Travel Tips - Hotels


Here are some tips I've learned...sometimes the difficult way.

Bring your confirmation - If yous acquire a confirmation via e-mail, impress it.  If yous brand a telephone reservation, brand certain they shipping yous a printed confirmation.  BRING information technology WITH YOU.  I ever produce this...and destination upwards non needing it.  That is until the i fourth dimension I forgot.

Recently, I had a reservation for a suite for $90 a night, Th through Sunday.  With taxes too i room service charge, the pecker came to but over $300, or it should have.  I was presented alongside a $550 pecker at banking concern check out too when I complained, I was told that the special charge per unit of measurement wast but for a regular room, the suite was more, and, on overstep of that, exclusively skillful for midweek too hence the weekend charge per unit of measurement was accuse at the rack charge per unit of measurement of $230 a night.

I didn't stimulate got my confirmation.  I didn't stimulate got a agency to retrieve it (it was on my operate e-mail).  I didn't stimulate got a prayer.

Luckily, when I got dorsum to work, I fished out the confirmation from electronic mail and, depression too behold, it said "Luxury Suite" for $90 per night...every night.  I e-mailed the manager, sent him a re-create of both my confirmaton too bill.  To his credit, he refunded the deviation right away but I would stimulate got saved a lot of hassle too heartburn if I'd but followed my ain advice.


Inspect the room earlier accepting it - brand certain you're getting what yous reserved too what yous need, peculiarly if yous necessitate accessible features such every bit a roll-in shower.  If it does non encounter your confirmed room, they should hand yous i that does or brand certain yous pay no penalization if yous stimulate got to cancel.

Get a refundable charge per unit of measurement - Some hotels...notably the Hilton chain...are starting to come upwards up alongside supersaver rates similar airlines.  Rates that are discounted but non-cancelable, non-refundable.  I don't similar this.  Who knows if the weather condition volition convey a plow for the worse, yous acquire sick, or another argue yous cannot brand it.  I await for a charge per unit of measurement that volition allow me cancel alongside no penalization a twenty-four hours or ii inwards advance.   I stimulate got a trip coming upwards to northern California.  The hotel has a 48 hr cancellation policy.  I'm going to banking concern check the weather condition forecast but earlier that window, if a large tempest is on the way, I'm goint to become alongside my alternate reservations inwards Arizona which allows me to cancel alongside no penalization upwards to 12:00pm the twenty-four hours of banking concern check in.  That's flexibility.

 Also, position it on the calendar to remind yous earlier the cancellation deadline hits too hence yous squall upwards to cancel, if needed, too yous don't destination upwards paying hundreds of dollars for a room yous forgot yous had a reservation in. Keep a printed re-create of the cancellation inwards instance the hotel nonetheless charges you.

Tip the maid...everyday!  Leave a pair of dollars on the pillow.  Don't hold back until yous banking concern check out.  Appreciative maids construct clean rooms amend too move out yous amend toiletries.  If yous can't tip...you shouldn't endure staying at that topographic point anyway.


Compare total toll - Paying an extra 20 dollars for a suite alongside a full, hot breakfast volition trounce a room at the Motel 6, such is the instance at many destinations. 

As an example, I tin acquire a rattling nice, large room for or too hence $80 or a two-room suite for or too hence $100 at well-nigh Drury Inns. Sounds a chip expensive until yous include an expansive hot breakfast buffet for everyone inwards the room; a lite dinner; iii cocktails; unlimited popcorn too soda from afternoon to the evening; gratis wired or wireless Internet; gratis purpose of their Internet terminals; gratis long distance calls; gratis local calls; pool, spa, too fitness room.

How much extra would all that toll at a cheap, motel?

Are at that topographic point whatever special events taking house when yous acquire there? - If yous desire a serenity stay, yous in all likelihood don't desire to become during "Bike Week."


Ask ahead of fourth dimension what sort of sentiment the room has - parking lot or beach?

Any tips yous desire to share?

-Darryl
Copyright 2011 - Darryl Musick
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