If you are planning a trip to Clemson (population 12,000), South Carolina (home of Clemson University) in the fall, try to pick a weekend where the Football Tigers are on the road. If you cannot adjust your schedule, be prepared to pay exorbitantly high hotel bills. Clemson hotels charge an average of $70 a night for non- football weekends. The same hotels charge an average of $1 60 per night on weekends and require a minimum two night stay when the Tigers play on Saturdays as hordes of fans stream into this small town to fill the 80,000 seats in the football stadium known as \"Death Valley.\" George Byatt, owner/operator of the Clemson Inn states \"It does seem like we are taking advantage of the visitors but hey, all the hotels do it and we take in as much revenue in two football weekends as we do in some of the other months. Furthermore these fans are more than willing to pay these prices and most of our rooms are booked well in advance for football weekends." Mr. Byatt does admit that the high cost of a room does deter non-football fans from checking in but there are no reduced rates for football dates. The occupancy rate for Clemson hotels on home game weekends is about around 99 percent. Some hotels average only 98 percent occupancy rates for football weekends but do not cut prices to fill the few empty rooms. \"Sure we lose a few customers because of these prices. I mean we could cut the price to our normal rate and average 100 percent occupancy, but the empty rooms are not cause for concern when you have 198 of the 200 full at premium prices\" says Byatt. \"Given the demand for rooms on football weekends, it is definitely in the hotel's best interest to keep prices high even if the hotel is not completely full" states the hotel owner