Choose the Right Weekend
Two people can do Memphis for under $700, but you'll have to choose your weekend carefully. Key the words “Memphis events” into Google. The Official Guide to Memphis has a monthly calendar under the What’s Happening tab. Look for special events that are likely to draw a lot of people. For example, The Beale Street Music Festival runs from April 29th to May 1st. This is not a good time to visit. The hotels will cost twice as much and prices everywhere will be bumped up.
A better strategy is to find a weekend where nothing much is going on. These are the weekends where hotels are desperate for guests. For example, if you back it off two weeks, and look at the weekend of April 16th and 17th, something magical happens.
On the weekend of April 29th to May 1st a room at the Springhill Suites Marriott Downtown will cost you a blistering $175 a night. But two weeks earlier you can have the same room for $129. You save yourself about $50 a night and avoid the crowds too.
