For years the Columbus Day weekend keeps the deluxe hotels fullLooks like those are suites so, yeah gonna command a higher dollar. Bay View at Portofino looks to be 274 which is lower than the standard rate at Royal Pacific. Not bad for a weekend. There must be a convention of some kind when I'm going, all the rooms at hard rock and portofino are booked. That plus Columbus Day weekend makes for a busy time.
Standard rooms go first then the suites
What you have left are the larger higher end rooms
Conventions at rpr and pbh are year round
When I first tried to book last year for oct 17, no suites were available
A convention booked 3 years out for all the suites at rpr for 2017 October period
I had to wait until that convention canceled before I could get my suite booking
Conventions cancel frequently or cut back on the number of rooms they need held aside for them
This happens all the time
If you keep checking you will eventually see when rooms open at the deluxe hotels and book then
Also the Friday/ Saturday room rates will be higher than the rest of the week
At some point loews will enforce to book both fri-sat together
Up to then, no restrictions on booking a single Friday night stay