or you need to arrive during day hours?
I assume that they have available rooms
2006-12-20 09:18:11 · 32 answers · asked by Theta40 7 in Travel ➔ Travel (General) ➔ Other - Destinations
Danny,
it depends on the hotel, the time of year, and the location of the hotel.
most hotels have rooms, but you still have the same checkout time as if you showed up at 6pm. Unless you absolutely have to have the room (shower immediately, spread out on a bed, too drunk to drive), I would recommend waiting till around check out so you don't pay for a few hours of sleep (most check outs are at 11am, so by the time you get into your room, it's 3am and you get 8 ours max (not counting the time it takes to get to the front desk).
2006-12-20 09:24:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sure. Why not. You got the money and they got the room. It's yours.
Now. If there is some chance that there will NOT be rooms available (convention in town, etc.) then you make a reservation for the room in advance with a credit card and tell them to make it for late arrival. Even if you don't show up, you're gonna pay for that room because they could not sell it to anyone else (late arrival).
I use www.hotels.com all the time to get the best rate and guaranteed reservation. I'm gonna pay for it regardless.
There is one risk to late arrival without picking up keys to the room during the day: when you arrive later on, you will get whatever room they select for you. Unless it's unsafe, no matter where it is or how bad it is, it's yours. Since most of the other similar rooms are already occupied, you will not have any alternative for a different room. At a decent hotel chain, that's not usually a problem.
Calling the hotel directly during the day and confirming THAT you have a room, THAT it's what you ordered and paid for and KNOWING what the room number is can reduce human error that gives you two doubles rather than the king you requested.
2006-12-20 09:31:20 · answer #2 · answered by Thomas K 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Room availability depends on two things: (1) The number of rooms the hotel has. (2) What special events / holidays are happening in that town or surrounding towns near that hotel. Sometimes, even if an event or holiday observance that is traditional isn't being held in the town where you want a hotel room the town where the event is being held has hotels with room over-flow. They have to send people to surrounding towns. I worked at a hotel for a short time. The first weekend I worked, the General Baptist Convention people were being booked all over. I don't remember where the main event was, but we had several hundred rooms, got booked solid, and were having to call and special book people as fast as we could. We were having to tell them not to come to us because of the booking situation. That was the most hectic business experience I've EVER seen. My feet were killing me and so was the stress. For the amount of pay and the pain it created in my feet (we couldn't sit down as long as customers were coming in the door--I got the manager to compromise by allowing me to use a stool as long as I looked busy). It didn't help, and I left. I'm not telling a "female dog" story, I'm just letting you know what you as an employee can get into sometimes. If you've never done that type of work before, which was my case at the time, it can be an "eye-opener".
2006-12-20 09:36:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course. If you guarentee a room with a credit card, that room is yours all night.
It is sometimes wise to alert the hotel if you are checking in after midnight.
It is not unheard of for a hotel to give a room away if a person does not check in before midnight if the hotel is full and people are on a waitlist. However, if you show up at a hotel and they have given your room away, a respectalbe hotel will not only get a room for you in another hotel, but also probably give you the room for free.
2006-12-20 09:55:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the reception is open and there are rooms available, you are likely to get a room. If I were you, I would make a reservation and tell them in advance that I shall be arriving at 2 am. Just to be on the safe side!
2006-12-20 09:20:50 · answer #5 · answered by Great Dane 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you can get a room at that time but your check out will be the next day like if you check in on friday morning at 2 am you check out would be like 11 am friday hotels dont do their night audit untill like 4-6 in the morning you might be able to get a cool clerk that will put you in the room and then put you in the computer after the audit
2006-12-20 09:22:12 · answer #6 · answered by traci c 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes you do get a room because i know someone who works at a hotel and a lot of people have come at 2am and still got a master suite in the hotel.
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2006-12-20 09:23:28 · answer #7 · answered by girly123 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be beneficial if you called ahead and let the hotel know approximately what time you'll be arriving - especially if it's an odd hour of the night. Have a safe trip!
Merry Christmas!
2006-12-20 09:21:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Assuming they have a room available, yes, but checkout time is still the same in the morning.
2006-12-20 09:20:07 · answer #9 · answered by frozen339 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If they have available rooms, pretty much any hotel will give you one, no matter what time you arrive.
2006-12-20 09:19:48 · answer #10 · answered by hslayer 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋