You Have Booked a Hotel Room for a Conference at a Rate

question 48

Multiple Choice

You have booked a hotel room for a conference at a rate of $100 per day for five days. When you arrive to check in, you are told that the hotel is full and that it overbooked and cannot supply you with a room. You are forced to go to the only hotel in town with available rooms and pay $150 per night. If you sue for damages:

• A) you are entitled to compensatory damages in the amount of $250.
• B) you are entitled to consequential damages in the amount of $250.
• C) you are not entitled to any damages because the additional costs were not foreseeable.
• D) you are entitled to liquidated damages in the amount of $250.

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