2007-03-08 15:00:35 · 27 answers · asked by micahalp 3 in Travel ➔ Travel (General) ➔ Other - Destinations
Dear Micahalp: All big hotels manage to have a "room reserve" just in case somebody comes in a demands a vacant room even though the hotel must been overbooked. This is called "overbooking margin". Which means that every single hotel can overbook its room capacity for an average of 1 to 3% . It all depends on how big the hotel is. If you are pushing hard enough personally, being there in the spot, you will luckily get a vacant one. Do not expect to get a spectacular cozy room. This rooms are sometimes used as storerooms for linen and stuff. So you must wait for sometime to get the room cleaned and cleared for you.
2007-03-09 08:08:14 · answer #1 · answered by Joel T 4 · 14⤊ 2⤋
Look for another hotel if I were you. If a hotel had that much occupancy, the rate you're going to get will not be cheap. But if you still insist, try all online hotel booking sites and see if any are still selling rooms. Try booking a higher category of room - assuming there are any left.
Your last resort is to hang out at the Front Desk at 6pm and hope for no shows. Normal policy is if a guest doesn't guarantee a booking and doesn't show up by that time, a hotel can sell their room to someone else. Goodluck!
2007-03-08 19:50:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
You need to be very careful with this kind of thing. When a hotel says they are booked that usually means they are actually oversold by about 5 to ten rooms on average. Try asking if they have any packages left etc. I would avise finding a more solid deal. Even if you call and "luckily" find a room because someone cancelled or whatnot, you may end up being walked. Getting walked is not fun either.. it's quite the terrible surprise to get to your hotel excited to check in and, oops "i'm sorry sir, we have no rooms left". I've seen this many, many times. I've worked at the front desk of a downtown hotel for a couple years now and my advice is get a room at a hotel you know has rooms and make sure you get there to check in as close to check in time as possible. Do NOT show up late or you may get walked. Also make sure you are using a credit card to guarantee ANY reservation you make. If you don't the reservation may be automatically cancelled at 6 p.m. Standard for most hotels.
2007-03-08 15:47:21 · answer #3 · answered by confuscious 4 · 17⤊ 0⤋
First of all, you need to give the receptionist enough time to find out that somehow a room have recently become available.
Give it enough time, let say a quarter or half an hour, and don't forget to leave the receptionist for a while to give it enough comfort to search for 'vacant' room.
Anyway. One of the best ways to surely get a room is to walk directly to a receptionist and ask a room.
Just walk in and ask a room, don't call or do any other telecommunication, just walk in and ask a room.
They will prefer a customer that will surely will pay for the room than a potential customer that might not even show up.
Do this in a high confidence way that give the receptionist the feeling that you really want a room, just don't look too desperate or else a nasty receptionist might give you a high price troubled room.
2007-03-09 14:31:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
A hotel never books all their rooms, that would be suicide and they leave room for error. A little advice is some hotels book rooms before 6pm without a credit card, and I've never seen them all show up. Ask the desk clerk if you could have one of these rooms reserved if they don't show up by 6:05. You can physically be there at the desk between 5:50 and by 6:10.
Also, the auditor comes in around 11:00 or so, unless there is a club/bar you may be able to get a room around this time as the margin of error is extremely slim. Auditors are usually really laid back so you may can get in this way.
Just remember that no reservation means no guarentee, so I would be prepared to sleep in my vehicle or drive a bit just in case. Think of the worst, hope for the best. Hope all goes well on your trip!
2007-03-08 17:52:20 · answer #5 · answered by llathrop 2 · 12⤊ 0⤋
I work in a hotel and it's rare that they will give you a room in a sold-out or oversold situation, but you can ask them for a room that is 'out of order' with a minimal problem that you can handle like broken ac/heater, broken phone, etc. something small. They may even give you the room at a discount because everything in the room is not functional.
Good luck!
2007-03-09 09:39:30 · answer #6 · answered by 100% Woman, yes indeed! 3 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Usually Hotels sell part of their rooms booking to Travel Agencies, you can ask the Manager of the Hotel if they work with someone that way and tell him to give you their name and number, maybe through them you can find a room.
good luck!
2007-03-09 04:20:16 · answer #7 · answered by MARIA 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Call them at 6:00PM on the day you want to stay there. So many rooms are blocked for corporate bookings. They get turned back to the hotel at 6:00 PM and are then available.
2007-03-09 09:37:53 · answer #8 · answered by Mike M 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Look at their web site every day to see if there are openings. Reservations often open up at last minute. Sometimes calling the hotel directly helps too (vs. looking on the Internet).
2007-03-08 16:31:01 · answer #9 · answered by Elizabeth 4 · 6⤊ 0⤋
It's possible for sure
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