Domus Dubious

Archeologists working in Rome have uncovered the remains of what they believe is an hotel that actually charged reasonable rooms rates. "Obviously this is evidence of a pre-Euro trading civilisation," travel historian Ivor Reservation explained. "And they may even have provided complimentary airport transfers also." 
Valuable relics recovered from the site so far include a set of large, plush bath towels and en-suite coffee making facilities with enough milk to make more than one cup. "These are amazing finds," Professor Reservation said. "Previously thought to be merely the stuff of legend."
The tradition of absurdly overpriced priced Roman accomodations is as old as the ancient story of Romulus and Remus, brothers who fought a duel over the last vacancy on the Palatine hill, and Professor Reservation is hoping that his new discovery will finally challenge the truth of Limitus Visa's classic statement, "I came, I saw, I'm still paying off that credit card."

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[Peter Horne]

It was ever thus. Was it not Gibbon who described the fall of the Western Empire as "A triumph of barbarism and over priced accommodation"?
You will remember Encolpius' lament in Gaius Acrimonius Arbiter's 'Satyricon'
"How is one supposed to have a dirty week-end with one's favourite slave boy at these prices?"