Washington DC - was it really sold out?

So, was DC really sold out for the Inauguration? We had some nice press from our friends at USA Today and the LA Times around this subject:



http://blogs.usatoday.com/hotelhotsheet/2009/01/why-are-there-s.html?loc=interstitialskip

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/01/less-than-a-wee.html

We certainly saw lots of rooms pop up for one night stays at the last minute at some great hotels such as The Fairfax and the Sheraton Four Points DC. As mentioned in the above blogs, I even got a room at the Alexandria Hilton using HHonors points - and I ran into a good friend of mine there who had done the same thing. It was certainly a good event from the hotelier's perspective but also a great example of procrastination paying off!!