is a no brainer; save money where you can so you can spend it where you want. 

Business group looking for data to show communities that hosting a triathlon is good for the local economy.

I remember sitting in my neighbor's yard in North Central NJ and listening to them say how hard it is to make ends meet on $200k a year. Your expenses always rise to meet your income.

Regarding the thread, as long as it's clean and there is a post-race bar nearby, I'm cool. Not like I'm spending time in the hotel anyway.

This. 

I can do great things for well below that.

I rent my own house, I support myself and my dog, I've paid off my car, I travel a fair amount, I race tris, I occasionally buy myself something, I'm active, I've got a good savings account and a great retirement account...

I wholeheartedly disagree that $100k is "the new minimum wage".

yeah! junk be expensive

I don't make anything close to $100k a year and I'm living just fine. My bike only cost me $1,500.00, I buy all of my tri clothes off of the clearance rack, (In fact, I don't think I've ever bought one tri related item without a discount being attached to it.)  and if I'm traveling for a race I make sure I have a place to stay...If that's not possible I either won't do the race or I'll stay in the cheapest place I can find with a bed. I'm lucky to live in AZ where there are races all over the place that are driving distance away so travel costs are not usually an issue. I dropped a huge chunk of change on IMAZ that I may have had to pass on if I also had to pay for airfare, lodging, etc, but I'm certainly living...

We avoid budget hotels when we travel to tris. Sometimes we have very few choices as many tris are in more rural areas without a lot of hotels near by.

Wonder what their definition of inexpensive hotel is?

If you are spending 1 night in a hotel arriving the night before the race, checking out early before the race, how much time will you be in a room? Longer race with a longer drive sometimes warrants a 2 night stay.