The official or advertised price of a hotel room, on which a discount is usually negotiable.
（通常可以协商打折的）客房挂牌价
many hotels have upped their rack rate so they can continue to give monumental discounts
Example sentencesExamples
And no bargains: you must pay the rack rate, which now hovers around $250 a night.
The hotel is due to open at Christmas next year, with rack rates expected to be around €125 per night per room.
Hotels may try to convince you that the rack rate is their typical room rate, but it's not.
The hotel's rack rate is $275 that can be negotiated as low as $80 including meals.
But with few tourists willing to pay its $370 per night rack rate, the hotel has been reduced to enticing Zimbabwean residents with a knockdown rate of $35.
The normal rack rate for 2002 has been determined at N $600-00 per person per day, also for bed & breakfast in shared accommodation.
The rack rate starts at over 2,000 baht per night.
While published hotel sales usually offer decent savings off rack rates - the highest possible rate - be aware that most major hotel chains offer special discounts for travelers willing to book online rates.
Definition of rack rate in US English:
rack rate
noun
The official or advertised price of a hotel room, on which a discount is usually negotiable.
（通常可以协商打折的）客房挂牌价
many hotels have upped their rack rate so they can continue to give monumental discounts
Example sentencesExamples
The rack rate starts at over 2,000 baht per night.
The normal rack rate for 2002 has been determined at N $600-00 per person per day, also for bed & breakfast in shared accommodation.
The hotel's rack rate is $275 that can be negotiated as low as $80 including meals.
But with few tourists willing to pay its $370 per night rack rate, the hotel has been reduced to enticing Zimbabwean residents with a knockdown rate of $35.
The hotel is due to open at Christmas next year, with rack rates expected to be around €125 per night per room.
Hotels may try to convince you that the rack rate is their typical room rate, but it's not.
And no bargains: you must pay the rack rate, which now hovers around $250 a night.
While published hotel sales usually offer decent savings off rack rates - the highest possible rate - be aware that most major hotel chains offer special discounts for travelers willing to book online rates.