With less people traveling, some local hotels are feeling the strain on their businesses.

“We’re real slow,” said Rhonda Norris, front desk supervisor at Magnuson Inn & Suites DeKalb, 1314 W. Lincoln Highway. “We hardly have anyone in house at all.”

Magnuson Inn & Suites has been forced to lower rates to try to reel in customers.

“We have lowered our rates by like $20,” Norris said.

Best Western DeKalb Inn & Suites, 1212 W. Lincoln Highway, has also lowered its rates.

“We’ve lowered them by probably 20 percent,” said manager Vicky Torres. “We lowered the rate from $89 to $69.”

Both Torres and Norris said the rate cuts aren’t permanent, but they will continue to stay lower until business picks back up.

Right now, most hotel managers can agree that there is no way of predicting when business will be back up.

“You never know what it’s going to be,” said Hetal Patel, manager of the Super 8, 800 W. Fairview Drive. “It’s kind of up and down.”

For the Holmes Student Center Guest Room Hotel, business has remained relatively stable.

“We’re a campus hotel so it’s a little different,” said Mitch Kielb, director of the Holmes Student Center, adding that business will remain stable as long as people are still visiting the campus.

“Our business isn’t predicated on external business,” Kielb said. “So we’re not as affected by the economy.”

Even though the campus hotel isn’t as affected by the economy, Kielb said he still sees how hotels in town are suffering.

“All hotels in general are having tough times,” he said. “We’re just not suffering as much as the community I’m sure.”