For Sale: Used Hotel Furnishings

Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 03.29.06 | 1:53 PM ET

USA Today’s Roger Yu reports that the market for used hotel furniture is hot. As hotels upgrade their amenities, liquidators are buying up the old TVs, desks and other furniture and selling the items to the public. Yu writes that deals abound: a 27-inch color TV for $60, an eight-drawer armoire for $299, a TV credenza for $450. He’s also put together a list of hotel liquidators with showrooms around the country.