May 30, 2015, 2:41 am
Last edit by: Markie
List of properties identified in the posts below:
North and South America:
Andaz Wall Street
HR Chicago
PH New York
PH Washington DC
Europe:
GH Berlin
GH Martinez Cannes
PH Milan
PH Vendome
India, Asia and Australasia:
GH Seoul
North and South America:
Andaz Wall Street
HR Chicago
PH New York
PH Washington DC
Europe:
GH Berlin
GH Martinez Cannes
PH Milan
PH Vendome
India, Asia and Australasia:
GH Seoul
Hyatts that only give junior suites on DSUs
May 29, 2015, 11:59 am
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Hyatts that only give junior suites on DSUs
Is the practice of only offering junior suites on diamond suite upgrades widespread? Which hotels?
I had this recently with PH Milan as well as GH Martinez Cannes.
I had this recently with PH Milan as well as GH Martinez Cannes.
May 29, 2015, 12:30 pm
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It is pretty standard for most Hyatt Regency to offer Regency Suite, Grand Hyatt to offer Grand Suite, and Park Hyatt to offer Park Suite.
Some do offer Junior Suites, but in my experience it is 2 of the 20+ properties I have tried.
Which hotels?
PH DC (it is 50/50 last time I checked)
I had this recently with PH Milan as well as GH Martinez Cannes.
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May 29, 2015, 2:39 pm
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Only got a Junior suite at Park Hyatt Vendome last year and, unlike football fan, I got a full suite at Grand Hyatt Berlin in May. Also, Grand Hyatt Chicago only gives a junior suite.
May 29, 2015, 3:16 pm
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May 29, 2015, 5:18 pm
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As far as i am concerned a "junior suite" is just a regular room a tad bigger and i don't consider it a suite. you could also call it a corner room... If this were to happen, I know I would refuse the room and rather take a regular room without a DSU.
May 29, 2015, 5:26 pm
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Nope, most hotels I know offer full suites.
It is pretty standard for most Hyatt Regency to offer Regency Suite, Grand Hyatt to offer Grand Suite, and Park Hyatt to offer Park Suite.
Some do offer Junior Suites, but in my experience it is 2 of the 20+ properties I have tried.
PH SEOUL
PH DC (it is 50/50 last time I checked)
It is pretty standard for most Hyatt Regency to offer Regency Suite, Grand Hyatt to offer Grand Suite, and Park Hyatt to offer Park Suite.
Some do offer Junior Suites, but in my experience it is 2 of the 20+ properties I have tried.
PH SEOUL
PH DC (it is 50/50 last time I checked)
May 29, 2015, 9:13 pm
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Additionally, I just checked the website and PH Seoul does have doors at the park suite, so it actually isn't a Junior suite.
Whoops!
But it is the tiniest suite in a Park Hyatt that I've stayed at thus far.
May 29, 2015, 9:26 pm
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Been fortunate that all the PH I've visited don't have that very issue.
Additionally, I just checked the website and PH Seoul does have doors at the park suite, so it actually isn't a Junior suite.
Whoops!
But it is the tiniest suite in a Park Hyatt that I've stayed at thus far.
Additionally, I just checked the website and PH Seoul does have doors at the park suite, so it actually isn't a Junior suite.
Whoops!
But it is the tiniest suite in a Park Hyatt that I've stayed at thus far.
May 29, 2015, 11:08 pm
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If it is going to be a very small suite (<50m2, and especially when <45m2), then we prefer an open floorplan (ie, a junior suite), or maybe just a semi partition rather than 2 claustrophobic rooms.
And when standard rooms are small (<30m2), I have no qualms with using a DSU to get a >45m2 junior suite if we're staying for longer than 4 nights.
And when standard rooms are small (<30m2), I have no qualms with using a DSU to get a >45m2 junior suite if we're staying for longer than 4 nights.
May 29, 2015, 11:27 pm
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I'm not sure if I understand this thread. Many hotels have several categories of suites. For example, Hyatt Regency New Orleans has 4 kinds of suites. As far as I can tell, a DSU books you into the crummiest suite in the hotel's inventory. I'd be very interested to know of any exceptions. Yes we've all been booked into a bigger suite but these are one-off exceptions. IME the norm is that the DSU gives you the crummiest / smallest / cheapest suite. So perhaps the better question is, "which hotels offer crummy suites?".
May 30, 2015, 12:27 am
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I think the OP's point is which hotels are classifying "junior suites" (ie, a single large room) as the entry-level "suite" for the DSU. GP's definition of a "suite" for the DSU is a "one-beroom suite", which seems to be a contradiction when receiving a single large room.
We personally are more interested in overall space and ease of use rather than complete separation, but I can see that guests travelling with children or inviting someone into the suite to talk business or otherwise looking for the added privacy might prefer 2 separate rooms, no matter how small, to a single large room.
We personally are more interested in overall space and ease of use rather than complete separation, but I can see that guests travelling with children or inviting someone into the suite to talk business or otherwise looking for the added privacy might prefer 2 separate rooms, no matter how small, to a single large room.
May 30, 2015, 12:59 am
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The bigger problem with the PH Seoul suites using DSUs is that they don't have desks, just a small dining table with chairs that aren't desk chairs. There's no reasonable electric outlet except for the coffee maker or next to the bed. Having the electrical cord to my laptop computer go across the room to a wall outlet scares me because it would be so easy to trip on the cord and send the computer crashing to the floor. It's odd in a hotel designed for business travelers and located far from the city's tourist areas.
GH Seoul has been known to give its unrenovated Junior suite to those on DSUs. It's the one with blue carpet, old fixtures and looks very much like it did when the hotel was built.
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