I live in Washington state and recently as a family we were discussing that we’ve never been up to Vancouver, British Columbia and would really love to check it out. We booked train tickets on the Amtrak Cascades (huge fan of Amtrak btw) and planned a family get away to Vancouver, BC.   

When we talk about yield, many people would describe my next steps in picking a hotel as the part where competitors came into play. We looked at...