Jun 4, 2021, 1:39 pm
Conrad Cairo {EGY}
Mar 29, 2000, 4:24 pm
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Conrad Cairo {EGY}
Anyone out there has experience staying with this hotel as I will be staying there for 5 nites next week using PTS5 award. Do they upgrade Gold members to Exec floor using an award stay and for room taxes, do they charge eventough it is a room award ? Appreciate your comments and experiences
Mar 30, 2000, 4:37 pm
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I cannot speak for Egypt (stayed elsewhere), but all of us at the PIP who were on awards (most of us) got upgraded. They do not have a real towers floor there in Waikiki, however. But in Waikoloa, we have stayed twice as Gold members on an award and have been upgraded to Towers. You must ask.
Nov 22, 2003, 11:26 am
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Late Check-Out
The search engine did not prove very succesful (and the Conrad did not reply to my e-mail) so here I go:
I will stay at the Conrad in Cairo next July and my flight will arrive at Cairo Intl at 1 am. (so should be at the hotel at 2?), my flight back to AMS will leave at 3 am and since I will just miss making KLM GE I won't have lounge access. Will I be able to get a late check-out at the Conrad and what time can I expect to have my check-out extended to?
I will stay at the Conrad in Cairo next July and my flight will arrive at Cairo Intl at 1 am. (so should be at the hotel at 2?), my flight back to AMS will leave at 3 am and since I will just miss making KLM GE I won't have lounge access. Will I be able to get a late check-out at the Conrad and what time can I expect to have my check-out extended to?
Nov 22, 2003, 7:26 pm
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As HH Gold, I have asked for late check-out twice (beyond the 'normal' 1-2 extra hrs they give HH members). Both times, would have to leave by 6 pm, AND be charged for 1/2 day. (CNS and DUB, both in '01). Didn't accept the 'generous offer' either time.
Nov 23, 2003, 12:17 am
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The NYC Milliennium Hilton gave me a 3pm late checkout this June without extra charge.
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Nov 23, 2003, 10:21 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Avallon:
The search engine did not prove very succesful (and the Conrad did not reply to my e-mail) so here I go:
I will stay at the Conrad in Cairo next July and my flight will arrive at Cairo Intl at 1 am. (so should be at the hotel at 2?), my flight back to AMS will leave at 3 am and since I will just miss making KLM GE I won't have lounge access. Will I be able to get a late check-out at the Conrad and what time can I expect to have my check-out extended to?</font>
The search engine did not prove very succesful (and the Conrad did not reply to my e-mail) so here I go:
I will stay at the Conrad in Cairo next July and my flight will arrive at Cairo Intl at 1 am. (so should be at the hotel at 2?), my flight back to AMS will leave at 3 am and since I will just miss making KLM GE I won't have lounge access. Will I be able to get a late check-out at the Conrad and what time can I expect to have my check-out extended to?</font>
Anyway I've never had any joy with real late checkouts with Hilton, usually they're ok up until 3pm but if I need a later one then I book an extra night. Trouble is they don't count it as a night on my account ?
Conrad Singapore however asked why I was checking out early and when I explained that I only booked the extra night for a late checkout they refunded the charge. Not sure if all Conrads would do this though.
Nigel
Feb 2, 2005, 3:08 pm
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Conrad Cairo
I will be in Cairo from Feb 18th - March 4th at the Conrad on the Executive Level. Has anyone any information to share regarding. I have stayed at the one in Bangkok and hope that the Conrad Cairo will live up to my experience in Bangkok which was truly amazing!
Feb 2, 2005, 3:35 pm
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Feb 15, 2005, 11:26 am
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A quiet hotel in Cairo is worth gold... or even Diamonds! 
Traffic is heavy at all hours, horns are considered to be the common means of communication among drivers. Also the "quaint" custom of calling the faithful to prayer by a muezzin in a masjid tower has now been replaced by loudspeakers - and it has been recently proposed in Cairo that ALL the speakers be synchronized - and the same recorded voice be used for the call throughout the city. How early do want to be awakened?
A quiet hotel and a high floor all help. Though it has been a while we enjoyed the Ramses Hilton, I believe it was, on the Corniche.
BTW, go visit the Naguib Mahfouz Café and Restaurant (named for the Egyptian 1988 Nobel Literature prize winner, who was a regular patron) in the Khan al Khalili bazaar, near the Hussein Mosque. Good food, great service. You will feel like a sheikh, and they won't "sheikh you down" for prices. (I'm RD&H!) The bazaar is a must-see for anyone in Cairo! Inshallah (God willing,) you will find a bargain there... (You will hear that phrase a lot - it actually means something like "If God wills it, it may happen, probably without any particular intervention on my behalf." Take it as a really iffy "maybe." It is pronounced "een-SHAH-lah".)
Don't bother asking for pork - though Egypt positions itself as a secular republic ('Misr' The Arab Republic of Egypt,) you will likely have beef bacon, etc. IMO, Egypt has a lot to offer, and many Egyptians are very friendly. But you will find a country with some issues - Mubarak has been in power a quarter of a century, and is looking for six more years - and is that a Gamal's nose under the tent I see? Many Egyptians would like to see less secularism rather than more... be aware and act accodringly.
Traffic is heavy at all hours, horns are considered to be the common means of communication among drivers. Also the "quaint" custom of calling the faithful to prayer by a muezzin in a masjid tower has now been replaced by loudspeakers - and it has been recently proposed in Cairo that ALL the speakers be synchronized - and the same recorded voice be used for the call throughout the city. How early do want to be awakened? A quiet hotel and a high floor all help. Though it has been a while we enjoyed the Ramses Hilton, I believe it was, on the Corniche.
BTW, go visit the Naguib Mahfouz Café and Restaurant (named for the Egyptian 1988 Nobel Literature prize winner, who was a regular patron) in the Khan al Khalili bazaar, near the Hussein Mosque. Good food, great service. You will feel like a sheikh, and they won't "sheikh you down" for prices. (I'm RD&H!) The bazaar is a must-see for anyone in Cairo! Inshallah (God willing,) you will find a bargain there... (You will hear that phrase a lot - it actually means something like "If God wills it, it may happen, probably without any particular intervention on my behalf." Take it as a really iffy "maybe." It is pronounced "een-SHAH-lah".)
Don't bother asking for pork - though Egypt positions itself as a secular republic ('Misr' The Arab Republic of Egypt,) you will likely have beef bacon, etc. IMO, Egypt has a lot to offer, and many Egyptians are very friendly. But you will find a country with some issues - Mubarak has been in power a quarter of a century, and is looking for six more years - and is that a Gamal's nose under the tent I see? Many Egyptians would like to see less secularism rather than more... be aware and act accodringly.
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