However, throw into the mix the fact that hotel prices drop anywhere from 50 % to 80 % off their peak season rates (from the very high - end resorts down to basic chain hotels), restaurants otherwise normally difficult at best to get into are home to empty dining rooms, and the reality that the dry desert air doesn't really
feel that bad (at least to this New York City dweller who suffers through perspiration - inducing walks from the subway to the office for the entire summer season), and you
begin to realize Scottsdale is a
smart, attractive and a not - very - scary destination for travel during the summer.