A hurricane is about to hit or has hit an area. A family seeks shelter in a motel room some miles out of the way of the storm. The motel room normally charges $80 per nite for the room. However, with the impending (or already occurring) hurricane, the motel jacks up the price of this room to $200 plus dollars per nite. Smells like gouging, doesn't it. Most people of common sense know gouging when they see/experience it. Glad Jeb Bush sets policy in FL and not you.
You didn't define gouging. You gave an example based on your subjective opinion of what you think is gouging. Under your rules, if someone goes into a hotel, and thinks $80 is to high, they can scream "gouging."
By the way, during the Kentucky Derby, hotel rooms that normally sell for $80 will climb to over $200.