part of the reason yes - I'm an impoverished civil servant so if you bastards would like to pay some more tax so my wages can increase, that would be nice. Oh, and stop electing a Tory government.
then there is the practical thing of needing to book 6 rooms for a single night when a lot of places won't accept this, especially on a weekend when the 2 night rule applies. They feel there is a risk some of those 6 rooms might miss out on a 2 or 3 night booking. I try to use independent hotels or those in loose associations like Logis but it is not always possible with a group.
as it is, for the trip in September, there will be 8 of us in 6 rooms. Not one Ibis is being used. It took a lot of searching to find places with the right combination of rooms but we will have a
city centre hotel in Ypres for 1 night; 3 nights in a hotel overlooking the Mosel in Trier and 3 nights in a hotel next door to the castle in Wiltz, Luxembourg.